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Create an AWS Security Group for a Bastion Server to Manage EC2 Instances

In this lab you will practice creating security groups and testing SSH access. At the end, you will have a bastion server that allows access to hosts internal to a VPC.

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Rating (21)
Level
Intermediate
Duration
30m
Released
Apr 11, 2022

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Lab Author: Daniel Wilcox
Daniel Wilcox
Daniel is an infrastructure software engineer specializing in building and automating scalable, secure SaaS platforms. He focuses on building reliable distributed systems using techniques such as infrastructure-as-code, immutable systems, and client-side load balancing. As the principal platform engineer at Ripple, Daniel helped transform an enterprise Java application into a SaaS product. He built features for dynamic workloads such as automated blue-green deployments, version-based routing for... more micro-services, and automated certificate issuance and rotation. At Google, Daniel was an SRE and systems engineer for Google Cloud and Platforms. Daniel is an advisor for start-ups and investors. After 12 years in Silicon Valley, Daniel is now enjoying sunny London with his wife. Top Tools & Languages: AWS/GCE, Hashicorp products (Terraform, Vault, Consul, Nomad, Packer), Envoy service mesh, Salt Stack, Django, and Gitlab. Python, Go, and C.
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Challenge

Create an SSH Key Pair

Create an SSH key pair to use with the bastion server. Save the private key file you download somewhere convenient.

Challenge

Create a Bastion Security Group

Create a security group for the bastion server which restricts SSH access to only your public IP.

Challenge

Create a Bastion Server with Public IP

Create a new EC2 instance with a public IP and associate it with the bastion server security group and your SSH key.

Challenge

Create an Internal Hosts Security Group

Create a security group for internal hosts to allow SSH access from the bastion server.

Challenge

Enable Bastion to Access Internal EC2 Hosts

Modify a provided EC2 host to use the new internal security group and test SSH access from the bastion server.

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  • How to launch and log into an EC2 instance

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