Working with EC2 Linux Instance ( Non Noob Mode)

Allocate the Elastic IP 

To Connect your instance
  
  MAC
    Traverse to your key(.pem) file.
    *) go to your key(.pem file) location 
    
    make sure the key isnt public
    *) chmod 400 carols-free-ec2.pem
    
    ssh into your instance
    *) ssh -i "carols-free-ec2.pem" 18.190.7.34
    
Use Apt to install your packages.

My MEAN stack was fullfilled through apt package manager


Copy files to Server
        SCP
            scp -r -i(identity file) source.pem.file source file-url destination
            scp -r -i ~location/to/your/key.pem  ./config ubuntu@elastic-ip:~/path/to/your/destination