How to access/ping a server located on AWS?

Question

With what address should a server located on AWS be accessed?

I\'ve created an AWS instance and installed a web server on it. However the server is not reachable via any

Answer 1

As nowthatsamatt said, you want to allow ICMP from all addreses.

To do this on the command line you can run:

ec2-authorize  -P icmp -t -1:-1 -s 0.0.0.0/0

Or if you prefer the AWS Console, this is what it would look like (current as of 2012-09-19):

AWS Console Image