Use ApplySecurityGroupsToLoadBalancer with an AWS SDK or CLI - AWS SDK Code Examples

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Use ApplySecurityGroupsToLoadBalancer with an AWS SDK or CLI

The following code examples show how to use ApplySecurityGroupsToLoadBalancer.

CLI
AWS CLI

To associate a security group with a load balancer in a VPC

This example associates a security group with the specified load balancer in a VPC.

Command:

<userinput>aws elb apply-security-groups-to-load-balancer --load-balancer-name <replaceable>my-load-balancer</replaceable> --security-groups <replaceable>sg-fc448899</replaceable></userinput>

Output:

{
  "SecurityGroups": [
      "sg-fc448899"
  ]
}
PowerShell
Tools for PowerShell

Example 1: This example replaces the current security group for the specified load balancer with the specified security group.

Join-ELBSecurityGroupToLoadBalancer -LoadBalancerName my-load-balancer -SecurityGroup sg-87654321

Output:

sg-87654321

Example 2: To keep the current security group and specify an additional security group, specify both the existing and new security groups.

Join-ELBSecurityGroupToLoadBalancer -LoadBalancerName my-load-balancer -SecurityGroup @("sg-12345678", "sg-87654321")

Output:

sg-12345678
sg-87654321