Guide – How To Start – Centos 8 Stream Minimal on Amazon

The guide how to work with the Centos 8 Stream Minimal

1. To work, you must open port 22 (TCP) in the network properties in the AWS firewall. After purchasing and starting the VM you should know its IP address. You can find it in the personal account of Azure. (You need to select the virtual machine from the list. By clicking the item “Overview”, your IP is displayed in the line of “Public IP Address”). 

2. To work with VM, you should connect to it via PuTTY (Download PuTTY)

Go to the home page of “Session”, enter the IP address of the VM

3. Go to section SSH on the left panel, and then in Auth. In the Auth section, click Browse and specify the path to the .ppk file you received earlier.

4. In the console that opens, you must enter the standard login that appears when creating a virtual machine – centos.

Now you have successfully connected and can use your new Centos 8 Stream Minimal. The advantage of this VM is that it has been optimized for better performance.