Getting ready to use puppetlabs/aws

In the following sections, we'll see how to generate an SSH key pair to connect to your EC2 instances, and also install the puppetlabs/aws module with its dependencies.

Creating a key pair

You'll need an SSH key pair in order to connect to any EC2 instances you create. We will generate and download your key pair in this section.

1. In the AWS console, go to the EC2 section and select Key pairs under Network & Security in the left pane.
2. Click the Create Key Pair button.
   
3. You will be prompted for the name of your key pair. Enter pbg for this example.
4. A file named pbg.pem will be automatically downloaded by your browser. Move this file to your ~/.ssh directory on your own computer (or copy it to the ubuntu user's ~/.ssh directory on the Vagrant VM, if you'd rather access your AWS instances from there).
5. Set the correct permissions on the key file with the following command:

   chmod 600 ~/.ssh/pbg.pem
   

Installing the puppetlabs/aws module

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