This skill helps to walk you through the Creation of AWS Security Group (a virtual firewall for your EC2 instances that control incoming and outgoing traffic. It contains a set of rules that filter traffic coming into and out of an EC2 instance) by step by step assistance.
Prerequisites:
- An active AWS account
- Sufficient privileges to create Security Group
Note:
Login to AWS Management Console beforehand.
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open AWS Management Console
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Click Services
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Click Compute
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Click EC2
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Click Security Groups
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Click Create security group
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Give a name to your security group and click Next to continue.
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Give a description to your security group and click Next to continue. Description indecates the use of secuitry group created
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Select your VPC for the security group and click Next to continue.
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Click "Add rule" to add protocols to access/deny the services
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Choose required protocol and click Next to continue. Example SSH for remote access to Linux System, RDP for windows system.
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In "source" add required type , Example "Any Where from IPV4" Or select "Custom" for accessing from specific network . Click Next to continue.
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Click Create security group
