Use AttachInternetGateway with a CLI

The following code examples show how to use AttachInternetGateway.

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CLI

AWS CLI

To attach an internet gateway to your VPC

The following attach-internet-gateway example attaches the specified internet gateway to the specific VPC.

aws ec2 attach-internet-gateway \
    --internet-gateway-id igw-0d0fb496b3EXAMPLE \
    --vpc-id vpc-0a60eb65b4EXAMPLE

This command produces no output.

For more information, see Internet gateways in the Amazon VPC User Guide.

• For API details, see AttachInternetGateway in AWS CLI Command Reference.

PowerShell

Tools for PowerShell V4

Example 1: This example attaches the specified Internet gateway to the specified VPC.

Add-EC2InternetGateway -InternetGatewayId igw-1a2b3c4d -VpcId vpc-12345678

Example 2: This example creates a VPC and an Internet gateway, and then attaches the Internet gateway to the VPC.

$vpc = New-EC2Vpc -CidrBlock 10.0.0.0/16
New-EC2InternetGateway | Add-EC2InternetGateway -VpcId $vpc.VpcId

• For API details, see AttachInternetGateway in AWS Tools for PowerShell Cmdlet Reference (V4).

Tools for PowerShell V5

Example 1: This example attaches the specified Internet gateway to the specified VPC.

Add-EC2InternetGateway -InternetGatewayId igw-1a2b3c4d -VpcId vpc-12345678

Example 2: This example creates a VPC and an Internet gateway, and then attaches the Internet gateway to the VPC.

$vpc = New-EC2Vpc -CidrBlock 10.0.0.0/16
New-EC2InternetGateway | Add-EC2InternetGateway -VpcId $vpc.VpcId

• For API details, see AttachInternetGateway in AWS Tools for PowerShell Cmdlet Reference (V5).