# Connect to your AWS PCS cluster
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 After the status of the `login` compute node group becomes **Active**, you can connect to the EC2 instance it created. 

**To connect to the login node**
+ Open the [AWS PCS console](https://console.aws.amazon.com/pcs) and navigate to **Clusters**.
+ Select the cluster named `get-started`.
+ Choose **Compute node groups**.
+ Navigate to the compute node group named `login`.
+ Find the **Compute node group ID**.
+ In another browser window or tab, open the [Amazon EC2 console](https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2).
  + Choose **Instances**.
  + Search for EC2 instances with the following tag. Replace *node-group-id* with the value of the **Compute node group ID** from the previous step. There should be 1 instance.

    ```
    aws:pcs:compute-node-group-id=node-group-id
    ```
  + Connect to the EC2 instance. You can use Session Manager or SSH.

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#### [ Session Manager ]
    + Select the instance.
    + Choose **Connect**.
    + Under **Connect to instance**, select **Session Manager**.
    + Choose **Connect**.
    + Choose **Connect**. An interactive terminal launches in your browser.

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#### [ SSH ]
    + Select the instance.
    + Choose **Connect**.
    + Under **Connect to instance**, select **SSH client**.
    + Follow the instructions provided by the console.
**Note**  
The user name for the instance is **`ec2-user`** not `root`.

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