PuTTY does not natively support the private key format *.pem generated by Amazon EC2, so we’ll also need a way to convert this key file to a key format that the PuTTY application can use. There are many out there to choose from, but the one we’ll use in this example is PuTTY, a free implementation of Telnet and SSH for Windows and Linux/BSD platforms. Since Windows doesn’t typically support SSH, we’ll need an SSH client. Now that we have our new FreeBSD instance up and running under Amazon EC2 let’s turn our attention to connecting to it using SSH under Windows. Login to the AWS Management Console by selecting “AWS Managment Console” from among the options in the drop down list under “My Account” (See Figure 1). If you do not, you can sign up for one at Amazon Web Services.Ĭreate and Configure the FreeBSD Instanceįire up your web browser and navigate to Amazon Web Services. The steps discussed in this post assume you have an active AWS account.
Then goes on to explain how to connect to the new instance using SSH from a machine running a BSD, Linux or Windows operating system. This post describes how to create and configure a FreeBSD instance in Amazon EC2.
Instances feature varying combinations of CPU, memory, storage, and networking capacity, and give you the flexibility to choose the appropriate mix of resources for your applications. From an AMI, you launch an instance virtual servers that can run applications.
An Amazon Machine Image (AMI) is a template that contains a software configuration (for example, an operating system, an application server, and applications). Amazon EC2 can be used to launch as many or as few virtual servers as you need, configure security and networking, and manage storage. (20180108 – The steps in this post were amended to address changes in the Amazon AWS service - iceflatline)įreeBSD is an free and open source advanced computer operating system used to power modern servers, desktops and embedded platforms.Īmazon Elastic Compute Cloud (“EC2”) provides resizable computing capacity in the Amazon Web Services (“AWS”) cloud.