SSH into your AWS instance?

[mikael]

So someone from the original class had the same error:

Setup problems: AWS

Hello! I set up p2.xlarge instance at AWS on Windows 7. This instance was fine for the first time when I set up, but I cannot access again. I turned on p2.xlarge instance at AWS website and typed the following command in Cygwin, seen from the screenshot. When I tried SSH, I get an error message: Connection timed out. [image] I followed the AWS website document to try to solve. I am currently stuck at step 4 and 5, because I cannot find “Inbound Rules tab” and “Outbound Rules tab”. Where are th…

The answer was just to make sure you’re instance is running (might even take a minute or two for ssh to be up and running):

Setup problems: AWS

@analytics20132333 The “connection timed out” message typically shows up when your instance is not running. After you set up your instance, you need to start it. If you’ve downloaded and sourced our aws_alias.sh file, you can run: aws-get-p2 aws-start