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I'm working with Amazon's EC2 for the first time.

I went through all of the steps at http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AWSEC2/latest/GettingStartedGuide/ and now I'm trying to access the public DNS through a web browser. I get nothing. I don't even know if I'm supposed to get anything, really.

I just want to see something that indicates that my instance is accessible from the web for development's sake. I'm completely new at this and I can't find a simple answer to this anywhere to save my life.

Any help would be MUCH appreciated. Thanks!

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The default is not allowed any connection to the instance. The same can not be installed Web server.

  • allow ssh(for UNIX) or RDP(for Windows) and HTTP
  • connect to the instance and install Web server
  • check public DNS through a web browser
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How do i "install Web server"? – Spencer Carnage Feb 20 '11 at 23:21
@Spencer What OS? – ooshro Feb 20 '11 at 23:39
Yes. OS please. – egorgry Feb 20 '11 at 23:53
I'm using a standard instance of Basic 64-bit Amazon Linux AMI 2010.11.1 Beta and accessing it via Putty from Windows XP. – Spencer Carnage Feb 21 '11 at 0:02
Use yum to install Apache ot other web server(sudo yum install httpd ) – ooshro Feb 21 '11 at 0:16
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