AWS Storage Gateway User Guide
Performing Tasks on the EC2 Local Console (File Gateway)
Performing Tasks on the Amazon EC2 Local Console
(File Gateway)
Some maintenance tasks require that you log in to the local console when running a gateway deployed
on an Amazon EC2 instance. In this section, you can find information about how to log in to the local
console and perform maintenance tasks.
Topics
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Logging In to Your Amazon EC2 Gateway Local Console (p. 244)
•
Routing Your Gateway Deployed on EC2 Through an HTTP Proxy (p. 245)
•
Configuring Your Gateway Network Settings (p. 247)
•
Testing Your Gateway Connectivity to the Internet (p. 248)
•
Viewing Your Gateway System Resource Status (p. 249)
•
Running Storage Gateway Commands on the Local Console (p. 250)
Logging In to Your Amazon EC2 Gateway Local Console
You can connect to your Amazon EC2 instance by using a Secure Shell (SSH) client. For detailed
information, see
in the
Amazon EC2 User Guide
. To connect this way, you need
the SSH key pair that you specified when you launched your instance. For information about Amazon EC2
Amazon EC2 User Guide.
To log in to the gateway local console
1. Log in to your local console. If you are connecting to your EC2 instance from a Windows computer,
log in as
admin
.
2. After you log in, you see the
AWS Appliance Activation - Configuration
main menu, as shown in the
following screenshot.
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