cannot see my instance in EC2 dashboard or EC2 Global

Hi,

The EC2 Dashboard shows the instances in a specific AWS Region. If you created your instance in a different Region to the one that is currently selected, you won't see that instance.

The Region selector is at the top right of the EC2 console. For a screenshot of the Region selector, see Step 2 at this link: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ec2-resource-limits.html#view-limits

Alternatively, to see all instances in all Regions, use the EC2 Global View. To access the EC2 Global View, in the EC2 Dashboard, choose the "EC2 Global view" button near the top/centre of the screen. You can also access it by following this link: https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2globalview/home. For more information, including the required permissions, see https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/Using_Filtering.html#global-view.

Kind regards,

Marilyn