I'm trying to launch an EC2 instance on my personal AWS account, but getting the following error:
Launch Failed
This account is currently blocked and not recognized as a valid account. Please contact aws-verification#amazon.com if you have questions.
Hide launch log
Creating security groups
Successful (sg-77e2ae10)
Authorizing inbound rules
Successful
Initiating launches
FailureRetry
So I sent an email explaining, and got the following answer:
Greetings from Amazon Web Services.
Thank you for contacting us regarding this matter. We reviewed your account and confirmed that your Amazon Web Services account has been successfully verified. You may now begin launching instances.
Thank you for using Amazon Web Services.
Sincerely,
Amazon Web Services
But tried again and got the same error. Sent a new email, and got the same answer. Retried and still can't launch...
Apparently there's no problem with my payment method or anything like that. Also tried to launch it in different regions, like n. virginia, oregon and são paulo. Got the same error.
Any ideas? Thanks!
Here is an email that I got from AWS:
Dear AWS Customer,
Thank you for signing up with Amazon Web Services!
As a new customer, you can launch Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) instances in 3 AWS regions. We suggest you to use the regions US East (N. Virginia), US East (Ohio), US West (Oregon), but if you prefer other regions please contact us at aws-verification#amazon.com and let us know which 3 regions are more convenient for you. You can find the list of regions and which services are available in each of the regions at http://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/globalinfrastructure/regional-product-services/. Please make sure you are not running EC2 instances in the region you are transitioning from.
If you have a use case that requires you to run EC2 instances in more than 3 regions, please contact us at aws-verification#amazon.com describing your use case and we will increase the number of available regions.
This limitation is temporary and only affects EC2 – other AWS services are available in all regions.
Sincerely,
Amazon Web Services
So please change your region to US West (Oregon) or US East (N. Virginia) or US East (Ohio) and then it will works.
If you still want to use other regions, contact aws-verification#amazon.com for more detailed.
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This happens when accessing EC2 console for any region.
Global services like S3, IAM and account related pages can be accessed without problems.
No AWS Organization issue, no policy issue.
Just go to your email and click the link AWS management console and open an AWS account.
So, now you can access your EC2.
Check whether you have skipped one or more steps during registration.
You may have received an email stating you need to complete those steps.
File a support case to receive the email again if you missed it.
It takes a while to AWS to verify your card details after you register a new account with AWS. It would be great if AWS would give a more sensible message.
Wait for account activation :
After you choose a Support plan, a confirmation page indicates that your account is being activated. Accounts are usually activated within a few minutes, but the process might take up to 24 hours.
AWS create and activate account
I'm using an AWS student pack provided by my university. I want to switch the location to Bahrain from N. Virginia. Everytime I try to do that I get the following error:
AWS Educate Starer Accounts are very limited.
You can check what is allowed in the link below:
AWS Services Supported with AWS Educate Starter Account
Shortly, you have no access to billing information and many, many other services and options.
you don't need to enter in the Billing area into the console to change to Bahrain.
What you have to do is:
Login on AWS Educate site (https://aws.amazon.com/education/awseducate/)
Right Up corner (AWS Account) inside the AWS Educate portal
Click "AWS Educate Starter Account". It will open another tab, "Workbench".
Click to open "AWS Console"
Now, you are logged on AWS console.
Go to Services, select a services that changes with a region, for example, EC2, RDS, etc., if you see "Global" on right top corner, you cannot change the region to Bahrain, please select another service first, then select the region.
I hope I could help.
Please help me to fix this region unsupported error:
Simple Email Service is not available in Asia Pacific (Mumbai). Please select another region.
Not all AWS services are available in every region. A list of services available in each region can be found in: Region Table
If you service you seek is not available in a particular region, you can still use the service in another region.
While many AWS users wish to keep their data in a particular region for data governance purposes, Amazon SES is used to send emails to the Internet so it does not really need to fit this data governance model (the email is being sent outside of the region anyway).
If you are having a particular problem using the service from another region, please post a Question with the specific problem you are facing.
I got a mail from AWS that shows that I am activated a new VPC security group. But I removed all instances and VPC from my account. The mail shows like below:
Dear Amazon EC2 Customer,
Thank you for activating the Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) service for your Amazon Web Services account. Here are a few useful resources to help you familiarize yourself with VPC:
May I know the reason for this.
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Eleena Jose
Based upon my experience, when you first use an AWS resource, Amazon sends you an introductory email with links to learn more about that service.
This does not mean that you are currently using the service. IMHO this is just an educational email to a) provide you with links to learn more b) to remind you that you are using a service in case you forget c) promote AWS.
I don't know what is happening with my AWS account. I was using Github $150 student pack on my AWS account.
I hardly created any EC2 instances on my AWS account. But now I'm fed up of terminating large sized EC2 instances which are automatically created in my account.
And all of above, I'm charged $2871.
Any solution, please? What measure can I take to stop being charged? I had contacted AWS support but they said to wait for 24 hours.
P.S. - I use my parents credit card.
It is likely that somebody has obtained your credentials and are using your account without permission (eg for Bitcoin mining).
I recommend that you contact AWS Customer Service immediately (NOT Customer Support) and tell them that you suspect fraudulent access on your account. Select "Billing and Account" enquiries.
Some other things to check:
Confirm that you have no Auto Scaling groups (in the Amazon EC2 console)
Confirm that no other Users or Roles exist in the IAM console
Delete your Access Keys associated with your existing Users
Delete your Customer Master Access Key in your Security Credentials page
Have a look at CloudTrail. It's on by default and it will track API calls. You most likely either have a badly configured autoscaling group, or your keys have been leaked. CloudTrail should tell you who is doing what.