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Amazon EC2 Instance Connect examples using AWS CLI - AWS Command Line Interface
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Amazon EC2 Instance Connect examples using AWS CLI

The following code examples show you how to perform actions and implement common scenarios by using the AWS Command Line Interface with Amazon EC2 Instance Connect.

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The following code example shows how to use send-ssh-public-key.

AWS CLI

To send a an SSH public key to an instance

The following send-ssh-public-key example sends the specified SSH public key to the specified instance. The key is used to authenticate the specified user.

aws ec2-instance-connect send-ssh-public-key \
    --instance-id i-1234567890abcdef0 \
    --instance-os-user ec2-user \
    --availability-zone us-west-2b \
    --ssh-public-key file://path/my-rsa-key.pub

Contents of my-rsa-key.pub:

ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQC1a2b3c4d5e6f7a8b9c0dEXAMPLEKEY ec2-user@example

This command produces no output.

For more information, see Connect to a Linux instance using EC2 Instance Connect in the Amazon EC2 User Guide.