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Setup and installation of 'AlmaLinux OS with GUI' on AWS

This section describe how to provision and connect to AlmaLinux OS with GUI VM on AWS Platform.

  1. Login to instance using SSH via key based authentication. Use “ec2-user” as userid (refer https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/putty.html for details on how to connect using putty/ssh)

  2. Once connected using ssh/putty, run below command to set the password for “ec2-user” user on the terminal

sudo passwd ec2-user

  1. Once the password is set for ec2-user, from your local windows machine, goto start menu. On the start menu, search & select “remote desktop connection”. In the “remote desktop connection” wizard, provide public IP of your instance & click connect.

  2. In the displayed window, provide “ec2-user” as userid & password set in step 2 above.

  3. Now you are connected to the desktop environment of the VM where you can access out of box AlmaLinux GUI environment.

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