Jump into EC2 Instances with plink and scp a tar.bz2 to the home\tmp folder

plink-commands.txt

scp DataPayload.tar.bz2 ~/tmp/DataPayload.tar.bz2
exit

PLinkIntoEC2Instances.ps1

#Created by Elizabeth Clements in 2022
#License MIT

$AWSRegion = 'us-west-2'
$AWSProfileLocation = ("$env:USERPROFILE\.aws\credentials")
$AWSProfileName = 'default'

#Should resolve to <working_directory>\plink-commands.txt
$PLink_CommandFilePath = ((Get-Location | Select-Object Path -ExpandProperty Path) + "\plink-commands.txt")

$ListOfInstances = `
	(Get-EC2Instance -Region $AWSRegion -ProfileLocation $AWSProfileLocation -ProfileName $AWSProfileName).Instances `
	| Select-Object `
	@{Name="ServerAlias"; Expression={$_.Tags | Where-Object Key -eq "Name" | Select-Object Value -ExpandProperty Value}} `
	, @{Name="State"; Expression={$_.State.Name}} `
	, InstanceId `
	, PrivateIpAddress `
	| Out-GridView -PassThru

[String[]]$PrivateHostAddresses = $ListOfInstances | Sort-Object -Property State, ServerAlias `
	| Out-GridView -PassThru `
	| Select-Object PrivateIpAddress -ExpandProperty PrivateIpAddress

try	{
	$Credentials = $host.ui.PromptForCredential( `
	"EC2 Instance SSH Credential Prompt" `
	, "Please enter your username and password" `
	, "" `
	, "NetBiosUserName")
}
catch {
	Write-Error "Failed to get SSH Credentials!"
	Exit 1 #error!
}

$PromptedCommandFilePath = Read-Host -Prompt "Command File Path - Default [$PLink_CommandFilePath]"
if($PromptedCommandFilePath)
{
	$PLink_CommandFilePath = $PromptedCommandFilePath
}

ForEach($IPAddress in $PrivateHostAddresses)
{
	Start-Process "plink" `
	-ArgumentList `
		@("-ssh", ($Credentials.GetNetworkCredential().UserName + "@" + $IPAddress), `
		"-pw", ($Credentials.GetNetworkCredential().Password), `
		"-m", $PLink_CommandFilePath)
}


#Ensure we aren't holding onto anything.
Clear-Variable Credentials
Remove-Variable Credentials