Question

Can you automate the deployment of a Bastion Host in AWS?

Answer 1

Yes, you can use AWS CloudFormation, Terraform, or other Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools to automate the deployment of a Bastion Host.

Example using CloudFormation:

Resources:
  BastionHost:
    Type: AWS::EC2::Instance
    Properties:
      InstanceType: t2.micro
      ImageId: ami-0abcdef1234567890
      NetworkInterfaces:
        - AssociatePublicIpAddress: 'true'
          DeviceIndex: '0'
          SubnetId: subnet-12345678
          GroupSet:
            - sg-12345678
      KeyName: MyKeyPair