In the previous segment, you had created the t2.micro EC2 instance. Now that you have created an EC2 instance, the next step is to access that instance by logging in to it. In the following videos, you will learn how to access EC2 instances in Windows OS as well as Linux/Mac systems. In addition to this, you will learn the steps to transfer files between the local system and the EC2 instance.
Steps for Windows Users
To access EMR instances from a Windows system, PuTTy is used.
PuTTy
PuTTy is a serial console and a network file transfer application. PuTTy allows users to connect to a remote system from their host machine. you will use PuTTy to log in to your EMR instance.
Following are the step by step documents for the steps performed in the above video. the link to download PuTTy is also present in the below document.
Note:
Whenever you will mention the source as “MyIP” in your security group’ it will by default change it to “Custom”. So you have to make sure the source is MyIP every time you login.
to transfer files from the local system having Windows OS to EC2 instance and vice versa, WinSCP is used.
WinSCP
WinSCP (Windows secure copy) is an open -source file transfer client for windows. It is used for transferring file from the local computer to the remote machine. It protects private information such as login ID, password, etc by using cryptographic methods. In the following video, you will learn to transfer files from EC2 instance to local machine and vice versa using WinSCP.
Following are the step-by step documents for the steps performed in the above video. the link to Download WinSCP is also Present in the below document.
Note-
The below document is to understand the steps of the file transfer. the file used in the document are different as shown in the video, so follow the steps carefully.
Steps for Mac/ Linux Users
Mac and Linux users can simple use the SSH command from their terminal to the EC2 instance, and the SCP command for transferring files. The steps for the same are shown in the following video.
Now let’s see the steps to see the steps to transfer files between local machine <> EC2 for Mac/Linux users.
Even if the EC2 instance that you have created is in the stopped state, there is a fixed amount of cost associated with it. And, since you have practiced the t2.micro instance in this segment, in the next video, you will learn the steps to terminate an EC2 instance.
In the next segment, you will learn about Amazon EMR and its features.
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