Ping request failed to my AWS EC2 instance

Question

I have an EC2 instance running but when I try to ping from my local machine it fails. What changes should I make to make successful ping request to my EC2?

Answer 1

Add a new EC2 security group inbound rule:

• Type: Custom ICMP rule
• Protocol: Echo Request
• Port: N/A
• Source: your choice (I would select Anywhere to be able to ping from any machine)

This way you can ping request to your EC2 instance. Hope this helps