How to recover AWS ECS Instance ssh-keys

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##Recovery Key ###
==create an instance with new pem key
==stop the actual instance
==detach the volume of actual instance
==attach the volume of actual instance to the new instance
==mount the volume (mount /dev/xvdf /mnt/recovery)
==copy new instance pem key to old instance volume
==umount the volume
==detach the old volume from the new instance
==attach the old volume to the old instance as (/dev/sda1)
==start the old instance
==login to the old instance with the recovery pem key

==How to know which Linux type you are running===
cat /etc/issue


    3  fdisk -l
    4  mkdir /mnt/recovery
    5  mount /dev/xvdf /mnt/recovery/
    6  cat /home/ubuntu/.ssh/authorized_keys     for Amazon, Redhat  cat /home/ec2-user/.ssh/authorized_keys
    7  cat /home/ubuntu/.ssh/authorized_keys  > /mnt/recovery/home/ubuntu/.ssh/authorized_keys for Amazon, Redhat  cat /home/ec2-user/.ssh/authorized_keys  > /mnt/recovery/home/ec2-user/.ssh/authorized_keys
    8  more /mnt/recovery/home/ubuntu/.ssh/authorized_keys
    9  df -h
   10  umount /mnt/recovery
   11  mount /dev/xvdf /mnt/recovery/
Note: Going forward the user can only login with the pem key.

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