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@@ -40,7 +40,9 @@ At this point you should *really* configure remote access as per the below secti ### Remote Access
-If you know what you're doing, you might want to SSH onto the Linux instance to see what's going on / debug / make improvements. For security, SSH should be locked down to a known IP address (i.e. you), preventing malicious users from trying to break in (or worse - succeeeding). You'll need to create a Key Pair in AWS, find your public IP address, and then provide both of the parameters in the Remote Access (SSH) Configuration (Optional) section.
+If you know what you're doing, you might want to SSH onto the Linux instance to see what's going on / debug / make improvements. You might also want to do this to upload your existing save. For security, SSH should be locked down to a known IP address (i.e. you), preventing malicious users from trying to break in (or worse - succeeeding). You'll need to create a Key Pair in AWS, find your public IP address, and then provide both of the parameters in the Remote Access (SSH) Configuration (Optional) section.
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+Note that this assumes some familiarity with SSH. The Linux instance will have a user `ec2-user` which you may connect to via SSH. If you want to upload saves, it's easiest to upload them to `/home/ec2-user` via SCP as the `ec2-user` user (this is `ec2-user`'s home directory), and then `sudo mv` these files to the right location in the factorio installation via SSH.
For remote access, you'll need to:
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