In our example, that would be myfirstkeypair.pem. In order to decrypt that, you need to point to the private key file associated with the key pair that’s in turn associated with this EC2 instance.
The password will then be shown in encrypted form. When the Connect To Your Instance dialog box appears, click the Get Password button. Select the instance, expand the Actions drop-down list, and then click Connect. Once the instance is launched, you can then proceed with the process of obtaining the password. We already outlined the steps to obtain a key pair in the article “ SSH to an EC2 Instance from Mac”, so I suggest you read that first. However, there are a couple things you need to do to obtain that username’s corresponding password.įirst, while you’re launching an instance (i.e., before it’s even created and added to the list of instances shown above), select a key pair that you want to associate with that instance. The administrative user name is just Administrator by default. You should see those pieces of information on the middle-right hand side of the page. To obtain the public DNS hostname or IP address, go to your EC2 Dashboard, navigate to the Instances menu and then select the EC2 instance whose hostname or IP address you want to retrieve.
You’ll want to install the latest - version 10. Just type in ‘remote desktop’ in the search box to display the app you’re looking for.Īs of this writing, there are two versions being displayed on the App Store. That should be easy because Microsoft Remote Desktop is listed in the App Store. The first thing you’ll need is a running installation of Microsoft Remote Desktop. In this article, we’re going to talk about connecting to a Windows Server EC2 instance and remotely managing it from your Mac.
Previously, I wrote an article on how you can connect to a Linux EC2 instance using SSH via Terminal.