EC2-Security-Group-Guide

Step-by-step guide for how to create and configure Security Groups.

Step 1: Sign in to AWS Console

1. Go to AWS Management Console.
2. Sign in to your credential.
3. Navigate to EC2 under the Commute.

Step 2: launch an EC2 Instance

1. click Launch Instance.
2. Create a Name tag for EC2 Instance.
3. Choose an Amazon Machine Image(AMI).
4. Select an Instance Type.
5. Create or Select already existing Key Pair.

Step 3: Configure Security Group

Security group defines who can access your instance.

1. Create New Security group

   • Enter name for Security group.

   • Write description for Security Group.

2. Add Inbound Rules(traffic coming to the instance)

   •SSH(TCP 22) - To connect via SSH.

   •HTTP(TCP 80) - To allow web traffic if hosting a website.

   •HTTPS(TCP 443) - To allow Secure web traffic.

3. Add Outbound Rules(traffic leaving the instance)

   •By default all outbound traffic is allowed, you can leave it as is.

Step 4: Configure storage

1. You can configure storage for your instance as you need and by default 8GB is selected.

Step 4: Review and launch

1. Review all settings: Instance Type, AMI, Security Group, etc.
2. Check Acknowledgement box and click launch instances.

Step 5: Connect to your EC2 Instance

1. Go to Instances in EC2 dashboard.
2. Select the instance and click Connect.
3. And Follow the SSH instructions.