Access dashboard on AWS ec2 local cluster - python

I am running a Dask script on a EC2 instance from AWS. I would like to connect and see the dashboard provided by Dask, but I can't figure out how.
I am creating a Local Cluster on my EC2 instance, the scripts runs fine and I am connecting to my AWS instance via Putty. However, I would like to see the available dashboard: on my PC it is enough to connect to the provided IP and port, but I am not able to do that on the AWS machine.
Once the script is running, this is my output for the "parameters" of the local cluster:
<Client: 'inproc://172.31.29.4/7475/1' processes=1 threads=8, memory=27.94 GiB>
LocalCluster(b8be08dd, 'inproc://172.31.29.4/7475/1', workers=1, threads=8, memory=27.94 GiB)
dashboard address: {'dashboard': 8787}
For example, I tried to write 172.32.29.4:8787/status on my browser, but I wasn't able to connect to the dashboard.
I already checked this question: How to view Dask dashboard when running on a virtual machine? However I am using a Local Cluster and I would like to connect to its dashboard from remote. Is it possible? If so, how?

The answer is in the comments, but I will type it out here, so that the original question looks "answered".
You need two things to connect to a port on an EC2 machine: the external IP, and access. The former is most easily found from the AWS console. For the latter, you typically need to edit the security group to add an inbound TCP rule for the port (either open to the world, or just your IP). There are other ways to do this part, depending on whether your machine is inside a VPC, has any custom gateways or routers... but if you don't know what that means, find the security group first. Both the public IP and the security group will be linked from the machine's row in the EC2 "running instances" list.

I've setup dask-labextension visualizations to provide this type of UI.
Create the client object:
from dask.distributed import Client
client = Client()
Then click the magnifying glass provided by the extension to automatically connect with the cluster.
The detailed instructions are in this post.

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Considering a deployed cluster on AWS or kubernetes, how can a
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EDIT: It comes down to the question:
Is there a Ray native API to connect to a remote cluster from a computer/server outside of the actual cluster?
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import ray
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[..]
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Hey I was wondering if anyone knew how to connect to a bitcoin wallet located on another server with bitcoinrpc
I am running a web program made in django and using a python library called bitcoinrpc to make connections.
When testing locally, I can use bitcoinrpc.connect_to_local), or even bitcoinrpc.connect_to_remote('account','password') and this works as well as long as the account and password match the values specified in my 'bitcoin.conf' file. I can then use the connection object to get values and do some tasks in my django site.
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B) Because the wallet is on my PC and not some dedicated server, does that mean that my IP will change and I won't be able to access the wallet?
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In spite of using other library and other language, all the wallet remote libraries should be primarily a wrapper around JSON RPC (remote procedure call) API, which is actually the same for most of the coins out there (i would say all, but that would be a wild guess).
Specifically to your questions:
A)
To access the wallet from outside, use your external ip (fastest way to find it is to query google for it). Depending on your ISP you hopefully have static external address. You must provide this address to bitcoin.conf file under rpcallowip= option to allow incomming connections.
Moreover you should forward the used port in your home router (usually under NAT settings) to your local machine so the incoming connection from the server is allowed and redirected to your wallet computer.
There is one important thing to consider (https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Running_Bitcoin):
By default, only RPC connections from localhost are allowed. Specify
as many rpcallowip= settings as you like to allow connections from
other hosts (and you may use * as a wildcard character).
NOTE: opening up the RPC port to hosts outside your local
trusted network is NOT RECOMMENDED, because the rpcpassword
is transmitted over the network unencrypted.
I am yet to look into it further, from this comment alone it seems totally unusable for monetary transactions.
B)
As I said before, it depends on your home ISP, type of connection and the service provided to you.
C)
If I understand correctly from a django point of view, as long as the login parameters (username/password) are inside a view (views.py of your app) and the debug mode is turned off, source code of the server should not be publicly accessible. But the security concern from A still applies.
You can use SSL with RPC to hide the password.
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