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Enable root and password login at prelaunch(no need to create key pair) of AWS EC2/Lightsail DEBIAN/UBUNTU instances

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*NOTE: Tested on DEBIAN and UBUNTU instances only.

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EC2 :
In the “Configure Instance” tab go to Advanced Details, then copy and paste these inside the box (see pictures below)

Code:

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#!/bin/bash  sed -i "s/PermitRootLogin no/PermitRootLogin yes/" /etc/ssh/sshd_config sed -i "s/#PermitRootLogin.*/PermitRootLogin yes/" /etc/ssh/sshd_config  sed -i "s/#PasswordAuthentication.*/PasswordAuthentication yes/" /etc/ssh/sshd_config sed -i "s/PasswordAuthentication no/PasswordAuthentication yes/" /etc/ssh/sshd_config  systemctl restart sshd  echo "root:youpasswordhere" | chpasswd

*NOTE: Change yourpasswordhere with your desired password

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Optional:
You can now choose to proceed without a key pair.

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LIGHTSAIL:
Click on “+ Add launch script”, then paste the same script you used with EC2 above, then proceed to create.

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