New AWS features for security groups: rule IDs and tags, improves Infrastructure as Code

On 7 July 2021, 2 new features for security groups were announced: rule IDs and tags.

Here is what the rule ID looks like:

Image from AWS. The new rule ID shows up under a new column (leftmost).

The rule ID is assigned automatically on rule creation and allows you to do neat things such as revoking and updating it via the ID. Prior to this, any programmatic…