1: Is there a way to log in to an AWS instance without using key pairs? I want to set up a couple of sites/users on a single instance. However, I don't want to give out key pairs for clients to log in.
2: What's the easiest way to set up hosting sites/users in 1 AWS instance with different domains pointing to separate directories?
Answer to Question 1
Here's what I did on a Ubuntu EC2
:
A) Login as root using the keypairs
B) Setup the necessary users and their passwords with
# sudo adduser USERNAME
# sudo passwd USERNAME
C) Edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config
setting
PasswordAuthentication yes
PermitRootLogin yes
D) Restart the ssh
daemon with
# sudo service ssh restart
just change ssh to sshd if you are using centOS
Now you can login into your ec2
instance without key pairs.