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Amazon EC2: Create Security Group

Description

Use the step to create a new security group in the Amazon AWS account.

Configurations

Field nameDescription
Step NameSpecify a unique name for the step.
CONNECTION tab:Connection fields
RegionSpecify the region where the instance is hosted or choose a region from the Region Explorer window.
Button: GetClick Get button to open the Region Explorer window. Choose a Region.
Access Key:Access key to authenticate Amazon AWS cloud.
Accept Values from fieldsLeave checkbox unchecked to accept Access Key value from a field in the previous steps of the stream using a drop down list. Else enable checkbox for Access Key field to appear as Text box.
Access KeySpecify the Access Key to authenticate Amazon AWS cloud EC2 instance. If the above checkbox is enabled, Access Key field appears as Text box and accepts static values or variables. And if the above checkbox is disabled, Access Key field appears as a drop down to select fields from previous steps.
The field type is String. This field is mandatory.
Secret Key:Secret key to authenticate Amazon AWS cloud.
Accept Values from fieldsLeave checkbox unchecked to accept Secret Key value from a field in the previous steps of the stream using a drop down list. Else enable checkbox for Secret Key field to appear as Text box.
Secret KeySpecify the Secret Key to authenticate Amazon AWS Cloud EC2 instance. If above checkbox is enabled, Secret Key field appears as Text box and accepts static values or variables. And if the above checkbox is disabled Secret Key field appears as a drop down to select fields from previous steps.
The field type is String. This field is mandatory.
Button: Test ConnectionClick Test Connection button to verify whether the connection is available or not. Region, Access key and Secret Key are mandatory to authenticate Amazon AWS cloud. For the purpose of verification, fields coming from previous steps are not allowed since field values can only be accessed when workflow is in running state. Static values and environment variables are allowed.
INPUT tab:Input fields
Security Group NameSelect name security group.
The field type is String. This field is mandatory.
Notes: Following constraints are applied:
- Security Group Name can have up to 255 characters. It cannot start with sg.
- For EC2 Classic, ASCII characters are allowed.
- For EC2-VPC, a-z, A-Z, 0-9, spaces, and ._- :/()#,@[]+=&;{}!$* are allowed.
Group DescriptionSelect the description of the security group.
The field type is String. This field is mandatory.
Note: Following constraints are applied:
- Group Description can have up to 255 characters.
- For EC2 Classic, ASCII characters are allowed.
- For EC2-VPC, a-z, A-Z, 0-9, spaces, and ._- :/()#,@[]+=&;{}!$* are allowed.
VPC IDSelect the ID of the VPC in which you want to create the security group.
Button: GetClick Get button to get a list of VPC ID.
TagsProvide the key and value in tabular format if you want to give a tag to your security group.
Note: You can add up to 50 tags in each Security Group.
Tabular Fields Note:You can provide a Tag Name without providing the value in the Value field. However, you cannot provide only the value without the Tag Name. Validations are applied for checking that the condition is fulfilled.
KeySelect if you want to give a tag, then provide the tag key name in this field.
ValueSelect value for the respective Tag Key Name.
OUTPUT tab:Output fields
Group IDSpecify the generated ID of newly created Security Group is given as output through this field. The default value is ‘GroupID’.