Copy files from local linux computer to amazon aws linux instance [closed]

Question

How do you copy files from local linux computer to amazon aws linux instance?

Answer 1

We can do that through scp command shown below:

scp -i testkey1.pem sourcefile [email protected]:outputfile

or if you want to copy a complete directory

scp -i testkey1.pem -r sourcefolder/ [email protected]:~/

• -i is the option for pem file
• ec2-51-122-239-158.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com is the public dns address, You can get this value from aws console of your instance.