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To connect to an AWS EC2 instance using a .pem file (private key file), you'll typically use SSH (Secure Shell) from a Unix-like terminal (Linux, macOS) or a tool like PuTTY on Windows. Here’s a step-by-step guide for each platform:

Step 1 : Open a Terminal

Step 2 : Change Permissions of the .pem File

chmod 400 path/to/your-key-file.pem

Step 3 : Connect to the EC2 Instance

ssh -i path/to/your-key-file.pem username@ec2-public-ip ssh -i /path/to/your-key-file.pem [email protected]

Note: The username varies depending on the AMI you used

• For Amazon Linux or Amazon Linux 2: ec2-user
• For Ubuntu: ubuntu
• For CentOS: centos
• For Debian: admin or root
• For RHEL: ec2-user or root

To run an HTML file on your AWS EC2 instance, you need to set up a web server. Here's how you can do it using Apache on a Linux-based EC2 instance (e.g., Amazon Linux, Ubuntu).

For Amazon Linux

sudo yum update -y

For Ubuntu:

sudo apt update

Install Apache Web Server

• For Amazon Linux:

sudo yum install httpd -y

• For Ubuntu:

sudo apt install apache2 -y

Verify Apache Installation

• Check if Apache is running by accessing your EC2 instance's public IP address in a web browser. You should see the Apache test page.

Upload Your HTML File

• You need to place your HTML file in the web server's root directory.
• For Amazon Linux, the default directory is /var/www/html/.

Access Your HTML File

http://your-ec2-public-ip/your-file.html