How to create a new security group

Creating a new security group

• Login to the VPC console:

https://console.aws.amazon.com/vpc

• From the left pane, click on “Security Groups” -> “Create Security Group”:

• Name tag: Custom-security-group

Note: Replace Custom-security-group with your own security group name

• Group name: Specify here the same value as you specified in the Name tag field
• Description: Specify here description for the new security group
• VPC: Select the relevant VPC from the list

• Click on "Yes, Create"
• Select the newly created security group from the list -> from the lower pane, click on "Inbound Rules" -> click on Edit -> specify the example below for new inbound rule:

• Type: SSH (22)
• Protocol: TCP (6)
• Source: Specify here your machine internet facing IP address or the internet facing Firewall IP address
• Description: Specify a short description for the rule (for example: Inbound SSH access)

• Click on Save
• Logoff the Amazon console
• Note: For more information about using security groups, see:

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/using-network-security.html