Unable to ping to my EC2 Instance

Question

I am unable to ping to my ec2 instance, I do have a public ip assigned to my instance. Can someone help?

Answer 1

Make sure the Amazon network rules allow Echo Requests. 

Go to the Security Group for the EC2.

• right click, select inbound rules
• A: select Add Rule
• B: Select Custom ICMP Rule - IPv4
• C: Select Echo Request
• D: Select either Anywhere or My IP
• E: Select Save

This will help you get access to your instance from outside the network.