SSH into AWS Cloud9 Environment

Question

I would like to SSH into my Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud9 Elastic Cloud Compute (EC2) environment, but there is no key pair assigned to the Cloud9 EC2 environment. How can I assign a key pair to that environment, so that I can SSH into it?

I created the AWS Cloud9 EC2 environment through the Cloud9 interface, rather than creating the EC2 environment and then accessing it through Cloud9. When I create EC2 environments normally, I am given the opportunity to assign an existing key pair, or create a new key pair. This option was not presented to me when I created the environment through Cloud9.

Answer 1

Cloud9 is managing the underlying EC2 for you so you won't get any extra charges. A terminal is already provided by AWS but you could follow this procedure if you still want to get SSH access to a Cloud9 environment.