Amazon default instance users table

To connect by SSH to the VM use the Amazon default instance user as found in the following table

OS/Distro	Official AMI ssh Username	Legacy / Community / Other AMI ssh Usernames
Amazon Linux	`ec2-user`
Ubuntu	`ubuntu`	`root`
Debian	`admin`	`root`
RHEL 6.4 and later	`ec2-user`
RHEL 6.3 and earlier	`root`
Fedora	`fedora`	`ec2-user, root`
Centos	`centos`	`root`
SUSE	`ec2-user`	`root`
BitNami	`bitnami`
TurnKey	`root`
NanoStack	`ubuntu`
FreeBSD	`ec2-user`
OmniOS	`root`