<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">When launching CentOS Stream for aarch64 in us-east-1 using the CentOS-sponsored AMI (ami-0a311be1169cd6581, found at <a href="https://wiki.centos.org/Cloud/AWS" class="">https://wiki.centos.org/Cloud/AWS</a>) I am able to launch the EC2 instance using a Gravitron2 processor, as expected. However, when attempting to login to that instance, I get a password prompt for the ec2-user, centos, and root users. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">This behavior is not expected, because on the x86_64 AMIs the centos user is configured to use the SSH key selected in the AWS EC2 Launch Wizard, and a SSH login password is not required. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">In the aarch64 AMI, the centos and root usernames all prompt for password, and never seem to consider the provided SSH key.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class=" kiwi-formatting-extras-quote">This is the SSH command that I am using:</span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class=" kiwi-formatting-extras-quote"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>ssh -i ssh_key_selected_at_launch.pem centos@<the_public_ip></span></div><div class=""><span class=" kiwi-formatting-extras-quote"><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span class=" kiwi-formatting-extras-quote">This command results in a password prompt.</span></div><div class=""><span class=" kiwi-formatting-extras-quote"><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span class=" kiwi-formatting-extras-quote">What is the process for connecting to the CentOS Stream AMI spun for aarch64?</span></div><div class=""><span class=" kiwi-formatting-extras-quote"><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span class=" kiwi-formatting-extras-quote">Thank you!</span></div><br class=""><div class="">
<div class=""><b class="">David Lemcoe Jr.</b></div>
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