Connect to Amazon EC2 file directory using Filezilla and SFTP

Jhonny Fransis · 206K views · 2013 · 2:43

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Why Stack Overflow recommends it

Stack Overflow users link it when someone can't connect FileZilla to an EC2 server or can't transfer files to it.

Recommended by 3 people across 3 different months, 2013 to 2019.

What it is

A short screen-recorded tutorial showing how to connect FileZilla to an Amazon EC2 instance over SFTP so you can upload files to the server's directories. It walks through the setup steps for an AWS EC2 instance.

What people said

Recommends Black Sheep · 2013-10 · Stack Overflow · on “Amazon AWS Filezilla transfer permission denied”

To allow user ec2-user (Amazon AWS) write access to the public web directory (/var/www/html), enter this command via Putty or Terminal, as the root user sudo : sudo chown -R ec2-user /var/www/html Make sure permissions on that entire folder were correct: sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html Doc's: Setting up amazon ec2-instances [LINK] Connect to Amazon EC2 file directory using Filezilla and SFTP (Video) [this video] Understanding and Using File Permissions [LINK]

Recommends Yasitha Waduge · 2013-11 · Stack Overflow · on “Connect AWS - Cyberduck”

I've created this [LINK] tutorial, Just follow the steps, you should be able to connect. Steps: Open Cyberduck - > Open Connection -> Select SFTP from drop down Provide necessary parameters and under more options Click "Use public key authentication" and specify your path to .pem file. Then press connect button Use this [this video] if you use file zilla.

Recommends Yasitha Waduge · 2013-11 · Stack Overflow · on “Uploading files on Amazon EC2”

Follow this instructions if you use Cyberduck to connect : [LINK] And if you use FileZilla you can follow the instructions bellow: [this video]

Recommends Yogesh Pawar · 2019-05 · Stack Overflow · on “How to access my wordpress files in EC2 without using filezilla or other FTP?”

I doubt but you may have to use FTP or SFTP method to connect and access your files. The filezilla must be giving you can error due to an step missed by you. You can see below video tutorial which explains steps to connect EC2 using FileZilla. [this video]