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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, you have to perform these actions

So, let’s 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	Echo Reply	N/A	Custom	0.0.0.0/0

Login to the EC2 instance and go to the Windows Firewall Defender. Enable the inbound rule "File and Printer Sharing (Echo Request - ICMPv4 - In)".

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

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