Could not connect to the endpoint URL: "https://ec2.eu-west-1b.amazonaws.com/"

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## Error
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#  Error Occurred
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Error occured while performing issuing describe-instances command after connecting to ec2 instance via putty

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## Command Executed
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aws ec2 describe-instances --region eu-west-1b

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# 1) Reason for Failure
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I'm a newbie to AWS at this time and didn't understand the concept of region and availability zones.

The region i've mentioned here is eu-west-1b. But that is the availability zone. The region name is "eu-west-1"

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## Solution
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aws ec2 describe-instances --region eu-west-1

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Now the command completed successfully.
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Region & AZ's :

http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/using-regions-availability-zones.html

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 Comments Are Always welcome
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