Connection impossible to Amazon EC2 : Permission denied (public key) - ssh

I'm a bit lost with Amazon EC2. I just created an instance and generaited a pair of keys. I saved it on my win7 HDD.
I started a ssh connection through the terminal :
$ ssh -v -i EC2.pem instance_id#ec2-xx-xx-xx-xx.eu-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com
OpenSSH_4.6p1, OpenSSL 0.9.8e 23 Feb 2007
debug1: Connecting to ec2-xx-xx-xx-xx.eu-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com [54.76.160.55] port 22.
debug1: Connection established.
debug1: identity file EC2.pem type -1
debug1: Remote protocol version 2.0, remote software version OpenSSH_6.6p1 Ubuntu-2ubuntu1
debug1: match: OpenSSH_6.6p1 Ubuntu-2ubuntu1 pat OpenSSH*
debug1: Enabling compatibility mode for protocol 2.0
debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_4.6
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT received
debug1: kex: server->client aes128-cbc hmac-md5 none
debug1: kex: client->server aes128-cbc hmac-md5 none
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REQUEST(1024<1024<8192) sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_GROUP
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_INIT sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REPLY
debug1: Host 'ec2-xx-xx-xx-xx.eu-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com' is known and matches the RSA host key.
debug1: Found key in /c/Users/FLE/.ssh/known_hosts:1
debug1: ssh_rsa_verify: signature correct
debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS
debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS received
debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_REQUEST sent
debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT received
debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey
debug1: Next authentication method: publickey
debug1: Trying private key: EC2.pem
debug1: read PEM private key done: type RSA
debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey
debug1: No more authentication methods to try.
Permission denied (publickey).
Doesn't seem to want to let me in.
When I try via putty, it answers Disconnected: No supported authentication methods available.
What is this ?
Thanks for helping.

Don't know the exact instance type you are trying to ssh into but the format should be "userid#ec2host.com" - you appear to be using instance id instead. Should look something like this:
ssh -i my-key-pair.pem ec2-user#ec2-198-51-100-1.compute-1.amazonaws.com
ec2-user is the default user for Amazon Linux, ubuntu is the default for all the ubuntu instance typers.
http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/AccessingInstancesLinux.html

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Launched new instance on EC2 with same keypair, can't ssh

This is on AWS. I tried to launch a new Ubuntu instance (#2) with the same keypair that is associated with another Ubuntu instance (#1).
AWS instances are associated with keypairs at the time they are launched and cannot be changed once launched.
I can connect to instance #1 but can't connect to instance #2 using the same ssh command. I've checked my permissions and everything seems to be ok.
The key is in ~/AMI.pem.
I have chmod 600 on my home directory and chmod 400 on ~/AMI.pem, so it's only readable/writeable by me.
The instances are nearly identical, with the same security groups and keypairs, same version of Ubuntu, etc. Instance #1 has some additional packages installed. I verified both are associated with the same keypair called "AMI".
Connecting to #2:
USAU9900:ScrapeEdgar reedn$ ssh -i ~/AMI.pem -v ubuntu#54.67.18.96
OpenSSH_6.2p2, OSSLShim 0.9.8r 8 Dec 2011
debug1: Reading configuration data /Users/reedn/.ssh/config
debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh_config
debug1: /etc/ssh_config line 20: Applying options for *
debug1: Connecting to 54.67.18.96 [54.67.18.96] port 22.
debug1: Connection established.
debug1: identity file /Users/reedn/AMI.pem type -1
debug1: identity file /Users/reedn/AMI.pem-cert type -1
debug1: Enabling compatibility mode for protocol 2.0
debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_6.2
debug1: Remote protocol version 2.0, remote software version OpenSSH_6.2
debug1: match: OpenSSH_6.2 pat OpenSSH*
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT received
debug1: kex: server->client aes128-ctr hmac-md5-etm#openssh.com none
debug1: kex: client->server aes128-ctr hmac-md5-etm#openssh.com none
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REQUEST(1024<1024<8192) sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_GROUP
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_INIT sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REPLY
debug1: Server host key: RSA 36:69:f6:95:b4:3c:f0:77:02:ab:02:01:af:c7:cc:6a
debug1: Host '54.67.18.96' is known and matches the RSA host key.
debug1: Found key in /Users/reedn/.ssh/known_hosts:1
debug1: ssh_rsa_verify: signature correct
debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS
debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS received
debug1: Roaming not allowed by server
debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_REQUEST sent
debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT received
debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey
debug1: Next authentication method: publickey
debug1: Trying private key: /Users/reedn/AMI.pem
debug1: read PEM private key done: type RSA
debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey
debug1: No more authentication methods to try.
*Permission denied (publickey).*
Connecting to instance #1:
USAU9900:ScrapeEdgar reedn$ ssh -i ~/AMI.pem -v ubuntu#54.183.77.100
OpenSSH_6.2p2, OSSLShim 0.9.8r 8 Dec 2011
debug1: Reading configuration data /Users/reedn/.ssh/config
debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh_config
debug1: /etc/ssh_config line 20: Applying options for *
debug1: Connecting to 54.183.77.100 [54.183.77.100] port 22.
debug1: Connection established.
debug1: identity file /Users/reedn/AMI.pem type -1
debug1: identity file /Users/reedn/AMI.pem-cert type -1
debug1: Enabling compatibility mode for protocol 2.0
debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_6.2
debug1: Remote protocol version 2.0, remote software version OpenSSH_6.6.1p1 Ubuntu-2ubuntu2
debug1: match: OpenSSH_6.6.1p1 Ubuntu-2ubuntu2 pat OpenSSH*
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT received
debug1: kex: server->client aes128-ctr hmac-md5-etm#openssh.com none
debug1: kex: client->server aes128-ctr hmac-md5-etm#openssh.com none
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REQUEST(1024<1024<8192) sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_GROUP
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_INIT sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REPLY
debug1: Server host key: RSA a6:53:a0:99:b8:61:ef:fe:05:d3:fe:47:90:ea:de:b6
The authenticity of host '54.183.77.100 (54.183.77.100)' can't be established.
RSA key fingerprint is a6:53:a0:99:b8:61:ef:fe:05:d3:fe:47:90:ea:de:b6.
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes
Warning: Permanently added '54.183.77.100' (RSA) to the list of known hosts.
debug1: ssh_rsa_verify: signature correct
debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS
debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS received
debug1: Roaming not allowed by server
debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_REQUEST sent
debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT received
debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey
debug1: Next authentication method: publickey
debug1: Trying private key: /Users/reedn/AMI.pem
debug1: read PEM private key done: type RSA
debug1: Authentication succeeded (publickey).
Authenticated to 54.183.77.100 ([54.183.77.100]:22)
First you need make sure the keypair has been applied to instance #2. Something like below in aws console on this instance:
Key pair name: AMI (should be same as instance #1)
Then try below steps:
If this ec2 instance is not in VPC, could you stop and start the instance to refresh with new public IP address and try again?
clean content in .ssh/known_hosts in your local machine, and try again.
One of them should work for you.

Trouble connecting to Amazon EC2 over SSH

I'm trying to connect to my EC2 Instances on Amazon. When you connect an error - Permission denied (publickey). Installing cmhod 400 myPem.pem file does not help.
Connection log:
OpenSSH_6.2p2, OSSLShim 0.9.8r 8 Dec 2011 debug1: Reading
configuration data /etc/ssh_config debug1: /etc/ssh_config line 20:
Applying options for * debug1: Connecting to 54.214.31.168
[54.214.31.168] port 22. debug1: Connection established. debug1:
identity file wenglePemNew.pem type -1 debug1: identity file
wenglePemNew.pem-cert type -1 debug1: Enabling compatibility mode for
protocol 2.0 debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_6.2 debug1:
Remote protocol version 2.0, remote software version OpenSSH_5.9p1
Debian-5ubuntu1 debug1: match: OpenSSH_5.9p1 Debian-5ubuntu1 pat
OpenSSH_5* debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT
received debug1: kex: server->client aes128-ctr hmac-md5 none debug1:
kex: client->server aes128-ctr hmac-md5 none debug1:
SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REQUEST(1024<1024<8192) sent debug1: expecting
SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_GROUP debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_INIT sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REPLY debug1: Server host key:
RSA (code) The authenticity of host '54.214.31.168 (54.214.31.168)'
can't be established. RSA key fingerprint is (code). Are you sure you
want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes Failed to add the host to
the list of known hosts (/Users/oktolab/.ssh/known_hosts). debug1:
ssh_rsa_verify: signature correct debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS received
debug1: Roaming not allowed by server debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_REQUEST
sent debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT received debug1: Authentications
that can continue: publickey debug1: Next authentication method:
publickey debug1: Trying private key: wenglePemNew.pem debug1: read
PEM private key done: type RSA debug1: Authentications that can
continue: publickey debug1: No more authentication methods to try.
Permission denied (publickey).
AMI creation and deployment of a new instance with a new pem file did not help.
What's need to do to connect to the server?
Failed to add the host to the list of known hosts (/Users/oktolab/.ssh/known_hosts)
What are the permission for /Users/oktolab/.ssh/known_hosts ?
Run below command to fix the permission:
chmod 0600 /Users/oktolab/.ssh/known_hosts
Also, could you provide the exact SSH command that you are running because:
read PEM private key done: type RSA debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey debug1: No more authentication methods to try. Permission denied (publickey).
A lot of time above error appears if you use ec2-user instead of ubuntu as username and vice-versa. In your case, this seems to be ubuntu image so it should be ubuntu. These things will be clarified once you provide the exact ssh command you are running

SSH to EC2 but get Permission denied (publickey)

I generated the key-pair by EC2-Console, and then store it in ~/.ssh/iForests_ABetADay.pem.
After that, chmod 400 iForests_ABetADay.pem, and ssh -i iForests_ABetADay.pem ubuntu#46.51.244.48 -v.
I did login yesterday, but now the error message I got is:
(Google a lot, but still can not find out a way to solve it...)
OpenSSH_5.6p1, OpenSSL 0.9.8r 8 Feb 2011
debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh_config
debug1: Applying options for *
debug1: Connecting to 46.51.244.48 [46.51.244.48] port 22.
debug1: Connection established.
debug1: identity file iForests_ABetADay.pem type -1
debug1: identity file iForests_ABetADay.pem-cert type -1
debug1: Remote protocol version 2.0, remote software version OpenSSH_5.8p1 Debian-1ubuntu3
debug1: match: OpenSSH_5.8p1 Debian-1ubuntu3 pat OpenSSH*
debug1: Enabling compatibility mode for protocol 2.0
debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_5.6
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT received
debug1: kex: server->client aes128-ctr hmac-md5 none
debug1: kex: client->server aes128-ctr hmac-md5 none
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REQUEST(1024<1024<8192) sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_GROUP
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_INIT sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REPLY
debug1: Host '46.51.244.48' is known and matches the RSA host key.
debug1: Found key in /Users/iforests/.ssh/known_hosts:17
debug1: ssh_rsa_verify: signature correct
debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS
debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS received
debug1: Roaming not allowed by server
debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_REQUEST sent
debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT received
debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey
debug1: Next authentication method: publickey
debug1: Trying private key: iForests_ABetADay.pem
debug1: read PEM private key done: type RSA
debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey
debug1: No more authentication methods to try.
Permission denied (publickey).
The output clearly shows that it's trying wrong key. I suggest that you check
~/.ssh/config
/etc/ssh/ssh_config
/etc/ssh_config
to see if something forces your client to use iForests_ABetADay.pem. According to log it must be /etc/ssh_config.

Can't SSH Into EC2 Instance

So I spun my instance up from the web, downloaded a keypair installed it and everything worked great for about a day. Then I rebooted my computer, and I'm not able to SSH into it anymore. I tried redownloading a keypair and reinstalling it but I keep getting the Permission denied (publickey) error.
This is the verbose output (I've tried using the -i /path/to/keypair option as well with no luck):
debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh_config
debug1: Applying options for *
debug1: Connecting to ec2-184-73-218-40.compute-1.amazonaws.com [184.73.218.40] port 22.
debug1: Connection established.
debug1: identity file /Users/tigger/.ec2/domainpolish type 1
debug1: identity file /Users/tigger/.ec2/domainpolish-cert type -1
debug1: Remote protocol version 2.0, remote software version OpenSSH_5.3p1 Debian-3ubuntu7
debug1: match: OpenSSH_5.3p1 Debian-3ubuntu7 pat OpenSSH*
debug1: Enabling compatibility mode for protocol 2.0
debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_5.6
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT received
debug1: kex: server->client aes128-ctr hmac-md5 none
debug1: kex: client->server aes128-ctr hmac-md5 none
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REQUEST(1024<1024<8192) sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_GROUP
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_INIT sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REPLY
debug1: Host 'ec2-184-73-218-40.compute-1.amazonaws.com' is known and matches the RSA host key.
debug1: Found key in /Users/tigger/.ssh/known_hosts:11
debug1: ssh_rsa_verify: signature correct
debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS
debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS received
debug1: Roaming not allowed by server
debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_REQUEST sent
debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT received
debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey
debug1: Next authentication method: publickey
debug1: Offering RSA public key: /Users/tigger/.ec2/domainpolish
debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey
debug1: Offering RSA public key: domainpolish
debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey
debug1: No more authentication methods to try.
Permission denied (publickey).
I've also tried rebooting the instance. Anyone have anything else I can try? Thanks so much!
Solved. I had deleted my AWS keypair from my computer. Don't do this. It will lock you out of your instance forever.

Can't ssh to ec2 instance

Hello I am getting permission denied on the ec2 free tier when trying to ssh into my newly created ec2 instance, I have search the forums and tried the solutions provided to no avail. I would be extremely grateful for any help. Here is what I have Done
First Edited ~/.bashrc with the following
export EC2_PRIVATE_KEY=$HOME/ec2/pk-4JGFV4LMAHPSI2RLN46Z2U5DSQ7F3IUO.pem
export EC2_CERT=$HOME/ec2/cert-4JGFV4LMAHPSI2RLN46Z2U5DSQ7F3IUO.pem
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/
Then
source ~/.bashrc
ec2-add-keypair ec2-keypair > ~/ec2/smitchell.pem
Then I created the instance via the web gui and I then try to ssh in via
ssh -v -i /home/smitchell/ec2/smitchell.pem root#ec2-50-17-66-200.compute-1.amazonaws.com
The command results in the following
OpenSSH_5.3p1 Debian-3ubuntu6, OpenSSL 0.9.8k 25 Mar 2009
debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config
debug1: Applying options for *
debug1: Connecting to ec2-50-17-66-200.compute-1.amazonaws.com [50.17.66.200] port 22.
debug1: Connection established.
debug1: identity file /home/smitchell/ec2/smitchell.pem type -1
debug1: Remote protocol version 2.0, remote software version OpenSSH_5.3p1 Debian-3ubuntu3
debug1: match: OpenSSH_5.3p1 Debian-3ubuntu3 pat OpenSSH*
debug1: Enabling compatibility mode for protocol 2.0
debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_5.3p1 Debian-3ubuntu6
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT received
debug1: kex: server->client aes128-ctr hmac-md5 none
debug1: kex: client->server aes128-ctr hmac-md5 none
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REQUEST(1024<1024<8192) sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_GROUP
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_INIT sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REPLY
debug1: Host 'ec2-50-17-66-200.compute-1.amazonaws.com' is known and matches the RSA host key.
debug1: Found key in /home/smitchell/.ssh/known_hosts:3
debug1: ssh_rsa_verify: signature correct
debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS
debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS received
debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_REQUEST sent
debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT received
debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey
debug1: Next authentication method: publickey
debug1: Offering public key: smitchell.pem
debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey
debug1: Trying private key: /home/smitchell/ec2/smitchell.pem
debug1: read PEM private key done: type RSA
debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey
debug1: No more authentication methods to try.
Permission denied (publickey).
Once again thank you for any help you can provide
I manged to login correctly by deleting the instance and my keypair via the web config and regenerating them, once I did that I was able to login. Thanks for the help everyone