SOLVED, was: URGENT: unreachable web server on Ubuntu 18.04 running on EC2/AWS

[M. Fioretti]

On Thu, Feb 20, 2020 18:51:12 PM +0100, Ken wrote:

> > You sure Apache is actually *running*?...

as I imagined, the error I made was on the EC2/AWS side, not inside the Ubuntu instance.

I had not enabled inbound HTTP traffic in the security group
corresponding to that instance, in the EC2 dashboard. Now I do see the
apache default page. FTR, what pointed me to look there was this page:

"you did not open the port in the security group"

https://alestic.com/2009/08/ec2-connectivity/

this other page seems about the same general issue

http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/authorizing-access-to-an-instance.html

On to installing dokuwiki now! (see my earlier message this morning)

Thanks
Marco
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