How to get website directory in SSH - amazon-web-services

My domain is set up with AWS, and I connected it with an EC2 instance so I can use SSH to build it (nginx is installed). But when I connect to the SSH server and use the ls command, the directory that would be my site does not show up. I do know from experience that the site should show up as a directory from a friend's server I have access to. Another note, I am using Babun as the command line for SSH.

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OpenVPN 2.8.5 hosted in EC2 Instance what is the best way to extract ziped files from local machine into cloud VPN directory?

I try to connect to IoT Controllers via VPN.
The Controllers are already set up. I only need to establish a VPN to have remote access.
For that i installed OpenVPN in a AWS EC2 Instance.
To build the Connection between OpenVPN and the Clients, i need to create certificates & keys for the server and the clients.
The documentation says that i need to extract the easy-rsa 2 script bundle (ziped files) into the home directory of the OpenVPN: https://openvpn.net/community-resources/setting-up-your-own-certificate-authority-ca/
My question: How can i unzip a file from my local machine into the home directory of a cloud hosted VPN?
UPDATE
Currently i try via scp to transfer the zip to the openvpn instance.
scp -i ~\OpenVPNKeys.pem easy-rsa-old-master.zip openvpnas#34.249.227.33:/home/
But i get the following error:
scp: /home/easy-rsa-old-master.zip: Permission denied
When i try:
scp -i ~\OpenVPNKeys.pem easy-rsa-old-master.zip openvpnas#34.249.227.33
without specifying the directory it works. I get the message:
1 Datei(en) kopiert
But then i have no clue where the file is saved. Does anayone know where files will be saved automatically?

Is there any way to get the DNS address of an instance of an aws ubuntu server if I do not have the login to the aws account, but the SSH key for it

I got a task to deploy a static website on an AWS Ubuntu Server, I was given the username and the SSH key for it. Using PuTTy I got access to the server, setup django, postgres nginx and gunicorn. However now I need to check the progress and whichever tutorial I looked up, I found them checking their deployment progress with a dns address, but since I have connected to the server remotely, I do not have that. So please help me check my deployment status. I am attaching some screenshots of the PuTTy terminal below
Image of the final Gunicorn command to finish the deployment

Attempt to connect to SSH leads to inability to use VScode via attempting to set up SSH host indefinitely

This is what I see after I try to set up my SSH
So, I was trying to connect my VSCode to the AWS EC2 Instance. After I installed the SSH Host extension, I set up a new SSH target by clicking on the SSH - Host tab. I then typed in what amazon web services told me to in order to connect(ex: ssh -i "notTheRealKey.pem#ec2..."). Note, that is just an example link, not the one I actually used. However, I seem to be indefinitely setting up the SSH host and now I can't do anything with my VScode software. I can't even open a file! It doesn't work by reinstalling the software, either. Does anybody have a solution?
This configuration is stored in the ssh config file on your system. You can remove it by editing ~/.ssh/config and removing the bad entry.

Configuring local laptop as puppet server and aws ec2 instance as puppet agent

I am trying to configure the puppet server and agent making my local laptop with ubuntu 18.04 as puppet server and aws ec2 instance as puppet agent. When trying to do so i am facing the issues related to hostname adding in /etc/hosts file and whether to use the public ip or private ip address and how to do the final configuration and make this work.
I have used the public ip and public dns of both the system to specify in the /etc/hosts file but when trying to run the puppet agent --test from the agent getting the error as temporary failure in name resolution and connecting to https://puppet:8140 failed. I am using this for a project and my setup needs to remain like this.
The connection is initiated from the Puppet agent to the PE server, so the agent is going to be looking for your laptop, even if you have the details of your laptop in the hosts file it probably has no route back to your laptop across the internet as the IP of your laptop was probably provided by your router at home.
Why not build your Puppet master on an ec2 instance and keep it all on the same network, edit code on your laptop, push to github/gitlab and then deploy the code from there to your PE server using code-manager.
Alternatively you may be able to use a VPN to get your laptop onto the AWS VPC directly in which case it'll appear as just another node on the network and everything should work.
The problem here is that the puppet server needs a public IP or an IP in the same network as your ec2 instance to which your puppet agent can connect to. However, there's one solution without using a VPN though it can't be permanent. You can tunnel your local port to the ec2 instance
ssh -i <pemfile-location> -R 8140:localhost:8140 username#ec2_ip -> This tunnels port 8140 on your ec2 instance to port 8140 in your localhost.
Then inside your ec2 instance you can modify your /etc/hosts file to add this:
127.0.0.1 puppet
Now run the puppet agent on your ec2 instance and everything should work as expected. Also note that if you close the ssh connection created above then the ssh tunnel will stop working.
If you want to keep the ssh tunnel open a bit more reliably then this answer might be helpful: https://superuser.com/questions/37738/how-to-reliably-keep-an-ssh-tunnel-open

Cannot create an SSH tunnel to Zeppelin web display on aws, using Putty on windows

The following instructions are given for the ec2 instance that I'm trying to connect to:
To access your instance: Open an SSH client. (find out how to connect
using PuTTY)
CHECK!
Locate your private key file (keypair.pem). The wizard automatically
detects the key you used to launch the instance.
I launched Putty with a .ppk and I also still have the .pem sitting on my local machine. However, how does this help once I am in the aws Linux terminal?
It sounds to me that the .pem should now be located on the remote machine, not my local one.
Your key must not be publicly viewable for SSH to work. Use this
command if needed: chmod 400 keypair.pem
This is fine once the previous step is clearer.
Connect to your instance using its Public DNS:
ec2-xxxxxxxxxxxxx.eu-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com
Example: ssh -i "keypair.pem"
root#ec2-xxxxxxxxxxxxx.eu-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com
I am currently typing this in (also trying ec2-user instead of root) but I get the following:
Warning: Identity file keypair.pem not accessible: No such file or directory.
Permission denied (publickey).
Please note that in most cases the username above will be correct,
however please ensure that you read your AMI usage instructions to
ensure that the AMI owner has not changed the default AMI username.
In case this is important, what user name are they referring to here?
I have also made sure the I can SSH into the security group from all locations.
Christopher, I am not sure if you have access to the AWS console, but If you do, then it will be easy to find out the correct user name of your EC2 machine. click on the check mark box to pick your instance, then click Connect, and it will show you the correct user name. If it is an amazon AMI image, it will most likely be ec2-user, other images can have root, ubuntu, bitnami, or any other user configured by the AMI creator.
Your error message: " Warning: Identity file keypair.pem not accessible" indicates an issue with your private key not being accessible.
You said you converted the .pem to ppk for putty, which will enable you to SSH via putty. If you need to SSH from an EC2 machine to another EC2 machine, you will need that private key with the "pem" extension.
Think of your private key as your password, except that it's stored in a file.
ssh -i "keypair.pem" root#ec2-xxxxxxxxxxxxx.eu-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com
This command says: Log me in via SSH protocol to server xxxx.eu... using password file (Private key) "keypair.pem" that resides in the current directory.
if you do an "ls" and you don't see "keypair.pem" then that is your issue.
I hope that helps!