I have an instance in AWS with private IP (no public dns and no public ip) and I would like to connect to this instance through winscp to download few logs to my local PC. When I try to connect to this private instance through winscp I get below error, obviously because the server is in private.
Usually I ssh to bastion server which is in public subnet and then from there with private ssh key I ssh to the private instance. I could able to winscp to this bastion server which is in public but I would require to winscp to the private instance. I tried winscp connection tunnel hoping it might help somehow but I got "authentication key" error. Is there any way to winscp to private instance in AWS.
I found this tutorial http://www.revsys.com/writings/quicktips/ssh-tunnel.html to setup an SSH tunnel to be followed on the publicly accessible machine to link to the private one.
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I have a situation here where I need to ssh public instance from private instance. Both instances are in different vpc.
I setup Nat gateway, vpc peering connection, route tables and security group of public instance which allows all traffic over ssh (0.0.0.0/0).
private instance is in VPC-A. I am able to ssh to private instance Pr1 from bastion host.
Now I am trying to ssh to public instance in another vpc VPC-B from instance Pr1.
Now sure what is missing, I am getting ssh timeout.
I am able to ssh to that instance from my laptop but not from private instance.
curl google.com responds means I can access internet from private instance.
Can someone please suggest what can be missing ?
I set up an OpenVPN EC2 instance on AWS and it has security groups like
I downloaded the client.ovpn file and can successfully connect to it like sudo openvpn --config client.ovpn in Ubuntu (and also via Network Manager after importing the config). All good.
Now I want to make it so my other EC2 instances (that host the actual app) can only be accessed via the VPN, and can't be SSH'd into directly for example. The security group of one of these EC2 instances looks like
where here I'm allowing inbound traffic on port 22 from the Private IPv4 addresses of the OVPN server.
However, if I connect to the VPN and try to SSH to the app EC2 instance it just times out, nor can I access the web when connected to the VPN.
If I allow SSH on port 22 from 0.0.0.0 then I can SSH in and no issues.
Could anyone point me toward what the problem might be?
Could it be because they are on different subnets?
The simple solution: Forward all traffic through OpenVPN. Restrict and connect to your instances with OpenVPN's public IP, connect to your EC2s through their public IPs
The reason why your solution did not work as I understand it
AWS VPC is kind of like a VPN already
You are trying to connect to your EC2 through their public IP which routes through the internet so it makes litte sense allowing OpenVPN's private IP as to talk with EC2's public IP the server that you are installing OpenVPN shall use their public IP
If you must use OpenVPN and does not want the internal (OpenVPN to EC2) connections to surface to the internet, the EC2 instances must join OpenVPN's private network, there, everyone can talk using the private IPs of OpenVPN's range
Or extend AWS VPC with OpenVPN
Or see if split-tunnel work which "May allow users to access their LAN devices while connected to VPN"
I have a setup in Azure with a Virtual Network that includes Azure Bastion, Azure Virtual Machine and Private Links (among others with a private DNS Zone "privatelink.azure.com") to different Azure resources. I started with Bastion and the VM what worked well. But as soon as I add the Private Links to the same VNET I get an error when trying to access the VM via Bastion:
APP.DIALOG_HEADER_CONNECTION_ERROR
What can I do to resolve that and to be able to access the VM again?
The problem is that whenever a private network link with a private DNS Zone "privatelink.azure.com" is attached to the Bastion Virtual Network, the access to the VM via Bastion fails with the exception mentioned above.
To be able to have Bastion and Private Links using a Private DNS Zone "privatelink.azure.com" in same VNET create a record in your "privatelink.azure.com" zone with
Name = management.privatelink.azure.com
Type = CNAME
Alias = arm-frontdoor-prod.trafficmanager.net
This error message can appear also without having a private link.
I had the same error and the problem was that the NSG was missing from the server. As there was no connectivity for incoming 3389 (RDP port) then the bastion could not enstablish a session. For everyone that may encounter the same issue, make sure that you allow incoming network traffic for the server on which you want to enable bastion service.
On AWS, I have an EC2 instance with an HTTP server running on port 8888 inside a private subnet, and an EC2 instance that can communicate with it in a public subnet. How can I access the HTTP server running inside the private subnet via the public subnet? I understand that I can use the public EC2 instance as a proxy server via an SSH tunnel, but I am unable to access the server from my browser.
This is the command I am running on the public server:
ssh -R 0.0.0.0:8888:localhost:8888 -N user#private_server
When I access public_server:8888 on my browser, I am unable to connect. I may need to set up the browser to access traffic through a proxy server (via some chrome extension) but this is not what I want. Is there a way to set up the public server such that no work needs to be done by the client to access the server via their browser?
I did some more research, and realized I was looking for a reverse proxy, and could just simplify further by using an Application Load Balancer running in the public subnet that could interface with the instance running in the private subnet.
I am new to Amazon EC2, and I want to access to private instance using ssh utility from public instance.
Here is my settings.
instance list in the vpc
private instance's information
private instance's inbound rule of security group
ssh connection timedout
even I can't ping to private instance. Why could not access to private instance?
EDIT: Added routing table information
by the way, i am sorry I don't know how to change language in console view.
Edit again : connecting with pem file, to private ip of private instance from public instance using ssh.
Use the Private IP address (starting with 10. -- from your pictures, it is probably 10.0.1.101) to connect from the public instance to the private instance -- it appears that you are trying to connect to a Public IP address, which will not work.
Ping is disabled by default unless you allow it in your Security Group, so do not use Ping to diagnose network configurations.
If your SSH command is hanging, this is an indication that there is no network connectivity. The most common cause is the Security Group. Temporarily open all traffic (0.0.0.0/0) for port 22 in the Security Group and test whether this works. (If the instance is in a private subnet, it cannot be reached from outside the VPC anyway!)
There is no need to use a NAT Gateway unless your private instance requires access to the Internet.
It appears that you are attempting to use the SSH command with a .PPK file, which is incorrect -- PPK files are only used for PuTTY. For the SSH command, use the PEM file. If you do not wish to store the key on the public (web) instance, then use Pageant with PuTTY and enable agent forwarding. See: How To SSH Hop With Key Forwarding from Windows
Other tips:
Make sure both instances are in the same VPC
Your Private Security Group is permitting access from 122.40.73.88/32, which is a Public IP address. This will not work, since the instance is in a private subnet.