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TobyRush
TobyRush

Reputation: 756

How can I connect to a running AWS instance when my dashboard says no instances are running?

I feel like this is a beginner question, but after messing with it for days I'm completely stumped.

I set up an instance on Amazon AWS last year, and I'd like to SSH into the instance to upgrade some software. I am unable to find the original .pem file anywhere, and everything I find to try to solve the problem — including these directions — refer to selecting the running instance on my EC2 Dashboard.

However, when I log in as a root user, it shows there are no running instances. By default it comes up as N. Virginia, but when I check the other US locations none of them show any running resources. My instance's address (the link I use for mySQL and phpMyAdmin, for example) is in the form of ec2-XXX-XXX-XXX-XXX.ca-central-1.compute.amazonaws.com, if that makes any difference.

Any ideas on next steps? I have all the data on the running instance backed up so I can recreate things as necessary. I admit that I'm a beginner with AWS (obviously) but I super-pinky-promise to store my .pem file in a safe place next time...

Upvotes: 0

Views: 40

Answers (1)

Mark B
Mark B

Reputation: 200446

By default it comes up as N. Virginia, but when I check the other US locations none of them show any running resources. My instance's address (the link I use for mySQL and phpMyAdmin, for example) is in the form of ec2-XXX-XXX-XXX-XXX.ca-central-1.compute.amazonaws.com, if that makes any difference.

Your instance is running in the AWS Canada region, as indicated by the region name ca-central-1 in the address, which is why you aren't seeing it in any US region.

Upvotes: 1

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