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keypair error

  • By chris
  • on 02/21/2024

Will not recognise the AWS Key pair when trying to login via SSH
Completely useless as there is no way of connecting once the instance has started up


  • By neo
  • on 10/07/2024

Connect with `centos` user, that worked for me.

  • By Rhys
  • on 09/26/2024

Did you try using the centos username when trying to login via SSH as opposed to ec2-user? see usage instructions.