Howto Manage an EC2 Instance using PuttySSH

Launch Instance Wizard and pick the AMI for a Small Instance Type (32-bit). Enter in a name for the key you would like to create, and save it in a secure place on your local machine. We will need it for SSH login purposes later. Next setup basic firewall access for SSH (fix the web server and database firewall access later).Note the Public DNS that was assigned and save the generated key on our local machine. Amazon key ends with the extension .pem. Before we use PuTTY, we have to convert that key to PuTTY's format (.ppk) using PuTTYgen. Login with username= ec2-user, no password will be required.