title: How do you setup an SSH connection from Ubuntu 12.04 to Amazon EC2
body: <p>I have been over countless Tutorials all that seem to be outdated...</p>
  
  <p>X.509 certificates, keys / pairs blah blah...</p>
  
  <p>I need a serious step by step how to create a connection from my local machine to the amazon EC2 can someone help me please.</p>
  
  <p>I would rather a step by step then a link to a tutorial i think ive read and got no where with enough of those for today</p>
  
  <p>Is there a simple setup like similar to github even?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks
  Daniel</p>