Add new key pair for an AWS Ec2 instance
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ec2-key-pairs.html
- Create a private key for your instance with AWS Console
- Retrieving the public key for your key pair using this command
ssh-keygen -y -f /path_to_key_pair/my-key-pair.pem- Copy the result
- Access your instance
- Edit the file
~/.ssh/authorized_keysand paste this line
- add the name of the key to the end of the line
Example:
ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQClKsfkNkuSevGj3eYhCe53pcjqP3maAhDFcvBS7O6V
hz2ItxCih+PnDSUaw+WNQn/mZphTk/a/gU8jEzoOWbkM4yxyb/wB96xbiFveSFJuOp/d6RJhJOI0iBXr
lsLnBItntckiJ7FbtxJMXLvvwJryDUilBMTjYtwB+QhYXUMOzce5Pjz5/i8SeJtjnV3iAoG/cQk+0FzZ
qaeJAAHco+CY/5WrUBkrHmFJr6HcXkvJdWPkYQS3xqC0+FmUZofz221CBt5IMucxXPkX4rWi+z7wB3Rb
BQoQzd8v7yeb7OzlPnWOyN0qFU0XA246RA8QFYiCNYwI3f05p6KLxEXAMPLE my-key-pair