Why can't I start Java SSH Client from the AWS Management Console?

Question

In the AWS management console, I select an EC2 instance, and then I click Connect in the Instance Actions menu. I see the following popup:

Instead of the fields that I usually should see, I get the above message about enabling java in my browser. But java is enabled in my browser. I checked it this page for confirmation. I am running Java SE 6 Update 24.

I am using Google Chrome v20.0 on Linux Mint 13 64bit. I also tried Firefox and the result is the same. I can access the Java SSH Client without any problems from a Windows window, so this could be a Linux problem.

Answer 1

Use Firefox or Safari, it works great.

See the link below for more details.

Chrome browser version 42 and higher. Starting with Chrome 42 (released in April 2015), Chrome has disabled the standard way browsers support plugins. https://java.com/en/download/help/browser_activate_plugin.xml

Answer 2

Try option 1, stand-alone ssh, and then open a terminal using the chmod command to change permissions, then the ssh -i .... command (an example is shown in the launch instance window on AWS).

After that, you will see a bitmap on your terminal, which means that you are located.

Then use cd apps / parse / htdocs. This will lead you to htdocs, where most of the parsing server files are stored. Then use vi filename.js, which opens the tex editor to edit the desired file.

Hope this was helpful.

Answer 3

Try it with a 32-bit version of Java. Most browsers do not support 64-bit Java.