Question

How would you configure AWS NACLs and Security Groups using AWS CLI or CloudFormation?

Answer 1

Example AWS CLI Command for NACL:

aws ec2 create-network-acl --vpc-id vpc-12345678 --tag-specifications 'ResourceType=network-acl,Tags=[{Key=Name,Value=my-network-acl}]' 

Example AWS CLI Command for Security Group:

aws ec2 create-security-group --group-name MySecurityGroup --description "My security group" --vpc-id vpc-12345678