Creating a CloudShell VPC environment

This topic walks you through the steps to create a VPC environment in CloudShell.

Prerequisites

Your administrator must provide the necessary IAM permissions for you to be able to create VPC environments. For more information about enabling permissions to create CloudShell VPC environments, see Required IAM permissions for creating and using CloudShell VPC environments.

To create a CloudShell VPC environment

1. On the CloudShell console page, choose the + icon and then choose Create VPC environment from the dropdown menu.

2. On the Create a VPC environment page, enter a name for your VPC environment in the Name box.

3. From the Virtual private cloud (VPC) dropdown list, choose a VPC.

4. From the Subnet dropdown list, choose a subnet.

5. From the Security group dropdown list, choose one or more security groups that you want to assign to your VPC environment.

   Note

   You can choose a maximum of five security groups.

6. Choose Create to create your VPC environment.

7. (Optional) Choose Actions, and then choose View details to review the details of the newly created VPC environment. The IP address of your VPC environment is displayed in the command line prompt.

For information about using VPC environments, see Getting started with AWS CloudShell.