AWS::EC2::InternetGateway

Allocates an internet gateway for use with a VPC. After creating the Internet gateway, you then attach it to a VPC.

Syntax

To declare this entity in your AWS CloudFormation template, use the following syntax:

{
  "Type" : "AWS::EC2::InternetGateway",
  "Properties" : {
      "Tags" : [ Tag, ... ]
    }
}

Type: AWS::EC2::InternetGateway
Properties:
  Tags: 
    - Tag

Properties

Return values

Ref

When you pass the logical ID of this resource to the intrinsic Ref function, Ref returns the ID of the internet gateway.

For more information about using the Ref function, see Ref.

Fn::GetAtt

The Fn::GetAtt intrinsic function returns a value for a specified attribute of this type. The following are the available attributes and sample return values.

For more information about using the Fn::GetAtt intrinsic function, see Fn::GetAtt.

Examples

Create an internet gateway

The following example creates an internet gateway and assigns it a tag.

"Resources" : {
   "myInternetGateway" : {
      "Type" : "AWS::EC2::InternetGateway",
      "Properties" : {
        "Tags" : [ {"Key" : "stack", "Value" : "production"}]
      }
   }
}

  myInternetGateway:
    Type: AWS::EC2::InternetGateway
    Properties:
      Tags:
      - Key: stack
        Value: production

See also