Amazon EC2 Instance Connect examples using Amazon CLI - Amazon Command Line Interface
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Amazon EC2 Instance Connect examples using Amazon CLI

The following code examples show you how to perform actions and implement common scenarios by using the Amazon Command Line Interface with Amazon EC2 Instance Connect.

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The following code example shows how to use send-ssh-public-key.

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To send a an SSH public key to an instance

The following send-ssh-public-key example sends the specified SSH public key to the specified instance. The key is used to authenticate the specified user.

aws ec2-instance-connect send-ssh-public-key \
    --instance-id i-1234567890abcdef0 \
    --instance-os-user ec2-user \
    --availability-zone us-east-2b \
    --ssh-public-key file://path/my-rsa-key.pub

This command produces no output.