How to transfer directories to the Yapixx instance?

I think you’re missing the -i flag when specifying the key:

scp -r -i /path/key_pair.pem ~/Desktop/canvas ec2-user@public_dns_name:~

Thanks for your prompt reply,

I tried adding the -i flag, and even using “sudo”, gets me a long list of lines like:

~/Desktop/canvas/404.php: Permission denied

You can try to compress the files into an archive and then transfer the compressed archive and uncompress it on the target.

tar czf canvas.tgz ~/Desktop/canvas
scp -i /path/key_pair.pem canvas.tgz ec2-user@public_dns_name:~
ssh -i /path/key_pair.pem ec2-user@public_dns_name
tar xzf canvas.tgz

(note that the last command is going to executed on the instance, as you’ll be SSHed to the instance).

Another way to transfer files (and do other admin tasks), is to configure Webmin and use its File Manager or Upload and Download functionality.

Based on your tip, I was able to build a script that (finally!) made the “canvas” theme show up on the wordpress admin’s Dashboard. Here’s the listing:

cd ~/Desktop
sudo tar czf canvas.tgz canvas
scp -i /path/key_pair.pem canvas.tgz ec2-user@public_dns_name:~
ssh -i /path/key_pair.pem ec2-user@public_dns_name
sudo tar xzf canvas.tgz
sudo mv canvas /var/www/wordpress/wp-content/themes/
cd /var/www/wordpress/wp-content/themes
sudo chown -R apache:apache canvas
sudo ls -al canvas

I do appreciate the Webmin feature included with Yapixx.

I still have to figure out how to install the proper File Manager java plugin on my MacBook, so I can use the File Manager module in Webmin. Any pointers on that topic will be very welcome.

As for Oblaksoft, I’m pleased to award the Yapixx/ClouSE product, my own “!!!!!” rating. (Top five exclamation marks!)

Thank you Artem!

Thank you for the good words! The Java installation instructions are here: https://www.java.com/en/download/help/mac_install.xml.