AWS EC2 Permission Denied (public key) - amazon-web-services

This answer is specifically designed for this type of question, but it has not yet been as clear to me as to its hundreds of upvoters.
I put my key in Downloads. It's found, but it seems like it's not considered a a public key when I use user ubunto. The output is at the bottom of this post. I changed permissions using sudo chmod 600 ~/downloads/mykey.pem but had the same result. I changed permissions using sudo chmod 700 ~/downloads/mykey.pem and had the same result too. From this answer, I tried sudo chown -R me ~/downloads/mykey.pem, then sudo chgrp -R 501 ~/downloads/mykey.pem where uid=501(me).
I have tried ec-2 and root as users without success.
with root as ec-2
debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey
debug1: No more authentication methods to try.
Permission denied (publickey).
with root as user
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debug1: Trying private key: /Users/me/downloads/mykey.pem
debug1: Authentication succeeded (publickey).
The authentication succeeds, but the connection closes.
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debug1: channel 0: free: port listener, nchannels 2
debug1: channel 1: free: port listener, nchannels 1
Connection to ec2-[myPublicIP].compute-1.amazonaws.com closed.
Transferred: sent 3264, received 2456 bytes, in 10.3 seconds
Bytes per second: sent 316.6, received 238.2
debug1: Exit status 0
Here is the output using user ubunto that the title of this question refers to:
ssh -v -i ~/downloads/mykey.pem -L 60051:localhost:60051 ubunto#ec2-[mypublicIP].compute-1.amazonaws.com
OpenSSH_6.9p1, LibreSSL 2.1.8
debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config
debug1: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 21: Applying options for *
debug1: Connecting to ec2[mypublicIP].compute-1.amazonaws.com [[mypublicIP]] port 22.
debug1: Connection established.
debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory
debug1: identity file /Users/me/downloads/mykey.pem type -1
debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory
debug1: identity file /Users/me/downloads/mykey.pem-cert type -1
debug1: Enabling compatibility mode for protocol 2.0
debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_6.9
debug1: Remote protocol version 2.0, remote software version OpenSSH_6.6.1p1 Ubuntu-2ubuntu2.4
debug1: match: OpenSSH_6.6.1p1 Ubuntu-2ubuntu2.4 pat OpenSSH_6.6.1* compat 0x04000000
debug1: Authenticating to ec2-[mypublicIP].compute-1.amazonaws.com:22 as 'ubunto'
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT received
debug1: kex: server->client chacha20-poly1305#openssh.com <implicit> none
debug1: kex: client->server chacha20-poly1305#openssh.com <implicit> none
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_ECDH_REPLY
debug1: Server host key: ecdsa-sha2-nistp256 SHA256:85gcFh6LySYszjod4WIx5wu7BUvKwL4M6EAcZkv0zGw
debug1: Host 'ec2[mypublicIP].compute-1.amazonaws.com' is known and matches the ECDSA host key.
debug1: Found key in /Users/me/.ssh/known_hosts:11
debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS
debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS received
debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_REQUEST sent
debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT received
debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey
debug1: Next authentication method: publickey
debug1: Trying private key: /Users/me/downloads/mykey.pem
debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey
debug1: No more authentication methods to try.
Permission denied (publickey).

What AMI are you using?
The default user in a stock Ubuntu AMI is ubuntu, not ubunto.
Unless you've created a special AMI that sets up an ubunto user, the user won't exist on the AMI, and hence fail to authenticate.

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SSH to AWS instance with pem key asks for password

I'm trying to ssh to AWS server with pem key provided by our client.
I tried the command
ssh -i yrg-labour-uat-securelink.pem ubuntu#uat04.yrgconnect.online -v
Then it asks me for the password while there is no password. I have no access to server so I can't follow instructions found on google. I've tried the command from windows commandline, ubuntu and debian terminals and gave permission 600 to pem key. But nothing works. The output is shown below.
ian#MYPC:~/04-securelink$ ssh -i my_key.pem ubuntu#domain.name -v
OpenSSH_7.6p1 Ubuntu-4ubuntu0.3, OpenSSL 1.0.2n 7 Dec 2017
debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config
debug1: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 19: Applying options for *
debug1: Connecting to domain.name [18.141.54.32] port 22.
debug1: Connection established.
debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory
debug1: identity file yrg-labour-uat-securelink.pem type -1
debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory
debug1: identity file yrg-labour-uat-securelink.pem-cert type -1
debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_7.6p1 Ubuntu-4ubuntu0.3
debug1: Remote protocol version 2.0, remote software version xxxxxxx
debug1: no match: xxxxxxx
debug1: Authenticating to uat04.yrgconnect.online:22 as 'ubuntu'
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT received
debug1: kex: algorithm: diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256
debug1: kex: host key algorithm: ssh-rsa
debug1: kex: server->client cipher: aes128-ctr MAC: hmac-sha1 compression: none
debug1: kex: client->server cipher: aes128-ctr MAC: hmac-sha1 compression: none
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REQUEST(2048<7680<8192) sent
debug1: got SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_GROUP
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_INIT sent
debug1: got SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REPLY
debug1: Server host key: ssh-rsa SHA256:2M8Zy2YoxfD47hglpTGMYRPX8F+4VKyA5MsFtbbgz18
debug1: Host 'domain.name' is known and matches the RSA host key.
debug1: Found key in /home/ian/.ssh/known_hosts:1
debug1: rekey after 4294967296 blocks
debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS
debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS received
debug1: rekey after 4294967296 blocks
debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT received
debug1: Authentications that can continue: password
debug1: Next authentication method: password
ubuntu#domain.name's password:
Please help me!!!
There can be two reasons for this as I can think of
Maybe you are using the wrong user, check whether ubuntu is the right user
Maybe the server owner has enabled PasswordAuthentication in /etc/ssh/sshd_config
It turns out that the problem is not on client or server machines. What's causing the problem is the firewall from our office wifi which restrict key exchange between client and server machines.

Permission denied (publickey) on AWS instance of Bitnami Wordpress

I have an AWS instance of Bitnami Wordpress.
Trying to connect using this command:
ssh -N -L 8888:127.0.0.1:80 -i wordpress.pem bitnami#52.91.239.245 -v
I get this...
OpenSSH_6.2p2, OSSLShim 0.9.8r 8 Dec 2011
debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh_config
debug1: /etc/ssh_config line 20: Applying options for *
debug1: Connecting to 52.91.239.245 [52.91.239.245] port 22.
debug1: Connection established.
debug1: identity file wordpress.pem type -1
debug1: identity file wordpress.pem-cert type -1
debug1: Enabling compatibility mode for protocol 2.0
debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_6.2
debug1: Remote protocol version 2.0, remote software version OpenSSH_6.6.1p1 Ubuntu-2ubuntu2.8
debug1: match: OpenSSH_6.6.1p1 Ubuntu-2ubuntu2.8 pat OpenSSH*
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT received
debug1: kex: server->client aes128-ctr hmac-md5-etm#openssh.com none
debug1: kex: client->server aes128-ctr hmac-md5-etm#openssh.com none
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REQUEST(1024<1024<8192) sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_GROUP
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_INIT sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REPLY
debug1: Server host key: RSA 51:1d:50:cd:89:30:dc:7b:8d:17:85:f4:03:45:c1:54
debug1: Host '52.91.239.245' is known and matches the RSA host key.
debug1: Found key in /Users/OWNER/.ssh/known_hosts:18
debug1: ssh_rsa_verify: signature correct
debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS
debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS received
debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_REQUEST sent
debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT received
debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey
debug1: Next authentication method: publickey
debug1: Trying private key: wordpress.pem
debug1: read PEM private key done: type RSA
debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey
debug1: No more authentication methods to try.
Permission denied (publickey).
I have .ssh permissions as follows:
sudo chmod 700 ~/.ssh/
sudo chmod 600 ~/.ssh/*
sudo chown -R OWNER ~/.ssh/
Does this mean the publickey was not found? That it could not be read?
I deleted the instance and started over. This time I created a new .pem instead of reusing an existing one. When I created the instance with that new .pem, I got in. I think reusing the .pem may have been the problem. Thanks for the help folks!

Permission denied (publickey). when connecting to AWS server

I can't ssh to my remote server even tho I already put there my public_key. Here is the log when I did a "ssh -v ubuntu#website.com":
ssh -v ubuntu#plumbersserver.net
OpenSSH_6.2p2, OSSLShim 0.9.8r 8 Dec 2011
debug1: Reading configuration data /Users/kevinyee/.ssh/config
debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh_config
debug1: /etc/ssh_config line 20: Applying options for *
debug1: Connecting to plumbersserver.net [::1] port 22.
debug1: connect to address ::1 port 22: Connection refused
debug1: Connecting to plumbersserver.net [54.206.17.8] port 22.
debug1: Connection established.
debug1: identity file /Users/kevinyee/.ssh/id_rsa type 1
debug1: identity file /Users/kevinyee/.ssh/id_rsa-cert type -1
debug1: identity file /Users/kevinyee/.ssh/id_dsa type -1
debug1: identity file /Users/kevinyee/.ssh/id_dsa-cert type -1
debug1: Enabling compatibility mode for protocol 2.0
debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_6.2
debug1: Remote protocol version 2.0, remote software version OpenSSH_6.6.1p1 Ubuntu-2ubuntu2
debug1: match: OpenSSH_6.6.1p1 Ubuntu-2ubuntu2 pat OpenSSH*
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT received
debug1: kex: server->client aes128-ctr hmac-md5-etm#openssh.com none
debug1: kex: client->server aes128-ctr hmac-md5-etm#openssh.com none
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REQUEST(1024<1024<8192) sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_GROUP
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_INIT sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REPLY
debug1: Server host key: RSA cf:a8:01:57:1f:f6:3f:9e:6a:2a:8f:e4:0c:ce:8d:a3
debug1: Host 'plumbersserver.net' is known and matches the RSA host key.
debug1: Found key in /Users/kevinyee/.ssh/known_hosts:1
debug1: ssh_rsa_verify: signature correct
debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS
debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS received
debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_REQUEST sent
debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT received
debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey
debug1: Next authentication method: publickey
debug1: Offering RSA public key: /Users/kevinyee/.ssh/id_rsa
debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey
debug1: Trying private key: /Users/kevinyee/.ssh/id_dsa
debug1: No more authentication methods to try.
Permission denied (publickey).
Please help. I don't know what I'm doing wrong.
Since you are logging in as 'ubuntu' user, in the ec2 instance, your public key should be appended to the file: /home/ubuntu/.ssh/authorized_keys. If the file does not exist, create the file with your public key contents and ensure that the file permissions is set to 600.
Try these troubleshooting steps:
Ensure that your public key has been saved in the correct directory: /home/ec2-user/.ssh
Ensure your public key has the correct permissions assigned to it: 0600
chmod 0600 /home/ec2-user/.ssh/your_public_key
Ensure that you are using the correct private key when connecting by using the -i flag for ssh. ssh -i ~/.ssh/your_private_key.pem ec2-user#website.com
Make sure your private key also has the correct permissions of 0600
If you are unable to connect to the instance at all in order to verify steps 1 & 2 above, then stop the instance, detach the root volume, and attach and mount it to an available instance.

AWS Permission denied (publickey)

I am trying to connect to my EC2 instance and getting the following error.
Command I'm running: ssh -v -i key.pem ubuntu#[my instance address]
I changed the permissions on the key file to 600 as I've seen in other threads, but that didn't solve the problem.
Output I'm getting:
OpenSSH_5.9p1, OpenSSL 0.9.8r 8 Feb 2011
debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh_config
debug1: /etc/ssh_config line 20: Applying options for *
debug1: Connecting to ec2-54-247-2-128.eu-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com [54.247.2.128] port 22.
debug1: Connection established.
debug1: identity file /Users/avimeir/.ssh/id_rsa type 1
debug1: identity file /Users/avimeir/.ssh/id_rsa-cert type -1
debug1: identity file /Users/avimeir/.ssh/id_dsa type -1
debug1: identity file /Users/avimeir/.ssh/id_dsa-cert type -1
debug1: Remote protocol version 2.0, remote software version OpenSSH_5.9p1 Debian-5ubuntu1
debug1: match: OpenSSH_5.9p1 Debian-5ubuntu1 pat OpenSSH*
debug1: Enabling compatibility mode for protocol 2.0
debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_5.9
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT received
debug1: kex: server->client aes128-ctr hmac-md5 none
debug1: kex: client->server aes128-ctr hmac-md5 none
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REQUEST(1024<1024<8192) sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_GROUP
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_INIT sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REPLY
debug1: Server host key: RSA ae:42:29:3d:3e:c0:a8:04:7f:19:9c:c0:52:00:a4:1e
debug1: Host 'ec2-54-247-2-128.eu-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com' is known and matches the RSA host key.
debug1: Found key in /Users/avimeir/.ssh/known_hosts:4
debug1: ssh_rsa_verify: signature correct
debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS
debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS received
debug1: Roaming not allowed by server
debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_REQUEST sent
debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT received
debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey
debug1: Next authentication method: publickey
debug1: Offering RSA public key: /Users/avimeir/.ssh/id_rsa
debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey
debug1: Offering RSA public key: ninja.pem
debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey
debug1: Trying private key: /Users/avimeir/.ssh/id_dsa
debug1: No more authentication methods to try.
Permission denied (publickey).
Be sure to check:
The SSH keypair file
The username. For example: root, ec2-user, ubuntu, ...
The hostname of your server. For example, if you stop your instance, it will get a new IP address.
If you are using Ubuntu Cloud Guest official image, you can check the Ubuntu EC2 Starter's Guide.
Managed to solve it by editing /etc/ssh_config (on OSX) and adding the following line:
ChallengeResponseAuthentication yes

AWS public key denied issue

I read this post:
AWS ssh access 'Permission denied (publickey)' issue
The information there is relevant, but does not help me solve my issue. I used to be able to login to my linux instance on AWS using ec2-user using the following command:
ssh -i key.pem ec2-user#[address].compute-1.amazonaws.com from my MacBook terminal
over the past few weeks, I'm getting this error now:
"Permission denied (publickey)."
I tried
ssh -v -i key.pem ec2-user#[address].compute-1.amazonaws.com from my MacBook terminal
and I get this output:
OpenSSH_5.2p1, OpenSSL 0.9.8r 8 Feb 2011
debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh_config
debug1: Connecting to [address].compute-1.amazonaws.com [address] port 22.
debug1: Connection established.
debug1: identity file key.pem type -1
debug1: Remote protocol version 2.0, remote software version OpenSSH_5.3
debug1: match: OpenSSH_5.3 pat OpenSSH*
debug1: Enabling compatibility mode for protocol 2.0
debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_5.2
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT received
debug1: kex: server->client aes128-ctr hmac-md5 none
debug1: kex: client->server aes128-ctr hmac-md5 none
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REQUEST(1024<1024<8192) sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_GROUP
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_INIT sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REPLY
debug1: Host '[address].compute-1.amazonaws.com' is known and matches the RSA host key.
debug1: Found key in [path]/.ssh/known_hosts:1
debug1: ssh_rsa_verify: signature correct
debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS
debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS received
debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_REQUEST sent
debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT received
debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey
debug1: Next authentication method: publickey
debug1: Trying private key: key.pem
debug1: read PEM private key done: type RSA
debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey
debug1: No more authentication methods to try.
Permission denied (publickey).
Any advice on what's going on? How to get around this?
I have another user account on this instance that I previously created. I am able to login with that, and sudo into the root. I just cannot login with ec2-user anymore.
Thanks!
You may have to log in as root. If using a bitnami image, login as 'bitnami'
e.g. ssh -v -i key.pem bitnami#[address].compute-1.amazonaws.com