The AWS EC2 Linux instance uses a .pem private key file to authenticate the default ubuntu user account.
Let us learn about how to set up a password on your running EC2 instance,
Prerequisites
- You have ec2 instance running
- You have root access to ec2 instance
Step 1
Connect to your Linux ec2 instance via putty (/ssh).
Step 2
Login to your running instance
Step 3
Execute below command:
sudo passwd ec2-user
And write the password
Step 4
Now it’s time to go to the directory
/etc/ssh
and follow below command
sudo vim sshd_config
Step 5
After you apply the command,
Press “i” and
Now go to the “passwordauthentication” and write “yes”
After change, it please save it
Perfect
Step 6
Last command is
sudo service sshd restart
and disconnect and login again using username and password
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