Connecting to Amazon Linux AMI with ssh and winscp

Connecting via SSH

Download putty and puttygen. Highly recommended - put these files in a dropbox folder.

http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html

Create a PPK file that putty will use to connect

Run puttygen to create the ppk file.

Click okay to the informational box.
Next click "save private key" and click yes to saving without a private key.
Save the ppk file to a dropbox folder so it is handy for you from all locations!

Login to ssh using putty