AWS, SSH & Keys…

Have you got problems connecting to your AWS instance?

Assuming SSH is running on your instance and the firewall allows SSH traffic to and from your instance, just save your key somewhere locally (in this example it’s: linux_us_key.pem) and try this:
ssh -v -i linux_us_key.pem root@xxx.compute-1.amazonaws.com

Don’t forget to chmod 400 your key, otherwise your bash may throw an error saying you should do so…