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Troubleshooting Elastic Load Balancing Connectivity in AWS
The goal of this hands-on lab is to fix the broken environment and achieve the goal as outlined below. The first video in this lab presents the scenario and the goal, while the second video provides the solution (if needed). Do your best to solve the connectivity issue without viewing the solution video. Goal: Fix the connectivity issue in the AWS environment so that you can view the Linux 2/Apache test page of the provisioned EC2 instances via the ELB's DNS name. Good luck!
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Challenge
Hint #1
The Issue
The ELB's security group does not allow HTTP traffic.
How to Fix the Issue
Add an allow rule for HTTP traffic (port 80) to the ELB's security group.
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Challenge
Hint #2
The Issue
EC2 instance health checks are not passing.
How to Fix the Issue
Change health check "ping port" on the ELB to port 80.
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