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[Docs]: Clarify SSH instructions for launching Appsmith using the AMI #1881

Open alex-a-pereira opened 10 months ago

alex-a-pereira commented 10 months ago

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https://docs.appsmith.com/getting-started/setup/installation-guides/aws-ami#login-with-root-admin

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Describe the problem and improvement.

When reviewing the AWS AMI self hosting documentation, it lacks specific instructions on how to SSH into the server:

how to use the keypair generated for the EC2 instance
which username to use in the SSH command (some AWS users might assume ec2-user if they've only used Amazon Linux)

Additionally, notes on security groups are sparse and may lead users to leave port 22 open to the internet.

I'd suggest the following changes:

instructions on how to use the SSH keypair generated for Appsmith
example of the SSH command used (includes using alternate private key, correct username)
give example of security group rule for SSH access, limited to a single IP address

jnikhila commented 10 months ago

@pratapaprasanna and @sharat87 - FYI and providing details.