EC2 User guide Ubuntu CHI/Linux – SL1
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Document scope The scope of this document to provide user guide for ubuntu
CHI/Linux
Audience
End user (subscriber) AWS EC2 for Siteage, LLC product CHI/Linux.
Usage Instructions
Login with SSH client to the instance and default login user is “ubuntu” with SSH key
specified at the time of launch. If you need to switch to root user you can type “sudo - i” to
switch root. Using security best approach, it is advisable to disable SSH access for the user
root and access SSH using accounts other than root and use the sudo command when root
privileges are required.
Default login user
Newly launched EC2 Instance using the default user “ubuntu”
Default login SSH port
The default login SSH port for CHI Enterprise Linux is “22” port you need to allow for your IP
in the AWS Security Group.
Login example on Linux / UNIX / Mac System
change file SSH permission to 600 as
chmod 600 <your-ssh-key.pem>
# Login example command for Linux / UNIX / Mac Terminal
shh -i <your-ssh-key.pem> ubuntu@<IP-Address>
# switch to root
sudo -i
Windows user need to convert pem file into ppk file
if you are windows user you need Login using Windows based SSH client like putty. Also
you need to convert your SSH .pem file to .ppk for SSH login using Putty Keygen.
Update EC2 node before doing any installation
# update as root/sudo user
apt update
or
apt-get update
Important
- “ ” user name only ubuntu without double quotes
- On Linux / Unix / Mac systems your private SSH key file need 600 permissions.
- <your-ssh-key> is your file name that you generated at the time of Launch of EC2.
- <IP Address> Elastic IP Address or Private IP address of your EC2 node.
- Login user and port are same for all any type of SSH client.
