Use CreateNetworkAcl with an AWS SDK or CLI

The following code examples show how to use CreateNetworkAcl.

CLI

AWS CLI

To create a network ACL

This example creates a network ACL for the specified VPC.

Command:

aws ec2 create-network-acl --vpc-id vpc-a01106c2

Output:

{
    "NetworkAcl": {
        "Associations": [],
        "NetworkAclId": "acl-5fb85d36",
        "VpcId": "vpc-a01106c2",
        "Tags": [],
        "Entries": [
            {
                "CidrBlock": "0.0.0.0/0",
                "RuleNumber": 32767,
                "Protocol": "-1",
                "Egress": true,
                "RuleAction": "deny"
            },
            {
                "CidrBlock": "0.0.0.0/0",
                "RuleNumber": 32767,
                "Protocol": "-1",
                "Egress": false,
                "RuleAction": "deny"
            }
        ],
        "IsDefault": false
    }
}

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

PowerShell

Tools for PowerShell

Example 1: This example creates a network ACL for the specified VPC.

New-EC2NetworkAcl -VpcId vpc-12345678

Output:

Associations : {}
Entries      : {Amazon.EC2.Model.NetworkAclEntry, Amazon.EC2.Model.NetworkAclEntry}
IsDefault    : False
NetworkAclId : acl-12345678
Tags         : {}
VpcId        : vpc-12345678

• For API details, see CreateNetworkAcl in AWS Tools for PowerShell Cmdlet Reference.