PowerShell Guide: Connecting to AWS Instances and Transferring Files with SCP Command

Connecting to AWS Instances

Before jumping to connect first check whether OpenSSH is pre-installed on your PowerShell or not. On your PowerShell type ssh

If something like this comes it means you are ready to go.

Now once you have set up your instance and it running let's jump into connect with PowerShell.

• Click on your Instance ID

• Click on Connect

  

• click on SSH client

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  Copy this example, and direct yourself to the location where you stored your .pem file (This is an important step), right-click and open the terminal and paste this on your terminal and press Enter.

• You will get one-time permission, type yes.

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That's it -

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Transferring Files with SCP Command

Open a new tab on PowerShell and direct yourself to the same location where your .pem file is stored and paste the command which you copied, this one:

Paste this on the terminal, but now change the ssh to scp and type the location of your file in the below-given format:

Congratulations now you learnt how to use SCP!!

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