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Cannot connect my EC2 instance via SSH in several minutes after starting it

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I have a pretty much the same issue described here https://repost.aws/questions/QUTwS7cqANQva66REgiaxENA/ec-2-instance-rejecting-connections-after-7-minutes and here https://repost.aws/questions/QUIrlxErTGSxesqwaawWBb-g/ssh-into-ec-2-stops-accepting-connections-after-about-8-minutes

My account was suspended in the past and re-opened so I suspect that this is the case.

Nothing from here https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/knowledge-center/ec2-linux-resolve-ssh-connection-errors/ helped me.

Topics
Security, Identity, & ComplianceComputeManagement & Governance
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Security, Identity, & ComplianceAmazon EC2AWS Account Management
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ivorobioff
asked a year ago271 views
1 Answer
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Make sure that the security group is not allowing traffic from 0.0.0.0/0. That could indicate that you are getting brute forced and the instance has a hard time keeping up with all connection requests. If you are using Linux, you can install a tool like fail2ban which will automatically create firewall rules to block traffic from ip's that attempt to authenticate with invalid credentials.

If you truly believe that there is something wrong with your account, then you can open a ticket to the billing team as your repost link you referenced says.

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Francisco_L
answered a year ago
  • ivorobioff
    a year ago

    this is a good point but it's unlikely that I am being brute forced every time after EC2 is up for about the same time.

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