Use CreateGroup with a CLI

Example 1: To create a tag-based resource group

The following create-group example creates a tag-based resource group of Amazon EC2 instances in the current region. It's based on a query for resources that are tagged with the key Name, and the value WebServers. The group name is tbq-WebServer. The query is in a separate JSON file that is passed to the command.

aws resource-groups create-group \
    --name tbq-WebServer \
    --resource-query file://query.json

Contents of query.json:

{
    "Type": "TAG_FILTERS_1_0",
    "Query": "{\"ResourceTypeFilters\":[\"AWS::EC2::Instance\"],\"TagFilters\":[{\"Key\":\"Name\", \"Values\":[\"WebServers\"]}]}"
}

Output:

{
    "Group": {
        "GroupArn": "arn:aws:resource-groups:us-west-2:123456789012:group/tbq-WebServer",
        "Name": "tbq-WebServer"
    },
    "ResourceQuery": {
        "Type": "TAG_FILTERS_1_0",
        "Query": "{\"ResourceTypeFilters\":[\"AWS::EC2::Instance\"],\"TagFilters\":[{\"Key\":\"Name\", \"Values\":[\"WebServers\"]}]}"
    }
}

Example 2: To create a CloudFormation stack-based resource group

The following create-group example creates an AWS CloudFormation stack-based resource group named sampleCFNstackgroup. The query includes all resources in the specified CloudFormation stack that are supported by AWS Resource Groups.

aws resource-groups create-group \
    --name cbq-CFNstackgroup \
    --resource-query file://query.json

Contents of query.json:

{
    "Type": "CLOUDFORMATION_STACK_1_0",
    "Query": "{\"ResourceTypeFilters\":[\"AWS::AllSupported\"],\"StackIdentifier\":\"arn:aws:cloudformation:us-west-2:123456789012:stack/MyCFNStack/1415z9z0-z39z-11z8-97z5-500z212zz6fz\"}"
}

Output:

{
    "Group": {
        "GroupArn": "arn:aws:resource-groups:us-west-2:123456789012:group/cbq-CFNstackgroup",
        "Name": "cbq-CFNstackgroup"
    },
    "ResourceQuery": {
        "Type": "CLOUDFORMATION_STACK_1_0",
        "Query": "{\"ResourceTypeFilters\":[\"AWS::AllSupported\"],\"StackIdentifier\":\"arn:aws:cloudformation:us-east-2:123456789012:stack/MyCFNStack/1415z9z0-z39z-11z8-97z5-500z212zz6fz\"}"}'
    }
}

For more information, see Create Groups in the AWS Resource Groups User Guide.

Example 1: This example creates a new tag-based AWS Resource Groups resource group named TestPowerShellGroup. The group includes Amazon EC2 instances in the current region that are tagged with the tag key "Name", and tag value "test2". The command returns the query and type of group, and the results of the operation.

$ResourceQuery = New-Object -TypeName Amazon.ResourceGroups.Model.ResourceQuery
$ResourceQuery.Type = "TAG_FILTERS_1_0"
$ResourceQuery.Query = '{"ResourceTypeFilters":["AWS::EC2::Instance"],"TagFilters":[{"Key":"Name","Values":["test2"]}]}'
$ResourceQuery

New-RGGroup -Name TestPowerShellGroup -ResourceQuery $ResourceQuery -Description "Test resource group."

Output:

Query                                                                                           Type           
-----                                                                                           ----           
{"ResourceTypeFilters":["AWS::EC2::Instance"],"TagFilters":[{"Key":"Name","Values":["test2"]}]} TAG_FILTERS_1_0

LoggedAt         : 11/20/2018 2:40:59 PM
Group            : Amazon.ResourceGroups.Model.Group
ResourceQuery    : Amazon.ResourceGroups.Model.ResourceQuery
Tags             : {}
ResponseMetadata : Amazon.Runtime.ResponseMetadata
ContentLength    : 338
HttpStatusCode   : OK