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Available customization parameters:
- Amazon EC2 instance type
> **Note**: It is possible that not all instance type options offered by this template are available in a specific AWS region. For example, you may not be able to deploy an `m5a.large` instance in `ap-east-1` (hypothetically). In that case, you might experience the following error during deployment: `The requested configuration is currently not supported. Please check the documentation for supported configurations`. Newly released regions are more prone to having this problem as there are less variety of instances.
> **Note**: It is possible that not all instance type options offered by this template are available in a specific AWS region. For example, you may not be able to deploy an `m5a.large` instance in `ap-east-1` (hypothetically). In that case, you might experience the following error during deployment: `The requested configuration is currently not supported. Please check the documentation for supported configurations`. Newly released regions are more prone to having this problem as there are less variety of instances. For more info about instance type availability in AWS regions, you might want to visit https://ec2instances.info/.
- OS for your VPN server (Ubuntu 20.04/18.04/16.04, Debian 9, CentOS 7/8, AmazonLinux2)
> **Note:** Before using the Debian 9 image on EC2, you need to first subscribe at the AWS Marketplace: [Debian 9](https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/B073HW9SP3).
- Your VPN username
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You will need to save the private key from the **Outputs** tab to a file on your computer, if you want to access the VPN server via SSH.
> **Note:** You may need to format the private key by replacing all spaces with newlines, before saving to a file. The file also needs to be set with [proper permission](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/connection-prereqs.html#connection-prereqs-private-key) before it can be used by SSH client.
> **Note:** You may need to format the private key by replacing all spaces with newlines, before saving to a file.
![Show key](show-key.png)
To add proper permissions to your private key file, run the following command under the directory where the file is located:
```bash
sudo chmod 400 my-key-pair.pem
```
As a result, the command to login to your instance should look like:
```bash
$ ssh -i path/to/your/key.pem instance-username@instance-ip-address