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Creating your first security group

Security groups are the equivalent of a firewall and defines the type of traffic that can be directed to a host, both originating from your platform and from the outside world. Like any firewall, it's important to define the security groups correctly, as this is the first point of securing your traffic.

This recipe will show you how to define a new security group ready to be applied to new EC2 hosts to use as a basic web server.

Getting ready

For this recipe, you need an AWS account.

How to do it…

The following recipe will demonstrate how to use the EC2 security group configuration to set a secure policy.

1. Log into the AWS management console, and select the EC2 options:

   In the EC2 panel you will find a menu on the left-hand ...