Connect Amazon instance cloud to Linux and Windows

Read : 10 easy steps to create Amazon EC2 Instance
Read : 4 easy steps to map Elastic IP to Amazon Instance

Linux Connect

Executing following command in Linux terminal you can directly access your box.

ssh -i KEY File username@publicDNSname.amazonaws.com
ssh -i keypair.pem ubuntu@publicDNSname.amazonaws.com

Windows connect using Putty

PuTTY is a free and open source terminal emulator application which can act as a client for the SSH, Telnet, rlogin, and raw TCP computing protocols and as a serial console client. 

Step -1

First you have to download Putty.exe and PuttyGen.ext into your PC click here and download

Step 2
Run PuttyGen.exe click Conversions -> Import Key.

Step 3
Choose keypair.pem the Key Pair.

Step 4

In Parameters select Type of Key Generate SSH-1(RSA). Click Save private key.Same directory Puttygen will generate .ppk file (private key).

Step 5
Now run Putty.exe host name give Elastic IP or Public DNS name(If no elastic IP) and choose connection type SSH

Step 6
Authentication with private key. 
Category -> Connection -> SSH -> Auth browse and select .ppk file the click Open button.

Step 7
Instance cloud connected successfully. 

Execute following commands.

Update the Package
sudo apt-get update

Install Apache2

sudo apt-get install apache2

Install PHP5

sudo apt-get install php5
sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-php5

Install MySQL

sudo apt-get install mysql-server libapache2-mod-auth-mysql php5-mysql

Install PhpMyAdmin

sudo apt-get install phpmyadmin

Restart Apache2

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

Now your web services is ready. You can upload your files into /var/www/ directory using FTP.

Access http://ElasticIP/. It works!

FileZilla - File Uploads

Using the open source FTP tool you can upload files into Amazon EC2 instance box. Download here and install into your PC.

Step 1

Select File-> Site Manager

Step 2

Give host name as your instance box Elastic IP and select Server Type SFTP-SSH File Transfer Protocol. Click OK not Connect

Step 3

Adding private key for instance cloud authentication. Edit -> Settings -> Connectin -> SFTP click Add keyfile button to browsed and choose existing .ppk file. Eg:keypair.ppk

Step 4

Now Got File-> Site Manager click Connect button.

Instance connected. Now you can upload files from local PC to Amazon EC2 Instance Cloud /var/www/ directory.