How to download a file from EC2 instance to Local Computer

Question

i have an instance of ec2.it have some files.i tried to download my file from ec2 instance to my local Ubuntu 13.10.i run this command

scp -i /home/ritesh/.ssh/id_rsa2 apps@XXX.20.24.XXX:/home/apps/dev/comp-eng/arena-client/build/arena-client-7.1.0.zip

and in output i am getting

usage: scp [-12346BCpqrv] [-c cipher] [-F ssh_config] [-i identity_file] [-l limit] [-o ssh_option] [-P port] [-S program] [[user@]host1:]file1 ... [[user@]host2:]file2

i am using correct format i think.why i am facing this error instead of downloading file ??

Answer 1

You need to specify your download location. If its the current directory, you can just add a ..

scp -i /home/ritesh/.ssh/id_rsa2 apps@XXX.20.24.XXX:/home/apps/dev/comp-eng/arena-client/build/arena-client-7.1.0.zip .

Answer 2

I find a simple solution for importing a file from EC2 to local machie

cd ~/.ssh
scp -i mykey.pem ec2-user@ipadress.zone.compute.amazonaws.com:/home/path/file ~/Desktop/target

Downloading file to your local machine .....

Hope it will be helpfull to someone

Answer 3

So there is common formula

scp -i <private key> <user>@<host>:<server file path> <local path to download file>

Example :

scp -i domain.pem ec2-user@ec2-51-171-173-159.ap-southeast-1.compute.amazonaws.com:/var/www/html/drupal/web/sites/default/files/test.jpeg /Users/ramesh/Downloads

Below is explanation

1. private file - .pem file with location
2. user - Your AWS user
3. host - Your AWS host URL
4. sever file path - Full file path from server
5. local path to download file - Local folder location where you want to store your downloaded file

You can go to you EC2 Instance select it -> Click on Actions -> Connect, you will get the details

Answer 4

For EC2 ubuntu
go to your .pem file directory
scp -i yourkey.pem ec2user@DNS_name:/home/ubuntu/foldername/filename ~/Desktop/localfolder