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How to add ICMP Echo Request to AWS Security Group from the CLI

Posted on September 27, 2018 by admin

The answer to this question is: you need to use –ip-permissions. There does not seem to be any other way to do it. Here is an example (all one line!): aws ec2 authorize-security-group-ingress –group-id sg-000000000000000 –ip-permissions IpProtocol=icmp,FromPort=’8′,ToPort=-1,IpRanges=[{CidrIp=0.0.0.0/0}] The icmp echo … Continue reading →

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