Security Groups

AWS Security Groups

  • Security Groups are the fundamental of network security in AWS​.​
  • They allow us to manage and control, how traffic should be allowed into or out of our AWS services created.​
  • It states how to use security groups to allow, inbound and outbound ports. It simply acts as an “firewall” on AWS services
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AWS Security Group sits between you and AWS services and act as a firewall to allow or deny access based on port numbers

Security Group Features

Security group regulates:

  • Access to Ports
  • Authorized IP ranges – IPv4 and IPv6
  • Control of inbound network (from other to the instance)
  • Control of outbound network (from the instance to other)

Additional features to know

  • One security group can be attached to multiple instances
  • It’s good to maintain one separate security group for SSH access
  • If your application is not accessible (time out), then it’s a security group issue.
  • If your application gives a “connection refused“ error, then it’s an application error or it’s not launched.
  • All inbound traffic is blocked by default.
  • All outbound traffic is authorized by default.