Connecting to AWS

Overview

Amazon uses SSH key files for authentication instead of the traditional password. In order to access anything on our Amazon EC2 Instances you will need to setup the Flogistix key file on your computer. The key can be downloaded from the bottom of this page (Flogistix.pem). RDS databases use a master password instead of PEM files.

Amazon AWS Console

1. Login to http://console.aws.amazon.com and enter username and password

   • Username: canderson2@gmail.com

   • Password: Fl0gist!x

Manage EC2 Instances

1. On the main AWS Console. Click the EC2 button.

2. Check the box next to the instance you wish to make changes to and press the Actions button.

3. You can start and stop instances in the drop down. Note: Before you (or anyone else) can connect to an instance it must have an Elastic IP assigned to it. These IP addresses can be assigned by going to the Elastic IP area (Button located on lower left sidebar)

Managing RDS Databases

Managing RDS databases in the console is a little different and doesn't give nearly as much control

• 1. From the Home page click RDS

  2. To visualize the activity of your databases check each box and press Show Monitoring

  3. To see specific information about the database (including the endpoint) press the lookup button (a magnifying class on a document)

Setting up Private Keys

SSH key files are installed to a user's hidden .ssh folder within their user directory:

On Windows

1. Open a new Windows Explorer window

2. Navigate to your user folder.

3. Click in the address bar and append .ssh i.e [...\Users\Adam\.ssh]

4. Drag and drop the downloaded pem key file into this directory.

On Mac

1. Open a new Finder window

2. Press cmd + Shift + g

3. Type ~/.ssh

4. Drag and drop the downloaded pem key file into this directory.

Connecting to EC2 Instance via SSH

• 1. Download an application called Zoc. Install it.

  2. Press the Host Directory button.

  3. Press New...

  4. Assign a title for this connection

  5. Fill in the IP address for the EC2 server you wish to connect to under Connect to (Port is 22)

  6. Change Connection Type to SSH

  7. Press the Login tab

  8. For username put in ec2-user

  9. Next to the SSH Key File line- press the ... button.

  10. Navigate to the Flogistix PEM file. (Located in your user directory > .ssh folder)

  11. Press Open then OK

  12. Select the newly created connection and press Connect

Connecting to EC2 Instance via SFTP

• 1. Open your favorite FTP client (Filezilla or Cyberduck)

  2. Open a new connection

  3. Enter the following credentials

     • Host: (IP Address of the Instance)

     • Username: ec2-user

     • Password: Password is the PEM file. There should be a button allowing you to locate your PEM file to use as the password.

  4. Connect to the instance.

Common Places in EC2 Instances

• • Web Root: /var/www/html/

  • HTTPD (Apache) Config: /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

  • VHOST Config: /etc/httpd/conf.d/vhost.conf