How To Create Pem Key In Aws

If you currently use any of Amazon's deployed services, you will have created a SSH/certificate key pair already. This key pair will be used for the API Gateway AMI. If you are new to Amazon's deployed services, follow the steps below to create a key pair. A SSH/certificate key pair uniquely identifies you to the Amazon servers, allowing you to log in without needing to enter a user ID and password each time. Power User Tip: You can create a key/certificate pair locally and upload the certificate to the EC2 console.

A SSH/certificate key pair uniquely identifies you to the Amazon servers, allowing you to log in without needing to enter a user ID and password each time.

Power User Tip:

You can create a key/certificate pair locally and upload the certificate to the EC2 console.

Note:

If you just signed up for an EC2 account, you may receive a message stating that you do not have an account. Should this happen, wait a few minutes and refresh the web page. Do not sign up again.

Click Key Pairs under "Networking and Security" in the Navigation pane.

Click Create Key Pair and then enter a name in the Key Pair Name field, for example "IT GROUP". A private key is created and you are prompted to save it.

Save the private key file to your local machine and remember the location.

Converting the Private Key to a Format

The private key created above is in the industry standard PEM format. If you will be connecting to Gateway appliance using PuTTY or any other program that uses a different private key format, you will need to re-save the key pair into that application's native format.

Note:

Please consult the documentation for your SSH program if unsure of its support for private key formats.

The following steps describe how to convert the key file for PuTTY. For other programs, please consult its user documentation.

Open Windows Explorer and run:

c:\Program

Files\PuTTY\puttygen.exe

This opens the PuTTY Key Generator.

Click Load and then open the key pair PEM file created previously; for example, "ITGROUP.pem". You should see this confirmation:

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Figure

7:

Successful

key

import

Click OK to dismiss the notice and then click

Save private key

in the PuTTY Key Generator dialog.

You will receive a warning about saving the key without a passphrase. Creating a passphrase is optional but it enhances security.

To proceed without a passphrase, click

Yes

to continue. You will not be prompted to enter a passphrase when logging into the API Gateway AMI in the future.

To create a passphrase, click

to return to the PuTTY Key Generator dialog. Complete the Key passphrase and Confirm passphrase fields. Then click
Save private key
again. You will need to enter this passphrase each time you log into the API Gateway AMI.

Enter a file name for the new private key. You can use the same name as before; just be sure the "save as type" is set to PuTTY Private Key Files (*.ppk).

Close the PuTTY Key Generator dialog.