AWS Default Usernames - deptster/deptster.github.io GitHub Wiki

The default usernames for the AMI that you just used to launch your instance:

AMI used to launch instance Default username

Amazon Linux 2023

Amazon Linux 2

Amazon Linux

ec2-user
CentOS centos or ec2-user
Debian admin
Fedora fedora or ec2-user
RHEL ec2-user or root
SUSE ec2-user or root
Ubuntu ubuntu
Oracle ec2-user
Bitnami bitnami
Rocky Linux rocky
Other Check with the AMI provider
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