Use CreateInternetGateway with an AWS SDK or CLI

The following code examples show how to use CreateInternetGateway.

CLI

AWS CLI

To create an internet gateway

The following create-internet-gateway example creates an internet gateway with the tag Name=my-igw.

aws ec2 create-internet-gateway \
    --tag-specifications ResourceType=internet-gateway,Tags=[{Key=Name,Value=my-igw}]

Output:

{
    "InternetGateway": {
        "Attachments": [],
        "InternetGatewayId": "igw-0d0fb496b3994d755",
        "OwnerId": "123456789012",
        "Tags": [
            {
                "Key": "Name",
                "Value": "my-igw"
            }
        ]
    }
}

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

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

PowerShell

Tools for PowerShell

Example 1: This example creates an Internet gateway.

New-EC2InternetGateway

Output:

Attachments    InternetGatewayId    Tags
-----------    -----------------    ----
{}             igw-1a2b3c4d         {}

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

For a complete list of AWS SDK developer guides and code examples, see Create Amazon EC2 resources using an AWS SDK. This topic also includes information about getting started and details about previous SDK versions.