title: possible to whitelist ip for inbound communication to an ec2 instance behind an aws load balancer?
body: <p>I have a single ec2 instance running a website behind an elastic load balancer in aws. Mainly because I want to use Amazon's new and free ssl for https.</p>
  
  <p>my challenge is,  I need to whitelist my IP address in the security groups so that I am the only person that can see this website (and I can selectively add people as needed).  </p>
  
  <p>I've successfully whitelisted my IP address without a load balancer.  my challenge is white listing my IP address  with the load balancer proxy between my IP address and my ec2 instance.</p>
  
  <p>it appears as if my ec2  instance will not register with the load balancer because  the security group for my ec2 does not allow incoming traffic from any IP address except for my own.</p>
  
  <p>I am looking for a way for my load balancer to be able to health check my ec2, yet only allow specific whitelisted ips actually see the website.</p>