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Jasper Rodda
Jasper Rodda

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Securely copy secret.pem file from local to a remote machine.

  1. locate secret.pem file /home/Jasper/MyDocuments/secrets/secret.pem
  2. Copy secret.pem file from local to remote machine
  • List files in present folder 
/home/Jasper/MyDocuments/secrets/ ls Jenkins_default.png secret.pem
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  • Copy secret.pem file from local to remote machine 
scp -i /home/Jasper/MyDocuments/secrets/secret.pem /home/Jasper/MyDocuments/secrets/secret.pem ubuntu@5.54.193.106:/home/ubuntu
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  • Output: 
The authenticity of host '5.54.193.106 (5.54.193.106)' can't be established. ED25519 key fingerprint is SHA256:qOMD/OD6lMLFEkqiuodkj0XNTCw3kPgdQ8ljzoeGHh98. This key is not known by any other names. Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no/[fingerprint])? y Please type 'yes', 'no' or the fingerprint: yes Warning: Permanently added '5.54.193.106' (ED25519) to the list of known hosts. secret.pem
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  • SSH from bastian host to another host in private subnet ssh -i secret.pem ubuntu@10.10.0.1 
 Welcome to Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS (GNU/Linux 5.19.0-1025-aws x86_64) * Documentation: https://help.ubuntu.com * Management: https://landscape.canonical.com * Support: https://ubuntu.com/advantage System information as of Thu Aug 31 05:32:50 UTC 2023 System load: 0.0 Processes: 99 Usage of /: 20.8% of 7.57GB Users logged in: 1 Memory usage: 26% IPv4 address for eth0: 10.0.135.36 Swap usage: 0% * Ubuntu Pro delivers the most comprehensive open source security and compliance features. https://ubuntu.com/aws/pro Expanded Security Maintenance for Applications is not enabled. 0 updates can be applied immediately. Enable ESM Apps to receive additional future security updates. See https://ubuntu.com/esm or run: sudo pro status The list of available updates is more than a week old. To check for new updates run: sudo apt update Last login: Thu Aug 31 05:25:56 2023 from 10.0.26.238 To run a command as administrator (user "root"), use "sudo <command>". See "man sudo_root" for details.
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  • In Ubuntu - create an "index.html" file and host in python vim "index.html" 
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>MyApp</title> </head> <body> <h1>This is from private app hosted in subnetg</h1> <p>This is a paragraph.</p> </body> </html>
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  • run python3 server to host index.html application 
ubuntu@ip-10-0-135-36:~$ python3 -m http.server 8000
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