Prerequisites

Key Pair

The AWS key pair is needed when you are using SSH to log in the On-Demand Server. For this purpose, you can use your existing AWS key pair or create a new one.

To create a new key pair, go to the Navigation > Key Pairs. Click Create Key Pair to begin.

Create a new AWS key pair.

When prompted, enter the key pair's name and click Create, the private key will be downloaded to your computer.

To install the downloaded private key (For example, asp1.pem) on your local machine, place the file in the following location: (~ represents your home directory)

~/.ssh/asp1.pem