Possible reasons for timeout when trying to access EC2 instance

Question

I cannot SSH into my instance - Operation timed out. What could be the reasons why, and what can I do to resolve it? Rebooting normally takes a long time to take effect, an

Answer 1

I had the same problem, and the solution ended up being adding my local machine's IP to the list of inbound rules in the active security group. In the inbound dialog below, enter 22 in the port range, your local IP/32 in the source field, and leave 'custom tcp rule' in the dropdown.