1 Update the System with the Latest Packages Let’s start with the installation of OpenJDK 11. The reason is that whenever you try to install, remove or change any software, you must have root privilege to do such tasks. Note: You’ll have to use sudo(root privilege ) to run the above command. You can install java-openjdk11 from the amazon-linux-extras repository using the below command- sudo amazon-linux-extras install java-openjdk11 You will see that java-openjdk11 is available under it as you can see in the below screenshot. This will list the available packages under this extras repository. To confirm this, you can run the below command and hit enter- amazon-linux-extras Having said that, OpenJDK 8 is present in the core repository however OpenJDK 11 is not available in the core repository rather it is available in amazon-linux-extras repository. For the newer version, they put it on amazon-linux-extras repository. Step 3: Install OpenJDK 11 on the InstanceĪmazon’s core package repository usually contains only super-stable software. Shall we move ahead with the OpenJDK installation now?Īlright, let’s go. Verify that ec2-user is showing in the username field and click Connect.Īnd, you are connected to your instance- Voila !!! You will see the below screen with the default username for a Linux 2 instance which is ec2-user. Select your instance and click Connect as shown belowĢ. How to SSH into the EC2 Instance using the EC2 Instance Connect from the Browserġ. ssh -i /path/my-key-pair.pem prefer the EC2 instance connect to SSH into instances from the browser itself and without managing a key pair.

If you want to SSH from your local system, feel free to use the below command from your terminal. Link to tutorial: How to Launch EC2 Linux 2 Instance Step by Step in AWS Step 2: Connect to your Linux 2 instanceĪfter you are done with the first step, you have an up-and-running Linux 2 instance. I have covered it for you in a tutorial already.

Let’s get started … Step 1: Launch an EC2 Instance(Linux 2)īefore we install the OpenJDK 11 on our EC2 Linux 2 instance, we’ll need an instance up and running. Switch Between Different Java Version (Optional).Steps to Install OpenJDK 11 on Amazon Linux 2

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