[colug-432] ec2 instance

[Aaron Howard]

When you created the instance did you generate a key pair? Did you download
the private key? When you say into an ec2 instance you have to use the
private key you set the instance up with. Check that.

On Fri, Jul 3, 2015, 10:22 AM Rick Hornsby <richardjhornsby at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Is there some secret trick to logging into your ec2 Linux instance for the
> first time?  I've never used ec2 before, so I must be missing something
> obvious but I've been fighting with it since last night.
>
> $ ssh ec2-user at 52.4.7.xxx
> ssh: connect to host 52.4.7.xxx port 22: Operation timed out
>
> That's all I've been able to get it to do.  A few answers to questions
> I've seen on interweb threads:
>
> * Outbound ssh from the same [client] host ^ works just fine to anywhere
> else
> * ssh with -vvvvv shows the same thing - the connection times out before
> anything else (auth etc) happens
> * The "security group" rules are:
>      Security Groups associated with i-e701bxxx
>       Ports     Protocol        Source  ssh anywhere (<- my label)
>      22 tcp     0.0.0.0/0       ✔
>      -1 icmp    0.0.0.0/0       ✔
> * The instance has a public IP address (or it at least appears to)
> * I have the same issue when using the Amazon java ssh client, so it
> doesn't seem to be client specific
> * I don't think this this an authentication problem (ssh keys, etc)
> because I'm not even getting that far
> * ssh from different sources/hosts/networks is the same result, so the
> problem looks like the instance.
>
>
> The VPC ID and Subnet ID are just a random string, have no idea what
> they're supposed to be.  I've tried leaving them at their defaults, I've
> tried new instances and changing the values - same results.
>
> Any suggestions or thoughts on what I might be doing wrong?
>
> My alternative is to pay DH $15/month for a virtual private server.  I
> like DH and rave about them, but don't want to pay $15/month for the same
> size thing I can get at EC2 for free.
>
> thanks!
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