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Deleting a Security Group

Function

You can call this API to delete a security group that is no longer used.

Constraints

Before deleting a security group, ensure that the security group is not associated with any instance.

Calling Method

For details, see Calling APIs.

URI

DELETE /v3/{project_id}/vpc/security-groups/{security_group_id}

Table 1 Path Parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

project_id

Yes

String

  • Definition: ID of the project that a security group belongs to. For details about how to obtain a project ID, see Obtaining a Project ID.

  • Range: None

security_group_id

Yes

String

  • Definition: ID of a security group.

  • Range: None

Request Parameters

None

Response Parameters

Status code: 204

Normal response to the DELETE operation. For more status codes, see Status Codes.

None

Example Requests

Deleting a security group

DELETE https://{Endpoint}/v3/{project_id}/vpc/security-groups/69c999ad-d9ef-4d79-94fd-35e6ceb75325

Example Responses

None

Status Codes

Status Code

Description

204

Normal response to the DELETE operation. For more status codes, see Status Codes.

Error Codes

See Error Codes.

Parent Topic: Security Group