Aws Connection to EC2 timed out over SSH - amazon-web-services

I have tried to connect EC2 using SSH but ssh: connect to host XXXXXXXXX port 22: Connection timed out
Note: XXXXXXXX is user#IP
Also I have checked security groups. Inbound rules are allowed for ssh
SSH TCP 22 0.0.0.0/0 -
SSH TCP 22 ::/0 -
For first time, I was able to login using SSH. After that I installed LAMP stack on EC2 instance. I think I forgot to add ssh in ufw rules.
I can't able to connect using Browser Based SSH Connection in AWS and showing erros for Session Manager connection method.
How can I connect using SSH or other, so I can allow SSH in ufw rules.

This indicates that you cannot to the host.
From your question I can see you have validated security group access, however there are some other steps you should take to investigate this:
Is the IP address a public IP? If so ensure that the instances subnet has a route table with a Internet Gateway associated with it.
Is the IP address a private IP? Do you have a VPN or Direct Connect connection to the instance? If not you would either need to set this up or use a bastion host. Otherwise if you do ensure that the route tables reference back to your on premise network range.
If you're not using the default NACLs for your subnet check that both the port ranges from your security group as well as ephemeral port ranges.

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Not able to ssh/http into EC2 instance

I am at my wits end with this, please help.
I am creating EC2 instances in my default public VPC, yet i am not able to ssh or http to my instance or webserver running into the machine. I checked the following
The SG has inbound SSH, HTTP and HTTPS allowed from 0.0.0.0/0 and assigned to my instance
the default VPC, has route tables with 0.0.0.0/0 pointed to IGW
the NACLs are configured to Allow all traffic. i also manually updated to allow only HHTP, HTTPS and SSH
the Key is use has been given the right permission by running chmod 400 filename
Despite all this not able to connect to the EC2 instance, AMI being Amazon Linux 2 AMI
When I try to ssh, i get a connection timeout error after a while, initially, i thought it was my office network but I am also getting the same from my home network with no firewalls in place
To allow an SSH connection, you will need:
An Amazon EC2 instance running Linux launched in a public subnet (defined as having a Route Table that directs 0.0.0.0/0 to an Internet Gateway)
A Security Group permitting Inbound access on port 22 (Outbound configuration is irrelevant)
Network ACLs left at their default settings of Allow All in both directions
A Public IP address associated with the instance
From your descriptions, I would say that the problem is probably with the Outbound NACLs. Return traffic from an SSH session goes back to the source port on the initiating server, which is not port 22. In general, only change the NACLs if you have a specific reason, such as creating a DMZ. I recommend you reset the NACL rules to Allow All traffic in both directions.

cannot ssh vanilla aws instance

I've spend my whole evening on this. guess it is just I missed a stupid step. Here is the procedure I followed:
create an aws vpc 10.0.0.0/24;
create an aws internet gateway and associate it with the VPC;
create a subnet in the VPC 10.0.0.0/26;
Add inbound rule to VPC ACL to allow SSH, HTTP, HTTPS from all IPV4 sources;
Launch aws ec2 instance with Amazon Linux 2 AMI in region us-west-2, t2.micro,
instance details:
Number of instances: 1
network: VPC created above
subnet: subnet created above
auto-assign Public IP: use subnet setting(Disable)
Capacity reservation: Open
everything else as default
storage details
add on data volume, delete on termination check
security group: new security group with inbound rules ssh/http/https opened for all ipv4 sources
use existing key pair I created earlier;
create an elastic IP;
associate the elastic IP to the instance created above.
reboot the instance
Then I can see the instance is running well with elastic IP attached.
I tried to connect to the ip address with ssh ssh -vvv -i ./aws_private.pem ec2-user#ipaddress and got below failure
OpenSSH_8.1p1, LibreSSL 2.7.3
debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config
debug1: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 47: Applying options for *
debug2: resolve_canonicalize: hostname <elastic ipaddress> is address
debug2: ssh_connect_direct
debug1: Connecting to <elastic ipaddress> [<elastic ipaddress>] port 22.
debug1: connect to address <elastic ipaddress> port 22: Operation timed out
ssh: connect to host <elastic ipaddress> port 22: Operation timed out
I verified the ACL and Security group. Those are my only ACL and Security Group.
I'm using a Mac. And also tried with a windows OS as well as aws cloud shell in the same region. All of them have the same error.
telnet <elastic ip> 22 fails as well.
what did I do wrong?
You forgot one thing .
Security Groups
You need to allow SSH connection to your instance port 22. to do this add below rule to your Ec2 instance's security group.
Protocol - TCP, type- SSH , port -22, source - 0.0.0.0/0
Actually , you dont need to edit ACL , as those by default allow access to everything .
but you need to add rules to Security Groups as by default it Not allows any connection
In general, NACL rules should not be changed from default unless you have a very specific requirement (eg creating a DMZ).
NACLs are stateless, which means that they need to be specified in both directions. I recommend that you reset the NACLs back to their default setting of "Allow All" for both Inbound and Outbound, and then only use Security Groups for controlling access.
The flow of the connection will be:
Elastic IP address points to Internet Gateway
Internet Gateway does a reverse NAT to convert it to a private IP address
Route Table on Subnet is consulted to confirm that the subnet is "public" (Route Table entry pointing to Internet Gateway)
NACL checks traffic on entry to subnet (recommendation is to leave it as default Allow All)
Security Group checks traffic coming into the instance
Instance processes incoming request
turned out it was zscaler on my Mac somehow changes my ip address and messed up the communication between my Mac and aws.

How to configure my RDS postgresql instance so that i can interact with my API server EC2 ubuntu machine?

I am able to access my RDS instance through my EC2 instance through
psql -U user -h hostname $DBname
I want to know how the RDS connects to EC2. is it private IP or public IP or Hostname
my developer has configured my private IP in connection http://privateip:5000 in the backend (don't what exactly it)
When I use this command:
curl --location --request GET 'http://localhost:5000/api/Supplier
I am able to access the API response.
but when I use my
curl --location --request GET 'http://privateip:5000/api/Supplier
I get curl: (7) Failed to connect to privateIp port 5000: Connection refused
I am sure my EC2 can connect to RDS .
Maybe my understanding of this is limited.
could any one help me out of this ?
My RDS SG
All TCP TCP 0 - 65535 Custom sg-EC2
PostgreSQL TCP 5432 Custom 0.0.0.0/0
PostgreSQL TCP 5432 custom sg-Ec2
All UDP UDP 0 - 65535 Custom sg-EC2
All ICMP - IPv4 ICMP 0 - 65535 Custom sg-EC2
If you're trying to connect to the private IP address from the instance itself you will need to ensure the following conditions are met:
Inbound access in the security group from the source of your instance to port 5000.
Outbound access allowed in the security group for your instance.
NACL is either the default NACL, or if you have made your own it is allowing inbound and outbound access including to ephemeral ports.
The source inbound rule for the security group should be scoped to one of the following:
Inbound from the private IP address range of the EC2 instance e.g. 10.0.0.1/32
Inbound from either a subnet or VPC range e.g. 10.0.0.0/16.
Inbound from the world e.g. 0.0.0.0/0 (Use with caution as this allows any server that can connect, to be able to connect on this port).
Inbound from a security group (either the same or different). e.g. sd-abcdef
Rule of thumb for checking SG of instance telnet privateip 5000 if the port is not open it clearly indicate that EC2 instance security group not allowing the port.
Then open 5000 from SG of the instance.
If the above fix does not resolve the issue then it might be the case that application only listening on localhost so you need to allow 0.0.0.0 to work it private IP.
I am sure my EC2 can connect to RDS .
The issue is related to connecting with Ec2 instance not the RDS, you request curl --location --request GET 'http://privateip:5000/api/Supplier has nothing to do with RDS except DB connection. you application depend on Ec2 security group, not the RDS security group.

Unable to SSH to my EC2 instance despite adding my IP in the security group route table

I have tried all that I could have done.
Deleted the previous EC2 instances
Used a new key pair
Used putty to connect with new pair
Used chrome extension secure shell app to connect to EC2 instance with new key pair
I added my IP address in my security group inbound table but not able to access the EC2 instances.
Attached are the images of my issues.
Cause of the problem:
The port number for SSH is 22.
However, the screenshot for the ssh error shows that the connection is being attempted on port 80.
Suggested fix:
The problem can be fixed by specifying the port number as '22' in the SSH client connection settings.
To access the EC2 instance via SSH, check:
The instance has been launched in a public subnet (defined as having a Route Table that routes traffic to an Internet Gateway)
The Security Group should be permitting inbound traffic on port 22 from your IP address (or a wider range, such as 0.0.0.0/0)
Don't change the NACLs from default
Make sure the instance is running Linux
For EC2 Instance Connect, make sure it is using Amazon Linux 2 or Ubuntu 16.04 or later
Make sure you are connecting to the public IP address of the instance (based on your pictures, you are doing this)
Simple hint: If the connection takes a long time to fail (or hangs), then there is no network connectivity to the instance. Check Security Groups and VPC configurations. If an error comes back immediately, then network connectivity is okay and the connection is simply being refused by the instance.

Accessing RDS through bastion host with port forwarding not working

I'm trying to establish a port forwarding to my RDS in a private subnet via a bastion host in a public subnet with the following command:
ssh -A -NL 3007:mydb3.co2qgzotzkku.eu-west-1.rds.amazonaws.com:3306 ubuntu#ec2-562243-250-177.eu-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com
but cant get a connection to the rds instance.
The security group for the Bastion Host allows only SSH on port 22 from my IP
and the security group for the RDS allows traffic from the bastion hosts security group and SSH from my iP
Besides the ACL for the subnets are open to all traffic for TCP.
anybody a tip what is missing to get the tunnel running?
merci A
I think you are missing the port 3306 and 3307. Allow that port in the both security group and it will work.
As you said you are accessing the bastion via key-pair, your new command must be:
ssh -N -L 3007:mydb3.co2qgzotzkku.eu-west-1.rds.amazonaws.com:3306 ubuntu#ec2-562243-250-177.eu-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com -i /path/to/key.pem
I would suggest removing A from the command as it Enables forwarding of the authentication agent connection. This can also be specified on a per-host basis in a configuration file.
Agent forwarding should be enabled with caution. Users with the ability to bypass file permissions on the remote host (for the agent's UNIX-domain socket) can access the local agent through the forwarded connection. An attacker cannot obtain key material from the agent, however they can perform operations on the keys that enable them to authenticate using the identities loaded into the agent.