- Right click on the instance in the EC2 dashboard and click connect.
- It will open Console Connect - Remote Desktop Connection
- Click on Retrieve Password
- Browse the private key with .pem extension from your local desktop
- Then press Decrypt Password button
- You get following
- Public DNS
- Username - Administrator
- Password
- Use mstsc from your local desktop, put Public DNS entry there and click connect.
- You will get the login screen
- Put Adminstrator password and login to your EC2 instance
Note: Always change your Administrative password after connecting your EC2 instance
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