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Using Adobe Media Server on Amazon Web Services
Last updated 8/28/2014
PuTTY is a free SSH client. From the PuTTY FAQ, “In really simple terms: you run PuTTY on a Windows machine,
and tell it to connect to (for example) a Unix machine. PuTTY opens a window. Then, anything you type into that
window is sent straight to the Unix machine, and everything the Unix machine sends back is displayed in the
window. So you can work on the Unix machine as if you were sitting at its console, while actually sitting somewhere
else.”
Note: You can use other SSH clients as well. This document provides instructions for WinSCP and PuTTY, but other clients
work similarly.
Use WinSCP to connect to an instance and copy files
The following example uses the WinSCP SCP client for Windows.
1 Download and install WinSCP and PuTTYgen.
2 Open PuTTYgen and do the following:
a Choose Conversions > Import Key.
b Browse to the .pem file and click Open.
c Choose File > Save Private Key.
A dialog asks whether it’s OK to save this file without a passphrase to protect it. Click Yes.
d Give the file the same filename as the .pem file and click Save. PuTTYgen adds the .ppk file extension.
e Close PuTTYgen.
3 Login to the AWS Management Cons ole, and select the instance to which you want to connect. In the details pane,
copy the Public DNS entry.
4 Open WinSCP and do the following:
a With Session selected in the tree, paste the public DNS of your instance to the Host name field.
b Verify that the Port number is 22.
c For User name, enter amsadmin.
d Click ... to browse to a private key file. Select the .ppk file you created in PuTTYgen and click Open.
e For File protocol, select SCP.
f To save the settings, click Save, give the profile a name, and click OK.