help me navigate this ec2 machine

[true hazel]

[ec2-user@ip-172-31-47-184 ~]$

[sacred shell]

Hi @true hazel. I'm kapa.ai, your friendly support bot. I will try to answer your question by searching through the knowledge base. :wave:

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I’m tuned to answer questions specifically about OpenAI products and tools, not to provide general Linux or EC2 help.

If you’re trying to use OpenAI tools on that EC2 instance, here are two relevant options:

1. Use Codex CLI on the EC2 machine

   • Install Codex:

     curl -fsSL <https://chatgpt.com/codex/install.sh> | sh
     

     [Codex CLI]
   • Since EC2 is often headless, authenticate with device code:

     codex login --device-auth
     

     Then follow the browser link and enter the code. [Headless login]

2. Use Codex from your local machine but work on the EC2 filesystem via SSH

   • Ensure your local ~/.ssh/config has an entry, for example:

     Host my-ec2
       HostName ec2-xx-xx-xx-xx.compute-1.amazonaws.com
       User ec2-user
       IdentityFile ~/.ssh/my-ec2-key.pem
     

   • Confirm SSH works locally:

     ssh my-ec2
     

   • Install and authenticate Codex on the EC2 host so the ChatGPT desktop app can start the remote Codex server there. [SSH host setup]

If you clarify what you want to do with OpenAI tools on that EC2 (e.g., run Codex on a repo, use the hosted shell, etc.), I can give more specific, product-focused steps.

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