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Created August 16, 2011 06:11
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add a public key for new host to ssh aws ec2
1. make a new public on local host (generate public key under ~/.ssh)
cd
ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 1024
2. copy the output of the following cat.
cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
3. ssh to your aws ec2 and paste it to ~/.ssh/authorized_keys2 (a new file)
4. chmod 640 ~/.ssh/authorized_keys2
5. go back to your local host and try to ssh it.
make sure the username is the same as the one you put public key on it's ~/.ssh directory.
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