How to use SCP to copy file from my local system to remote AWS server

Question

I have created a AWS server instance.
I have a pem file which i use to get access to the remote AWS through my local system terminal
I have saved the file pem file in /home/downloads/xxx.pem

I want to copy an image from location /home/images/image.jpg to the server at /images
I did some research on the google and found out it is done through SCP
I could not achieve the goal

How to use scp to copy an image from source( MY-Computer-Local ) to AWS(server)?

Thanks

possible duplicate of [Uploading file to AWS from local machine](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18169455/uploading-file-to-aws-from-local-machine) — Mike, Aug 12 '13 at 13:11
What user do you ssh to on the EC2 instance (e.g., "ec2-user")? What user owns the /images directory on the EC2 instance? Is /images the directory on the EC2 instance or is it the path of the URL on a web server? Is your local computer Windows? Linux? Mac? — Eric Hammond, Aug 13 '13 at 06:37
Are you familiar with man pages? They provide extensive documentation on commands. You can read all about how to use scp by executing `man scp`. — William Pursell, Dec 17 '16 at 16:14
Does this answer your question? [Using scp to copy a file to Amazon EC2 instance?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11388014/using-scp-to-copy-a-file-to-amazon-ec2-instance) — Samson, Mar 13 '22 at 07:01

Shravan40 · Answer 1 · 2022-03-13T06:58:46.733

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scp -i secrate_key.pem file_name.ext ec2-user@publicDNS:~/.

edited Mar 13 '22 at 06:58

answered Dec 17 '16 at 09:13

Shravan40

score -2 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 12 '13 at 11:12

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'You should keep that folder in your local D drive, and open that folder from AWS instance and drag & drop that folder'

answered Aug 12 '13 at 11:12

Suresh U

@ Suresh U ....... I kept the folder in drive-D ...... But how to open that folder from AWS instance ...... Which order or which options do i need to click ... can u share this information with me – Aug 12 '13 at 12:41
'From AWS Instance Click on Start button,->select computer there it is showing local and aws instances from there you have to select your local D drive.' – Suresh U Aug 13 '13 at 06:28
Suresh ..... in mu amazon ec2 dashboard ...... i right click on my instace .... and in Instance Lifecycle inselected `start` as u guided me .... but i cannot find any computer there ..... please can u point out for a documentaion or link that explains your steps .... it will be helpful to me ! – Aug 13 '13 at 11:59

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