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Change key pair for AWS EC2 instance
- Stop the running EC2 instance.
- Detach its
/dev/sda1 volume (let’s call it volume A)
- Start new t1.micro EC2 instance, using my new key pair
- Attach volume A to the new micro instance, as
/dev/xvdf (or /dev/sdf)
- SSH to the new micro instance and mount volume A to
/mnt/tmp
- Copy
~/.ssh/authorized_keys to /mnt/tmp/home/ubuntu/.ssh/authorized_keys
- Logout
- Terminate micro instance
- Detach volume A from it
- Attach volume A back to the main instance as
/dev/sda1
- Start the main instance
- Login as before, using your new
.pem file
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