# Performing tasks on the Amazon EC2 gateway local console
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Some maintenance tasks require that you log in to the local console when running a gateway deployed on an Amazon EC2 instance. This section describes how to log in to the local console and perform maintenance tasks.

**Topics**
+ [Logging in to your Amazon EC2 gateway local console](EC2_MaintenanceConsoleWindow-fgw.md) - Learn how to connect and log in to the gateway local console your Amazon EC2 instance by using a Secure Shell (SSH) client.
+ [Routing your gateway deployed on Amazon EC2 through an HTTP proxy](EC2_MaintenanceRoutingProxy-fgw.md) - Learn how to configure a Socket Secure version 5 (SOCKS5) proxy between Amazon and a gateway deployed on an Amazon EC2 instance.
+ [Testing your gateway's network connectivity](EC2_MaintenanceTestGatewayConnectivity-fgw.md) - Learn how to use the gateway local console to test network connectivity between your gateway and various network resources.
+ [Viewing your gateway system resource status](EC2_system-resource-check-fgw.md) - Learn how to use the gateway local console to checks your gateway's virtual CPU cores, root volume size, and RAM.
+ [Running Storage Gateway commands on the local console for an Amazon EC2 gateway](EC2_MaintenanceGatewayConsole-fgw.md) - Learn how to run local console commands to perform tasks such as saving routing tables, connecting to Amazon Web Services Support, and more.
+ [Configuring your Amazon EC2 gateway network settings](EC2-MaintenanceConfiguringStaticIP-fgw.md) - Learn how to use the local console to view and configure network settings such as DNS and hostname for a gateway on an Amazon EC2 instance.