You created an AWS virtual server instance and installed WordPress on it. Your WordPress site is public on the internet. You still need to manage your server such as adding a free SSL certificate to your website.
In this article, I show you how you can access to your server to manage it using a SSH client. We are going to use PuTTY.
Step 1: Download PuTTY
Step 2: Install and Open PuTTY program.
Step 3: Enter the host name or public IP address of your server into the Host Name (or IP address) field.
Step 4: Select your private key file for authentication (Connection -> SSH -> Auth -> Browse)
Step 5: Enter login details. enter your username in the Auto-login username field (Connection -> Data -> Auto-login username). If you setup WordPress on AWS using Bitnami image, the username is binami.
Step 6: Save your configuration. Click Save in the Session
