AWS ssh requesting password

Question

I have just set up a new cloudLinux AMI instance on AWS and have correctly ssh in from my terminal with the key pair. However it is requesting a password for the instance which I have not set. Any thoughts on how to ascertain this password so I can get into the server?

ssh -i root@<--Instance Public IP -->

terminal requests password: ?????

Answer 1

A lot of AMI's don't let you log in as root. Try logging in as the user "ec2-user". ssh -i mypem.pem ec2-user@my-ip