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Creating Resource Groups

Creating Resource Groups - Amazon Web Services (AWS) Tutorial

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Creating Resource Groups

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- [Instructor] Grouping resources makes them easier to manage, especially in conjunction with systems manager. Consider the following scenario. Here we have a load balanced web application. Suppose it was time to patch the instances that were supporting this application. Typically, an administrator would have to reach out to each instance individually and update it. With resource groups, the administrator can create a resource group, then issue a single command to impact the entire group. Let's get into the console and see how this works. From the systems manager page, I can simply search for resource groups. Clicking resource groups and tag editor takes me to the resource groups link. I'll proceed by clicking create a resource group. In this case, I want to select a tag-based resource group. Note that it's also possible to create groups based off of cloud formation stacks. Note that it's possible to specify a variety of AWS resources to include in your group. In this case, I want to…

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