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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:

JSON

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

YAML

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

Properties

Tags

Any tags to assign to the internet gateway.

Required: No

Type: List of Tag

Update requires: No interruption

Return Values

Ref

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

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

Examples

Creating an Internet Gateway

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

JSON

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

YAML

  myInternetGateway:
    Type: AWS::EC2::InternetGateway
    Properties:
      Tags:
      - Key: foo
        Value: bar

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