Connecting to AL2023 instances

Use SSH or AWS Systems Manager to connect to your AL2023 instance.

Connect to your instance using SSH

For instructions on how to use SSH to connect to an instance, see Connect to your Linux instance using SSH in the Amazon EC2 User Guide.

Connect to your instance using AWS Systems Manager

For instructions on how to use AWS Systems Manager to connect to an AL2023 instance, see Connect to your Linux instance using Session Manager in the Amazon EC2 User Guide.

Using Amazon EC2 Instance Connect

The AL2023 AMI, excluding the minimal AMI, comes with the EC2 Instance Connect agent installed by default. To use EC2 Instance Connect with an AL2023 instance launched from the minimal AMI, you must install the ec2-instance-connect package. For instructions on using EC2 Instance Connect, see Connect to your Linux instance with EC2 Instance Connect in the Amazon EC2 User Guide.