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

Eight years late but hopefully this will help someone else...

The below shows how to enable the ports needed for pings.

1) First make sure the EC2 instance has a public IP. It has a Public DNS or Public IP address then you should be good. This should also be the address you ping.

2) Go to the Security Group that EC2 is using.

• right click, select inbound rules
• A: select Add Rule
• B: Select Custom ICMP Rule - IPv4
• C: Select Echo Request
• D: Select either Anywhere or My IP (note: My IP is more secure then anyone but will only allow pings from your IP.)
• E: Select Save

3) Create a windows firewall exception.

• Go to Start and type Windows Firewall with Advanced Security
• Select inbound rules