Uploading to EC2 CentOS instance using SublimeText SFTP

Question

I created an EC2 CentOS instance to host my php web app development version, I'm using Sublime Text as an IDE, and SFTP plugin to upload files directly then test.

Before, I was using SFTP with username/password/port 22 to connect

Now, I have the PEM file, and I already used it to install and configure some component. How can I connect using the PEM file and upload file via Sublime Text SFTP plugin?

I specified in sftp-config.json:

"ssh_key_file": "/home/USER/USER-EC-Virginia.pem",

but without any success, I get Connection timeout message.

Port 22 already allowed to receive traffic.

EDIT: I tried to use PPK file with SublimeText and I'm still getting the same : Timeout error.

One Bad Panda One Bad Panda · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-26T01:55:15

You're close...the following works for CentOS / RHEL on EC2

{
    "type": "sftp",
    "sync_down_on_open": true,
    "host": "<your ec2 instance hostname>",
    "user": "<your username>",
    "remote_path": "<your remote path>",
    "connect_timeout": 30,
    "sftp_flags": ["-o IdentityFile=~<path to .pem file>"]
}

You actually don't need to set ssh_key_file": "/home/USER/USER-EC-Virginia.pem,

Uploading to EC2 CentOS instance using SublimeText SFTP

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