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Cannot connect to AWS instance using RDP (remote desktop cannot connect to the remote computer)

I'm setting up an AWS instance to test run software on. Unfortunately I'm not able to RDP to the machine.

I've set a public IP and opened up all ports.

Here is the instance settings:

Here are the security settings.

(same for outbound)

Errors are here:

Any assistance on how to troubleshoot further would be appreciated!

George Khairallah

Just throwing this out there ... Are you sure you deployed an AMI that has full windows server instead of server core, which doesn't have RDP access ?

I recently helped a friend who sent hours looking on the AWS settings and security groups and his problem was in the deployed AMI all along :)

Stuart Saxby

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It's possible, how can I tell? I launched an instance straight from the 'Quick Start' options after clicking 'Launch Instance'.

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Stuart Saxby

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Feel free to post the obvious - I only know just enough to get myself in trouble.

Here's the internet gateway settings -

Here's the ACL settings -

I couldn't remove the 'deny' part, when I edit the rules it's not an option. I tried creating a 0.0.0.0/0 access for ICMP Echo replies, and then one with my computer's public IP but no luck.

I'm not sure how to do this one -
then make sure you have a route from your public subnet which routes traffic to 0.0.0.0/0 using the IGW

Also, here's the VPC connected to the EC2 instance -

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Stuart Saxby

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It didn't! I've updated the route table so it has the two entries.

Unfortunately still can't ping...

Apologies in advance if the solution is something dumb I've done. Any ideas for next troubleshooting?

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Stuart Saxby

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I'd set up an 'elastic IP' so I changed the subnet to generate an IP and created a new instance. Unfortunately didn't help.

Here's the log and screenshot.