Re: NetBSD on AWS

[Christoph Egger <christoph_egger%gmx.de@localhost>]

Am 10.11.13 08:52, schrieb Abhinav Upadhyay:
> Hi,
> 
> I am trying to run NetBSD in AWS. I have tried launching instances
> with 3 different NetBSD AMIs (6.1.2, 6.1.1, and 6.0), all 64 bit
> variants. However, upon starting up the instance, I am unable to
> connect to it using ssh. Port 22 is open in the security group
> configurations.
> 
> I tried to probe the ports open in the instance using nmap. As per
> nmap, only port 25 is open in the instance.
> 
> [abhinav:~/]$ nmap -Pn  ec2-54-200-58-185.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com
> 
> Starting Nmap 6.40 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2013-11-10 12:56 IST
> Nmap scan report for ec2-54-200-58-185.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com
> (54.200.58.185)
> Host is up (0.0027s latency).
> Not shown: 999 filtered ports
> PORT   STATE SERVICE
> 25/tcp open  smtp
> 
> I tried connecting to port 22 using telnet as well, which failed
> (telnet connection on port 25 passed). Is it possible that sshd is not
> being started on the instance?
> 
> Regards
> Abhinav

Have you add the same ssh key to ssh-agent for publickey auth
you have used to start the NetBSD instance?
This is one of the most common mistakes.

Unless the problem is NetBSD specific I think the AWS Forums are
the right places to get help.

Christoph