SSH to remote host with .pem key
login to remote host with .pem key:
ssh -i yourkey.pem ubuntu@10.0.0.1
make sure your key has permission set:
chmod 600 yourkey.pem
January 2017
How to add public key to remote host
copy public key
cat keyname_pub.key | ssh user@host ‘cat >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys’
on local machine edit /home/username/.ssh/config and add
Host choose_short_name
HostName 192.168.7.21
Port 22
User remote_user
IdentityFile /home/username/username_ssh_priv.key