EC2 instance launched at terminated state

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I am using AWS for the first time. I created an EC2 instance. I chose the "Launch Configuration" as Ubuntu Server 12.04.1 LTS. But after launching it, the state is "terminated". Following is showed in the description: ``` State Transition Reason: Server.InternalError: Internal error on launch ``` What could be the reason behind it, and how can I run the instance?

Accepted Answer

The reason is that there was an internal error (meaning, not anything you caused). Since it's terminated, you can't use it, it no longer really exists. Just launch a new instance.

If this problem keeps happening, there's something more serious happening. But that's unlikely. I find transient problems like this happen once in a while, maybe one time out of a hundred. You just got unlucky on your first try.

EC2 instance launched at terminated state

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