Transfer data to and from an EC2 instance using Filezilla

You will need the amazon-key.pem file that was downloaded in step 11 of booting up your new instance (see Start an Amazon Web Services computer:).

Download Filezilla

Download the FTP application Filezilla. Note: There is an optional step in my install that asked if I wanted Yahoo to be my default browser, and I checked “NO”.

Open FileZilla

Near the top of the screen, you will need to provide the following information: Host, username, and port. We will also need to provide a password which is associated with your *.pem EC2 key file.

Password:

To let Filezilla know where your key file is, you can assign it through the FileZilla –> Settings –> SFTP –> Add key file –> Select your *pem file

Host:

Your host name is the public DNS of your EC2 instance, e.g., ec2-52-32-45-44.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com

Username:

Your username is ubuntu

Port:

By default, the port for SFTP is 22.

Once this is filled in, you can press the Quickconnect button and you will see files that are in your /home/ubuntu directory on your server. You may now move files to and fro.