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Before i was able to connect to my EC2 instance, then after i flush the IPTABLE, i can't access it anymore, every time i try to connect, it get TIME OUT.

Error i receive:

FAIL: TIMEOUT
[SSH] FAIL: xx.xx.xx.xx:2020 - No connection was made because the operation was stopped.

Problem trying to solve before this problem happen.
Couldn't access my WHM through IP, but i had access to SSH, i read somewhere you need to flush IPTABLE, then the problem start raising and could't access SSH.

Steps i have taken (failed)

  1. I have already Restart the Instance.
  2. I try to see if IP work in Browser(tried Safari, Firfox, Chrome), same the IP time out in browser.
  3. I have checked Security Group and I Allow Traffic from anywhere in Inbound & Outbound.
  4. Google Search for 2 Days now, no answer that i can relate to, cause i need access to SSH, most of the answer are about Command line.
  5. Change IP of Instance (i know this is really un-useful).
  6. Try to Understand "Get System Log", but couldn't understand it well, cause everything in there seems fine.
  7. Try to Access using Public DNS
  8. Create a new Security Group with Open VPC connection

Server info:
Centos 6
Running WHM & cPanel

A few consideration that I'm currently thinking it could be are (no information are online about these consideration online)

  1. VPC Set-up of Security Group
  2. Amazon side Bug (i doubt it)
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You've flushed all of your iptables rules, including the default ALLOW rules. You'll need to do a full recovery of these systems in order to re-gain access.

If you have not saved the iptables rule changes to disk, there's a chance that rebooting will resolve the issue. If that is not the case, though, you'll need to go through the process I outline in this answer to recover the instance.

As an aside, if you're worried about losing the contents of this server, you're doing sysadmin wrong. You should always be able to lose a server without significant data loss. This holds true with VPS servers as well as physical servers.

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  • I have Clients and There Website Files in there, How can i do this without damaging any users? – brian May 16 '14 at 21:46
  • I added an edit for you... – EEAA May 16 '14 at 21:51
  • thank you, let me go head and try your guideline, and i really appreciate if you show me where can i find more information on sysadmin – brian May 16 '14 at 21:56
  • When i create instance and trying to attach the First(main) volume i get an error "Error attaching volume: 'vol-XXXX6522' with Marketplace codes may not be attached as a secondary device." – brian May 16 '14 at 22:11
  • You're using a marketplace image. You'll need to go through the vendor then. – EEAA May 16 '14 at 22:14
  • There is no Vendor Link i see when you wanna create a Instance – brian May 16 '14 at 22:16
  • The original server you're trying to fix is a meeker place image. Therein lies the problem. – EEAA May 16 '14 at 22:41
  • I have figure out another way, basically you create an Snapshot and you create Instance from that Snapshot, here is the instruction. http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/instance-launch-snapshot.html – brian May 16 '14 at 23:35
  • Now that i have create the New instance from snapshot it still give me the same problem. "Time out" – brian May 16 '14 at 23:39
  • Talk with your vendor. Period. – EEAA May 16 '14 at 23:40
  • Amazon Charge $100 just for support. WOW lol – brian May 17 '14 at 03:07
  • @EEAA maybe that _Period_ wasn't necessary. – Jaime Hablutzel Nov 14 '18 at 16:43