EC2 instance Status Check failed and server stopped working

Asked Apr 04 '23 at 05:40

Active Apr 04 '23 at 08:30

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I am using an AWS EC2 instance (t3.xlarge) running on Ubuntu server 18.04.6 LTS, which was working fine. But suddenly I encountered an error where the instance status check failed "Instance reachability check failed" and I was not able to connect to my instance through ssh and the website attached to this server also stopped working. I don't see any storage or Ram issue during this time.

I had to force stop and start the instance from the AWS EC2 Console to fix this issue.

Later after connecting to the server, I checked the syslog where some of the services were killed as shown in below image around the same time when the instance status check failed.

I would like to know what is the route cause or trigger for this issue and the steps I can take to avoid such issues in the future.

Please comment if more information is required.

Your help in solving this issue is much appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Edit 1: Adding the output of dmesg -T click here

edited Apr 04 '23 at 08:30

asked Apr 04 '23 at 05:40

Surya H

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What is the output of `dmesg -T`? – Abhishek A Apr 04 '23 at 06:12
@AbhishekA thanks for your response, I have edited the question and added the output of dmesg -T – Surya H Apr 04 '23 at 07:24

EC2 instance Status Check failed and server stopped working

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