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Configure AWS EC2 to use ssh keys instead of .pem files
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EC2 config to not use pem file and use ssh key instead

  1. Open sshd_config file
sudo vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config
  1. Look for PasswordAuthentication No and change it to PasswordAuthentication Yes
  2. Save the file
  3. Restart ssh demon
sudo /etc/init.d/ssh restart
  1. Try connecting to check if it works
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