=============================================================== Logging into your new instance "in the cloud" (Windows version) =============================================================== Download Putty and Puttygen from here: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html Generate a ppk file from your pem file ====================================== (You only need to do this once for each key!) Open puttygen; select "Load". .. image:: images/win-puttygen.png :width: 50% Find and load your '.pem' file; it's probably in your Downloads folder. Note, you have to select 'All files' on the bottom. .. image:: images/win-puttygen-2.png :width: 50% Load it. .. image:: images/win-puttygen-3.png :width: 50% Now, "save private key". Put it somewhere easy to find. .. image:: images/win-puttygen-4.png :width: 50% Now that you've generated your PPK file from your PEM file, you can log in. To do that... Logging into your EC2 instance with Putty ========================================= Open up putty, and enter your hostname into the Host Name box. .. image:: images/win-putty-1.png :width: 50% Now, go find the 'SSH' section and enter your ppk file (generated above by puttygen). Then select 'Open'. .. image:: images/win-putty-2.png :width: 50% Log in as "root". .. image:: images/win-putty-3.png :width: 50% Declare victory! .. image:: images/win-putty-4.png :width: 50%