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Hello,<br />
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we recently created a Linux instance but the instance can't resolve domain names. And when I sent ping packet receive the following error:<br />
Error [ec2-user@ip-172-31-31-214<wbr /> ~] $ ping google.com Ping: unknown host google.com<br />
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Below are details of the Instance:<br />
Instances ID: i-a9e81ea5<br />
Instance type: t2.micro<br />
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Please help us resolve the issue as no internet access is available to the instance.<br />
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Thanks,<br />
BJ.
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Hello,

we recently created a Linux instance but the instance can't resolve domain names. And when I sent ping packet receive the following error:
Error [ec2-user@ip-172-31-31-214 ~] $ ping google.com Ping: unknown host google.com

Below are details of the Instance:
Instances ID: i-a9e81ea5
Instance type: t2.micro

Please help us resolve the issue as no internet access is available to the instance.

Thanks,
BJ.

Internet inaccessible from instance

The variety of Linux distributions creates myriad issues relating to configuration and operations when computers are networked, not the least of which is the use of various network management applications, some of which are included with specific distributions, while others are standalone applications.