Logging in to your Amazon EC2 gateway local console

You log in to the gateway local console on an Amazon EC2 instance by using a Secure Shell (SSH) client. For detailed information, see Connect to your instance 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 key pairs, see Amazon EC2 key pairs in the Amazon EC2 User Guide.

To log in to the gateway local console

1. Connect to the Amazon EC2 instance using SSH and log in as the admin user.

2. After you log in, you see the AWS Appliance Activation - Configuration main menu, from which you can perform various tasks.

   To Learn About This Task	See This Topic
   Configure an HTTP proxy for your gateway	Routing your gateway deployed on Amazon EC2 through an HTTP proxy
   Configure network settings for your gateway	Configuring your Amazon EC2 gateway network settings
   Test network connectivity	Testing your gateway's network connectivity
   View a system resource check	Viewing your gateway system resource status.
   Run Storage Gateway console commands	Running Storage Gateway commands on the local console for an Amazon EC2 gateway

To shut down the gateway, enter 0.

To exit the configuration session, enter X.