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How to connect Elastic Beanstalk instance via SSH

Accessing Elastic Beanstalk instance through SSH is not an easy task. However, our experts have put together this easy guide to make the job easy.

Before we begin, we have to set up a valid AWS EC2 key pair with the following steps:

1. First, head to the EC2 home.
2. Then scroll down to Network & Security services on the left side panel and click Key Pairs.
3. Next, click Create Key Pair and enter a Key pair name and click Create.
4. Finally, download the newly created key on the local machine.

How to connect Elastic Beanstalk instance to SSH

1. First, head to the Elastic Beanstalk and click on the App’s environment.
2. Then, head tot eh Configuration section on the left side and scroll to the Security Category.
3. Next, click the Modify button to edit the settings.
4. After that, choose the newly created Private key from the EC2 Key pair drop-down box and click Apply. Our experts would like to point out that the settings will come into effect for an existing EC2 Beanstalk instance only after every EC2 instance is replaced.
5. Then, go to the EC2 home page and select the Instance option on the left side panel.
6. Next, select the instance being used by Beanstalk on the right side and click the Connect button. If the EC2 browser-based SSH connection did not work, you can also try apps like MobaXtream or Putty.

Alternatively, we can use the following method:

1. First, head to the Elastic Beanstalk application directory and run the following command:

   eb ssh
2. In case SSH is not enabled in the Elastic Beanstalk, we will see an error. In that case, run the following command:

   eb ssh –setup

   Then, type the EB environment name when prompted.
3. Next, choose the SSH private key we created in the earlier section.

   The SSH key has to be in the .ssh directory under your home directory for this to work.
4. After choosing the SSH private key, Elastic Beanstalk will kill existing instances. These will then be replaced by new instances that are accessible via SSH.
5. Now, use the “eb ssh” command to SSH into Elastic Beanstalk instances.

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Conclusion

To conclude, we got to see how we can connect the Elastic Beanstalk instance via SSH. Our support Engineers also took us through the process of generating an EC2 key pair.