Creating a Network ACL Group

Function

This API is used to create a network ACL group.

URI

POST /v2.0/fwaas/firewall_groups

Request Parameters

**Table 1** Request parameter
Parameter	Type	Mandatory	Description
firewall_group	firewall_group object	Yes	Specifies the firewall group. For details, see Table 2.

**Table 2** **Firewall Group** objects
Attribute	Mandatory	Type	Description
name	No	String	Specifies the name of the network ACL group. The value can contain a maximum of 255 characters.
description	No	String	Provides supplementary information about the network ACL group. The value can contain a maximum of 255 characters.
ingress_firewall_policy_id	No	String	Specifies the network ACL policy for inbound traffic.
egress_firewall_policy_id	No	String	Specifies the network ACL policy for outbound traffic.
ports	No	Array of strings	Specifies the list of ports bound with the network ACL group. The value must be the port ID. NOTE: The port is the one whose device_owner is network:router_interface_distributed. Call the VPC API for querying the port ID. For details, see Querying Ports. The filtering criteria are the specified network_id and device_owner. The network_id is the network ID of the subnet associated with the network ACL. Example: GET https://{Endpoint}/v1/{project_id}/ports?network_id={network_id}&device_owner=network%3Arouter_interface_distributed
admin_state_up	No	Boolean	Specifies the administrative status of the network ACL. The value can be true or false.

Example Request

Create an ACL group, associate it with the inbound ACL policy afc52ce9-5305-4ec9-9feb-44feb8330341, and set the port ID to c133f2bf-6937-4416-bb17-012e1be5cd2d.

POST https://{Endpoint}/v2.0/fwaas/firewall_groups

{
    "firewall_group": {
        "name": "test",
        "ingress_firewall_policy_id": "afc52ce9-5305-4ec9-9feb-44feb8330341", 
        "ports": [
            "c133f2bf-6937-4416-bb17-012e1be5cd2d"
        ]
    }
}

Response Parameters

**Table 3** Response parameter
Parameter	Type	Description
firewall_group	firewall_group object	Specifies the firewall group. For details, see Table 4.

**Table 4** **Firewall Group** objects
Attribute	Type	Description
id	String	Specifies the UUID of the network ACL group.
name	String	Specifies the name of the network ACL group.
description	String	Provides supplementary information about the network ACL group.
tenant_id	String	Specifies the project ID.
ingress_firewall_policy_id	String	Specifies the network ACL policy for inbound traffic.
egress_firewall_policy_id	String	Specifies the network ACL policy for outbound traffic.
ports	Array of strings	Specifies the list of ports bound with the network ACL group.
public	Boolean	Specifies whether the firewall group can be shared by different tenants.
status	String	Specifies the status of the network ACL policy. The value can be: ACTIVE (Normal) INACTIVE (Inactive) ERROR (Error occurred) PENDING_CREATE (Creating) PENDING_UPDATE (Updating) PENDING_DELETE (Deleting)
admin_state_up	Boolean	Specifies the administrative status of the network ACL.
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 resource is created. Format: yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss
updated_at	String	Specifies the time (UTC) when the resource is updated. Format: yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss

Example Response

{
    "firewall_group": {
        "status": "PENDING_CREATE", 
        "public": false, 
        "egress_firewall_policy_id": null, 
        "name": "test", 
        "admin_state_up": true, 
        "ports": [
            "c133f2bf-6937-4416-bb17-012e1be5cd2d"
        ], 
        "tenant_id": "23c8a121505047b6869edf39f3062712", 
        "id": "0415f554-26ed-44e7-a881-bdf4e6216e38", 
        "ingress_firewall_policy_id": "afc52ce9-5305-4ec9-9feb-44feb8330341", 
        "description": "",
        "project_id": "23c8a121505047b6869edf39f3062712",
        "created_at": "2018-09-12T08:24:14",
        "updated_at": "2018-09-12T08:24:14"
    }
}