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Unlock password of AWS EC2 Windows instance, given private key. Will be prompted for key password if needed
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aws ec2 get-password-data --instance-id <instance-id> | grep PasswordData | sed 's/.*"PasswordData": "\(.*\)" /\1/' | sed 's/\\r//g' | sed 's/\\n//g' | base64 -d | openssl.exe rsautl -decrypt -inkey <private key path>
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