Creating a Security Group

Function

This API is used to create a security group.

URI

POST /v2.0/security-groups

Request Parameters

Table 1 Request parameter

Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
security_group	Yes	security_group object	Specifies the security group. For details, see Table 2.

Table 2 Security Group objects

Attribute	Mandatory	Type	Description
name	No	String	Specifies the security group name.
description	No	String	Provides supplementary information about the security group.

Example Request

Create a security group named sg-test.

POST https://{Endpoint}/v2.0/security-groups

{
    "security_group": {
           "name": "sg-test"
    }
}

Response Parameters

Table 3 Response parameter

Parameter	Type	Description
security_group	security_group object	Specifies the security group. For details, see Table 4.

Table 4 Security Group objects

Attribute	Type	Description
id	String	Specifies the security group ID. This parameter is not mandatory when you query security groups.
tenant_id	String	Specifies the project ID.
name	String	Specifies the security group name.
description	String	Provides supplementary information about the security group.
security_group_rules	Array of Security Group Rule objects	Specifies the security group rule list. For details, see Table 5.
project_id	String	Specifies the project ID. For details about how to obtain a project ID, see Obtaining a Project ID.
created_at	String	Specifies the time (UTC) when the security group is created. Format: yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss
updated_at	String	Specifies the time (UTC) when the security group is updated. Format: yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss

Table 5 Security Group Rule objects

Attribute	Type	Description
id	String	Specifies the security group rule ID. This parameter is not mandatory when you query security group rules.
description	String	Provides supplementary information about the security group rule.
security_group_id	String	Specifies the ID of the belonged security group.
remote_group_id	String	Specifies the peer ID of the belonged security group.
direction	String	Specifies the direction of the traffic for which the security group rule takes effect.
remote_ip_prefix	String	Specifies the peer IP address segment.
protocol	String	Specifies the protocol type or the IP protocol number.
port_range_max	Integer	Specifies the maximum port number. When ICMP is used, the value is the ICMP code.
port_range_min	Integer	Specifies the minimum port number. If the ICMP protocol is used, this parameter indicates the ICMP type. When the TCP or UDP protocol is used, both port_range_max and port_range_min must be specified, and the port_range_max value must be greater than the port_range_min value. When the ICMP protocol is used, if you specify the ICMP code (port_range_max), you must also specify the ICMP type (port_range_min).
ethertype	String	Specifies the network type. IPv4 and IPv6 are supported.
tenant_id	String	Specifies the project ID.
project_id	String	Specifies the project ID. For details about how to obtain a project ID, see Obtaining a Project ID.
created_at	String	Specifies the time (UTC) when the security group rule is created. Format: yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss
updated_at	String	Specifies the time (UTC) when the security group rule is updated. Format: yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss

Example Response

{
    "security_group": {
        "id": "d29ae17d-f355-4992-8747-1fb66cc9afd2",
        "name": "sg-test",
        "description": "",
        "tenant_id": "bbfe8c41dd034a07bebd592bf03b4b0c",
        "project_id": "bbfe8c41dd034a07bebd592bf03b4b0c",
        "security_group_rules": [
            {
                "id": "3f51e52c-0e85-40f7-a137-85927392e436",
                "direction": "egress",
                "protocol": null,
                "ethertype": "IPv4",
                "description": null,
                "remote_group_id": null,
                "remote_ip_prefix": null,
                "tenant_id": "bbfe8c41dd034a07bebd592bf03b4b0c",
                "port_range_max": null,
                "port_range_min": null,
                "security_group_id": "d29ae17d-f355-4992-8747-1fb66cc9afd2"
            },
            {
                "id": "6332de3e-98fb-4f8c-b44a-fcb8ff09881e",
                "direction": "egress",
                "protocol": null,
                "ethertype": "IPv6",
                "description": null,
                "remote_group_id": null,
                "remote_ip_prefix": null,
                "tenant_id": "bbfe8c41dd034a07bebd592bf03b4b0c",
                "port_range_max": null,
                "port_range_min": null,
                "security_group_id": "d29ae17d-f355-4992-8747-1fb66cc9afd2"
            }
        ],
        "created_at": "2018-09-20T02:15:34",
        "updated_at": "2018-09-20T02:15:34"
    }
}

Status Code

See Status Codes.

Error Code

See Error Codes.

last updated: 2024-11-08 14:19 UTC - commit: 27016cc3b7ea2cc53f679bb1d813c3e7d534c8cc