How Can I connect to Amazon Linux instance using Remote Desktop from Windows 7?
If you mean Windows RDP (Remote Desktop) that is your problem. Most likely you will need to use an SSH client to connect. I suggest Putty.
You should've received an SSH key when you setup your server. You will need to convert that key using PuttyGEN (same page as the Putty download) to convert it then use it with Putty to access the server.
Trying to walk you through the process of installing a GUI and VNC on the server is a bit much for here but give this video a shot. It seems pretty thorough and from skipping through it I saw no obvious errors in his process.
Remote desktop connection to ec2 instance
I had the same issue as you have. In my case, The internet service provider blocked the SSH connection(PORT). though our security group allows to all we can't connect our instance.
Take this to them and get it fixed:).
How to transfer files to Amazon EC2 instance from my Windows 7 computer?
The simplest way is to install an FTP service on your EC2 host, open port 21 in the firewall and Security Group, and use your FTP client of choice on Win7 to push the data up.
For bonus points, use SFTP instead over port 22. You don't mention the EC2 host OS, but if it's Windows you can use msftpsvr on the host and FileZilla on Win7.
Remote desktop to Windows instance not working -AWS EC2 Free Tier
Common things to check when connecting to an Amazon EC2 instance:
- Confirm that the instance is listening on the desired port -- I have seen people launch a Linux instance, then try to RDP into it
- Confirm that the Security Group is permitting inbound access for RDP (port 3389) from
0.0.0.0/0or (preferably) your specific IP address (with/32appended to the end) - Confirm that the instance is running in a Public Subnet (which means that Route Table is configured to use the Internet Gateway). If you are using a Default VPC, then this will have been configured for you.
- Confirm that you are connecting via a Public IP Address that is currently associated with the instance
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