SSH to AWS Instance without key pairs

Question

1: Is there a way to log in to an AWS instance without using key pairs? I want to set up a couple of sites/users on a single instance. However, I don\'t want to give out key

Answer 1

Recently, AWS added a feature called Sessions Manager to the Systems Manager service that allows one to SSH into an instance without needing to setup a private key or opening up port 22. I believe authentication is done with IAM and optionally MFA.

You can find out more about it here:

https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-session-manager/