Tag: AWS

aws cli Unable to connect 127.0.0.1 connection refused

All of sudden I begin to get this error when trying to log in to aws cli. It opens my browser for a confirmation as usual but after visiting the URL, the browser then complains: Unable to connect 127.0.0.1 connection refused

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Connection timeout to sts.amazonaws.com: pecularity of AWS STS PrivateLink Integration Issue with Lambda & Boto3

STS timeout error

I have a Python-based Lambda function in VPC with an VPC endpoint creates for Amazon STS. However I could not connect to STS with timeout error:

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How To Restore AWS EC2 instance from a snapshot

I have been working with Hyper-V checkpoints for a while and have been really impressed with the speed at which I can revert my instances when something goes wrong with an update or install. So I expected similar approach in AWS EC2 and found  that restoring from a snapshot AWS EC2 is definitely not as …

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