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Ping An AWS EC2 Instance From The Local Machine

In this article, we will ping an AWS EC2 instance from the local machine.

Steps

To ping the EC2 instance, we will perform these actions: -

Let us get started.

Add the following inbound rule in the security group. This security group will be used by an EC2 instance.

Type	Protocol	Port range	Source	IP address
Custom ICMP - IPv4	All	All	Anywhere-IPV4	0.0.0.0/0

Login to the EC2 instance and go to the Windows Defender Firewall. The following screen will appear. Click on the Advanced settings.

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The following screen will appear.

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Right-click on the File and Printer Sharing (Echo Request - ICMPv4 - In) and click on Enable Rule.

Now, ping the EC2 instance and you will be able to ping.

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