SSH connection to Amazon EC2 in Linux

Question

I am trying to ssh to amazon ec2 instance from shell using the following command

ssh -vi sec.ppk [email protected]

but failed to connect

Here is the debug output generated by the above command

OpenSSH_5.3p1 Debian-3ubuntu7, OpenSSL 0.9.8k 25 Mar 2009

debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config

debug1: Applying options for *

debug1: Connecting to ec2-xx.compute-1.amazonaws.com port 22.

debug1: Connection established.

debug1: identity file security1.ppk type -1

debug1: Remote protocol version 2.0, remote software version OpenSSH_5.5p1 Debian-4ubuntu5

debug1: match: OpenSSH_5.5p1 Debian-4ubuntu5 pat OpenSSH*

debug1: Enabling compatibility mode for protocol 2.0

debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_5.3p1 Debian-3ubuntu7

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-xx.compute-1.amazonaws.com' is known and matches the RSA host key.

debug1: Found key in /home/ma/.ssh/known_hosts:9

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: sec.ppk

debug1: PEM_read_PrivateKey failed

debug1: read PEM private key done: type <unknown>

Enter passphrase for key 'sec.ppk': 

Why it is asking passphrase for sec.ppk

What is the issue? Can anyone help?

Forgot to mention that I successfully made a connection using FileZilla with same above credentials

Answer 1

This might work:

ssh -i /directory/yourkeypair.pem [email protected]