To use Secure Shell (SSH) to connect to compute instances on a Snowball Edge, you have the following options for providing or creating an SSH key.
You can provide the SSH key for the Amazon Machine Image (AMI) when you create a job to order a device. For more information, see Creating a job to order a Snowball Edge.
You can provide the SSH key for the AMI when you create a virtual machine image to import to a Snowball Edge. For more information, see Importing a virtual machine image to a Snowball Edge device.
You can create a key pair on the Snowball Edge and choose to launch an instance with that locally generated public key. For more information, see Create a key pair using Amazon EC2 in the Amazon EC2 User Guide.
To connect to an instance through SSH
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Make sure that your device is powered on, connected to the network, and unlocked. For more information, see Connecting a Snowball Edge to your local network.
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Make sure that you have your network settings configured for your compute instances. For more information, see Network configurations for compute instances on Snowball Edge.
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Check your notes to find the PEM or PPK key pair that you used for this specific instance. Make a copy of those files somewhere on your computer. Make a note of the path to the PEM file.
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Connect to your instance through SSH as in the following example command. The IP address is the IP address of the virtual network interface (VNIC) that you set up in Network configurations for compute instances on Snowball Edge.
ssh -ipath/to/PEM/key/fileinstance-user-name@192.0.2.0For more information, see Connecting to Your Linux Instance Using SSH in the Amazon EC2 User Guide.
