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What permissions do I need for a PEM file?
How to Connect to Amazon EC2 Remotely Using SSH:
- Create a directory: # mkdir -p ~/.ssh.
- Move the downloaded .pem file to the .ssh directory we just created: # mv ~/Downloads/ec2private.pem ~/.ssh.
- Change the permissions of the .pem file so only the root user can read it: # chmod 400 ~/.ssh/ec2private.pem.
How do I SSH a .PEM file?
Connect to your EC2 Instance
- Open your terminal and change directory with command cd, where you downloaded your pem file.
- Type the SSH command with this structure: ssh -i file.pem username@ip-address.
- After pressing enter, a question will prompt to add the host to your known_hosts file.
- And that’s it!
How to connect over SSH using a.pem file?
As noted in this answer, this file needs to have correct permissions set. The ssh man page says: ssh will simply ignore a private key file if it is accessible by others. That is, set permissions for g roup and o thers equal to the empty list of permissions. Will connect you over ssh using a .pem file to any server.
How to change the permissions of a.pem file?
Change the permissions of the .pem file so only the root user can read it: Save that file. Use the ssh command with your public DNS hostname to connect to your instance. chmod 400 {keyfile}.pem is what amazon instructed and it works.
How to SCP from remote host to remote host with PEM files?
How to scp from remote host to remote host with pem files and turning off strict host checking? From my DEV server I’d like to copy files from my stage server to my prod server. I already have SSH keys setup between my DEV server and my stage server. But I haven’t had any success trying to copy from STAGE to PROD when I’m on my DEV server.
How does SSH ignore a private key file?
The ssh man page says: ssh will simply ignore a private key file if it is accessible by others. That is, set permissions for g roup and o thers equal to the empty list of permissions. Will connect you over ssh using a .pem file to any server.