amazon web services - Cannot ping AWS EC2 instance

Question

I have an EC2 instance running in AWS. When I try to ping from my local box it is not available.

How can I make the instance pingable?

Answer 1

Add a new EC2 security group inbound rule:

• Type: Custom ICMP rule
• Protocol: Echo Request
• Port: N/A
• Source: your choice (I would select Anywhere to be able to ping from any machine)