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A user is trying to connect to a running EC2 instance using SSH. However, the user gets a connection time out error. Which of the below mentioned options is not a possible reason for rejection?

  • A. The access key to connect to the instance is wrong
  • B. The security group is not configured properly
  • C. The private key used to launch the instance is not correct
  • D. The instance CPU is heavily loaded
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Suggested Answer: A 🗳️
If the user is trying to connect to a Linux EC2 instance and receives the connection time out error the probable reasons are:
Security group is not configured with the SSH port
The private key pair is not right

The user name to login is wrong -
The instance CPU is heavily loaded, so it does not allow more connections

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AWS_Noob
Highly Voted 2 years, 6 months ago
It's asking for "not a possible reason" I stand to be corrected but an access key is not used to connect to an instance. So using this logic. The answer in my opinion is A
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albert_kuo
Most Recent 10 months, 4 weeks ago
Selected Answer: D
not a possible reason
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albert_kuo
6 months ago
Change to A you cannot use "access key" to ssh host remotely.
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moh1976
2 years, 5 months ago
The answer should be D. The instance CPU is heavily loaded
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kenkct
2 years, 5 months ago
Yes, answer is D. this is not mentioned in the connection troubleshooting Guide Error: Connection Timeout 1. Allow in Security Group 2. Route Table for VPC to IG 3. Allow bidirectional traffic in ACL Error: unable to load key, User key not recognized, Permission Denied 1. Configure private key file correctly
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moon_lee
2 years, 5 months ago
It's asking the "NOT possible reason"
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kenkct
2 years, 5 months ago
CPU is not mentioned in the troubleshooting guide
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Bad_Mat
2 years, 6 months ago
Question said "NOT possible reason". Ans is A
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jadoxo
2 years, 6 months ago
Answer is B. https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/TroubleshootingInstancesConnecting.html#TroubleshootingInstancesConnectionTimeout
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gretch
2 years, 6 months ago
it's A https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/TroubleshootingInstancesConnecting.html#TroubleshootingInstancesConnectionTimeout
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berem
2 years, 6 months ago
You need to read the question correct. Which of the below mentioned options is NOT a possible reason for rejection? Ans. is "A".You can't connect to ssh host by "access key"
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kinetic1g
2 years, 6 months ago
Connection time-out.. B. You are not able to establish a connection = security group not permitting it.
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awscertified
2 years, 6 months ago
B. The security group is not configured properly
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gretch
2 years, 6 months ago
"Which of the below mentioned options is not a possible reason for rejection?"
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kteng
2 years, 6 months ago
for C, I just try to login by pointing to a wrong private key, and I got this message immediately: Permission denied (publickey,gssapi-keyex,gssapi-with-mic). there is no waiting until timeout.
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tetural
2 years, 7 months ago
tricky question, you don't use "access key" to ssh host remotely.
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karmaah
2 years, 7 months ago
is the below Possible reason for connection time out. The private key used to launch the instance is not correct. I referred this and not found anything related. https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/TroubleshootingInstancesConnecting.html#TroubleshootingInstancesConnectionTimeout
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awsnoob
2 years, 7 months ago
Should be C. Ans listed is wrong, and the explanation points to C lol
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awsnoob
2 years, 7 months ago
my bad... i read the question wrong lol Ans is A
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