Connect to Amazon ec2 Instance without specifying .pem file

Question

I have been using the following command to connect to my amazon ec2 instance from my OSX terminal:

ssh -i /path/my-key-pair.pem [email protected]

So I need to include the .pem file location on the command.

Is there any way, so that I do not need to specify the .pem file each time i connect?

Any help or suggestion will be appreciated. Thank you.

Answer 1

Ok, i have got the solution. Here I am sharing if someone need sometimes:

• Copy the .pem file to ~/.ssh

• Create a config file at ~/.ssh

  touch ~/.ssh/config

• open the config file in nano or vim. nano ~/.ssh/config

• Add the following line to config file

  Host host_name

  HostName ec2.server.address.com

  User ec2-user

  IdentityFile "~/.ssh/ec2.pem"

• Now connect from terminal: ssh host_name