Let's try to describe the issues that we have faced when working with Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC):
- Problem statement 1: You have created an instance in a VPC, but you are unable to access the instance using SSH; you can't even ping the instance from your machine/laptop
- Solution: There are many reasons why you are unable to access the instance using SSH or unable to ping the AWS instance available in VPC
Let's discuss this:
- If you are unable to access an instance that's been created in a VPC, then just for verification, check whether you are using the correct public DNS and IPv4 public IP:
- Put the correct public DNS and IPv4 public IP in PuTTY in the Host Name (or IP address) field to access the instance:
- To access an instance that's available in a VPC, you need the key pair that you...