# Using existing security groups in AWS

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/using-existing-security-groups-in-aws/23529>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Tags:** aws\
**Created:** [January 23, 2017, 10:00am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/using-existing-security-groups-in-aws/23529 "2017-01-23T10:00:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Sm\_Sathi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Sm\_Sathi](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Sm_Sathi)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 10:00am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/using-existing-security-groups-in-aws/23529/1 "2017-01-23T10:00:59Z")

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Hi  
Can someone share how can i use an existing security group in AWS while creating an EC2 instance via ansible playbook please?

Sathiya

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**Author:** ![Kenton\_Brede](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/db5fbb/32.png) [@Kenton\_Brede](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kenton_Brede)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2017, 4:57pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/using-existing-security-groups-in-aws/23529/2 "2017-01-24T16:57:05Z")

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If you know the existing group id then you can use:

group\_id: sg-12345678

Or if you have more than one group:

group\_id:

- sg-12345678

- sg-87654321