Kali build without the tools
Connected without a problem. As others have said, connect with the username kali. And if you are having problems connecting over SSH, make sure you create a rule in the AWS Security Group for it. It is a bummer that none of the tools that would normally be part of Kali are installed though, so what's the point?
No tools or GUI? Why not just use Debian and install all your own tools.
Who thought up a testing linux without any testing tools?
NOT included with your Kali: nmap, nc, wfuzz, gobuster, dirb, burpsuite, . . . .
Also, no GUI so forget BurpSuite or using a browser.
Kali in name only
Like others mentioned, there is not even one single pen tool installed. What's the point of using Kali if I have to install all the pen tools myself?
Connect but tricky
I could finally after several attempts. trick is to us "kali" user name, not ec2-user or root as mentioned in documentation/instruction. I spent several hours to figure it out. Here is the syntax
ssh -i <path to private key> kali@instanceIP
No tools installed
Everything went smoothly with the first config, I could connect to the machine via SSH (with "kali", not with "ec2-user" anymore!) and I could install the packages needed for RDP. The connection was great!
Unfortunately, once logged in, I couldn't find any of the usual Kali security tools (Wireshark, nmap, Metasploit, ...)...am I missing something perhaps?!
There is no any pen testing tool
Where are the usuals tools like wpscan and others. ?
After I connect to EC2 via RDP, there is an empty desktop and at application menu there aren't any tools that usually comes with Kali
XRDP is painfully slow
When setting up XRDP it is extremely slow; I tend to have to go to /etc/xrdp/xrdp.ini and set max_bpp=8. It makes it work faster but makes the GUI look awful.
https://bugs.kali.org/view.php?id=6094
This is bugged read here please https://bugs.kali.org/view.php?id=6094 and try to contact someone to upload an older version at least. Iptables bug.
Cannot connect
Like the others, I cannot connect to this machine after it is launched. SSH doesn't even connect to allow authentication with the keys.
good but meh
The 2020 AMI for the EU-WEST has bad design which prevent beeing able to ssh with ec2-user & key. Just use the december 2019 build. Works fine.