Updating a Security Group

Function

This API is used to update a security group.

URI

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

**Table 1** Parameter description
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
project_id	Yes	String	Project ID. For details about how to obtain a project ID, see Obtaining a Project ID.
security_group_id	Yes	String	Security group ID.

Request Parameter

**Table 2** Request body parameter
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
dry_run	No	Boolean	Whether to only send the check request. The value can be: true: A check request will be sent and no security group will be updated. Check items include mandatory parameters, request format, and permission verification. If the check fails, an error will be returned. If the check succeeds, response code 202 will be returned. false (default value): A request will be sent and a security group will be updated.
security_group	Yes	UpdateSecurityGroupOption object	Request body for updating a security group

**Table 3** UpdateSecurityGroupOption
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
name	No	String	Security group name The value can contain 1 to 64 characters, including letters, digits, underscores (_), hyphens (-), and periods (.).
description	No	String	Provides supplementary information about the security group. The value can contain no more than 255 characters and cannot contain angle brackets (< or >).

Example Request

Change the name of the security group whose ID is 1d8b19c7-7c56-48f7-a99b-4b40eb390967 to security_group_2 and its description to modified description.

"PUT https://{Endpoint}/v3/{project_id}/vpc/security-groups/1d8b19c7-7c56-48f7-a99b-4b40eb390967"

{
  "security_group" : {
    "name" : "security_group_2",
    "description" : "modified description"
  }
}

Response Parameter

When the status code is 200, the response parameters are as follows:

**Table 4** Response body parameters
Parameter	Type	Description
request_id	String	Request ID
security_group	SecurityGroupInfo object	Response body for updating a security group

**Table 5** SecurityGroupInfo
Parameter	Type	Description
id	String	Security group ID, which uniquely identifies the security group The value is in UUID format with hyphens (-).
name	String	Security group name The value can contain 1 to 64 characters, including letters, digits, underscores (_), hyphens (-), and periods (.).
description	String	Provides supplementary information about the security group. The value can contain no more than 255 characters and cannot contain angle brackets (< or >).
project_id	String	ID of the project to which the security group belongs
created_at	String	Time when the security group is created UTC time in the format of yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mmss
updated_at	String	Time when the security group is updated UTC time in the format of yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mmss
security_group_rules	Array of SecurityGroupRule objects	Security group rules

**Table 6** SecurityGroupRule
Parameter	Type	Description
id	String	Security group rule ID, which uniquely identifies the security group rule The value is in UUID format with hyphens (-).
description	String	Provides supplementary information about the security group rule. The value can contain no more than 255 characters and cannot contain angle brackets (< or >).
security_group_id	String	ID of the security group to which the security group rule belongs.
direction	String	Inbound or outbound direction of a security group rule. The value can be: ingress: inbound direction egress: outbound direction
protocol	String	Protocol type The value can be icmp, tcp, udp, icmpv6 or an IP number. If the parameter is left blank, all protocols are supported. When the protocol is icmpv6, IP version should be IPv6. When the protocol is icmp, IP version should be IPv4.
ethertype	String	IP version The value can be IPv4 or IPv6. If you do not set this parameter, IPv4 is used by default.
multiport	String	Port or port range The value can be a single port (80), a port range (1-30), or inconsecutive ports separated by commas (22,3389,80).
action	String	Action of the security group rule. The value can be: allow deny The default value is deny.
priority	Integer	Rule priority. The value is from 1 to 100. The value 1 indicates the highest priority.
remote_group_id	String	ID of the remote security group, which allows or denies traffic to and from the security group. Value range: ID of an existing security group The parameter is mutually exclusive with parameters remote_ip_prefix and remote_address_group_id.
remote_ip_prefix	String	Remote IP address. If direction is set to egress, the parameter specifies the source IP address. If direction is set to ingress, the parameter specifies the destination IP address. The value is an IP address or a CIDR block. The parameter is mutually exclusive with parameters remote_group_id and remote_address_group_id.
remote_address_group_id	String	ID of the remote IP address group. Value range: ID of an existing IP address group The parameter is mutually exclusive with parameters remote_ip_prefix and remote_group_id.
created_at	String	Time when the security group rule is created UTC time in the format of yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mmss
updated_at	String	Time when the security group rule is updated UTC time in the format of yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mmss
project_id	String	ID of the project to which the security group rule belongs.

Example Response

When the status code is 200, the response parameters are as follows:

{
  "security_group" : {
    "id" : "69c999ad-d9ef-4d79-94fd-35e6ceb75325",
    "name" : "security_group_2",
    "project_id" : "060576782980d5762f9ec014dd2f1148",
    "description" : "modified description",
    "security_group_rules" : [ {
      "id" : "f11a3824-ac19-4fad-b4f1-c5f4a6dd0a80",
      "project_id" : "060576782980d5762f9ec014dd2f1148",
      "security_group_id" : "69c999ad-d9ef-4d79-94fd-35e6ceb75325",
      "remote_group_id" : "69c999ad-d9ef-4d79-94fd-35e6ceb75325",
      "direction" : "ingress",
      "protocol" : null,
      "description" : "",
      "created_at" : "2020-07-09T05:56:27Z",
      "updated_at" : "2020-07-09T05:56:27Z",
      "ethertype" : "IPv6",
      "remote_ip_prefix" : null,
      "multiport" : null,
      "remote_address_group_id" : null,
      "action" : "allow",
      "priority" : 100
    }, {
      "id" : "3d6480e8-9ea4-46dc-bb1b-8db190cd5677",
      "project_id" : "060576782980d5762f9ec014dd2f1148",
      "security_group_id" : "69c999ad-d9ef-4d79-94fd-35e6ceb75325",
      "remote_group_id" : null,
      "direction" : "egress",
      "protocol" : null,
      "description" : "",
      "created_at" : "2020-07-09T05:56:27Z",
      "updated_at" : "2020-07-09T05:56:27Z",
      "ethertype" : "IPv6",
      "remote_ip_prefix" : null,
      "multiport" : null,
      "remote_address_group_id" : null,
      "action" : "allow",
      "priority" : 100
    }, {
      "id" : "9581f18c-1fdd-43da-ace9-7758a56ef28a",
      "project_id" : "060576782980d5762f9ec014dd2f1148",
      "security_group_id" : "69c999ad-d9ef-4d79-94fd-35e6ceb75325",
      "remote_group_id" : null,
      "direction" : "egress",
      "protocol" : null,
      "description" : "",
      "created_at" : "2020-07-09T05:56:27Z",
      "updated_at" : "2020-07-09T05:56:27Z",
      "ethertype" : "IPv4",
      "remote_ip_prefix" : null,
      "multiport" : null,
      "remote_address_group_id" : null,
      "action" : "allow",
      "priority" : 100
    }, {
      "id" : "a3ba270e-e58b-432d-a912-aeb7eace9fb8",
      "project_id" : "060576782980d5762f9ec014dd2f1148",
      "security_group_id" : "69c999ad-d9ef-4d79-94fd-35e6ceb75325",
      "remote_group_id" : "69c999ad-d9ef-4d79-94fd-35e6ceb75325",
      "direction" : "ingress",
      "protocol" : null,
      "description" : "",
      "created_at" : "2020-07-09T05:56:27Z",
      "updated_at" : "2020-07-09T05:56:27Z",
      "ethertype" : "IPv4",
      "remote_ip_prefix" : null,
      "multiport" : null,
      "remote_address_group_id" : null,
      "action" : "allow",
      "priority" : 100
    } ],
    "created_at" : "2020-07-09T05:56:27Z",
    "updated_at" : "2020-07-09T05:56:27Z"
  },
  "request_id" : "a8cf4f79ca3c22ca685e7e8872e8c20b"
}