AWS EC2: Connecting To An Instance.

connect-to-an-aws-ec2-instance.txt

To open an AWS Instance you:

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Windows Computers
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1)	Open Git Bash to the folder that contains my .pem file that you generated with your instance

2)	Using Git command prompt you use chmod 400 my.pem to set the correct permissions on my.pem file

3)	You then type in “ssh –v –i my.pem ec2-user@my-instance-dns” into Git command prompt to connect

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Mac
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1) Open Terminal

2) Use the cd command to move to the appropriate folder.

3) Type the following command to change the pem key permissions:

> chmod 400 my.pem

4) Connect using:

> ssh –v –i my.pem ec2-user@my-instance-dns

@Yash-shetty the errors you are seeing indicate that your IP isn't actually accessible from the outside. You need to fix that first.
It's probably done in some section that manages the firewall.

I haven't ever used AWS. I just used these same instructions to connect to SSH in Google Cloud.