Updated on 2025-08-19 GMT+08:00

Creating a Security Group Rule

Function

A security group has inbound and outbound rules to control traffic that is allowed to reach or leave the instances associated with the security group.

Calling Method

For details, see Calling APIs.

URI

POST /v3/{project_id}/vpc/security-group-rules

Table 1 Path Parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

project_id

Yes

String

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

  • Range: None

Request Parameters

Table 2 Request body parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

dry_run

No

Boolean

  • Definition: Whether to only send the check request.

  • Constraints: None

  • Range:

    • true: A check request will be sent and no security group rule will be created. Check items include mandatory parameters, request format, and constraints. If the check fails, an error will be returned. If the check succeeds, response code 202 will be returned.

    • false: A request will be sent and a security group rule will be created.

  • Default Value: false

security_group_rule

Yes

CreateSecurityGroupRuleOption object

  • Definition: Request body for creating a security group rule.

  • Constraints: None

  • Range: None

  • Default Value: None

Table 3 CreateSecurityGroupRuleOption

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

security_group_id

Yes

String

  • Definition: ID of the security group that a security group rule belongs to.

  • Constraints: None

  • Range: None

  • Default Value: None

description

No

String

  • Definition: Description of a security group rule.

  • Constraints: The value can contain no more than 255 characters and cannot contain angle brackets (< or >).

  • Range: None

  • Default Value: None

direction

Yes

String

  • Definition: Inbound or outbound direction of a security group rule.

  • Constraints: None

  • Range:

    • ingress: inbound direction

    • egress: outbound direction

  • Default Value: None

ethertype

No

String

  • Definition: IP address version of a security group rule.

  • Constraints: None

  • Range:

    • IPv4

    • IPv6

  • Default Value: IPv4

protocol

No

String

  • Definition: Communication protocol of a security group rule.

  • Constraints:

    • If the parameter is left blank, all protocols are supported.

    • If the protocol is icmpv6, IP version should be IPv6.

    • If the protocol is icmp, IP version should be IPv4.

  • Range:

    • icmp

    • tcp

    • udp

    • icmpv6

    • IP protocol number (0-255)

  • Default Value: None

multiport

No

String

  • Definition: Port range of a security group rule.

  • Constraints: The port number ranges from 1 to 65535.

  • Range: The value can be a single port (80), a port range (1-30), or inconsecutive ports separated by commas (22,3389,80).

  • Default Value: None

remote_ip_prefix

No

String

  • Definition: Remote IP address of a security group rule. If direction is set to egress, this address is the outbound destination and will be accessed by instances in the security group. If direction is set to ingress, this address is the inbound source and will access instances in the security group.

  • Constraints:

    • This parameter is mutually exclusive with parameters remote_group_id and remote_address_group_id.

    • If this parameter is left blank, traffic from all remote IP addresses is allowed when the action of the rule is allow, and is denied when the action of the rule is deny.

  • Range:

    • IP address. If an IP address is specified in the request, the IP address is automatically formatted with /32 as the subnet mask, for example, 192.168.21.45/32.

    • The value must be in CIDR format.

  • Default Value: None

remote_group_id

No

String

  • Definition: ID of the remote security group of a security group rule. If the action of the rule is allow, the traffic from the remote security group is allowed. If the action of the rule is deny, the traffic from the remote security group is denied.

  • Constraints: The parameter is mutually exclusive with parameters remote_ip_prefix and remote_address_group_id.

  • Range: ID of an existing security group.

  • Default Value: None

remote_address_group_id

No

String

  • Definition: ID of the remote IP address group of a security group rule.

  • Constraints: The parameter is mutually exclusive with parameters remote_ip_prefix and remote_group_id.

  • Range: ID of an existing IP address group.

  • Default Value: None

action

No

String

  • Definition: Action of a security group rule.

  • Constraints: None

  • Range:

    • allow

    • deny

  • Default Value: allow

priority

No

String

  • Definition: Priority of a security group rule.

  • Constraints: None

  • Range: The value is from 1 to 100. The value 1 indicates the highest priority.

  • Default Value: 1

enabled

No

Boolean

  • Definition: Whether to enable a security group rule.

  • Constraints: None

  • Range:

    • true: The security group rule is enabled.

    • false: The security group rule is disabled.

  • Default Value: true

Response Parameters

Status code: 201

Table 4 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

request_id

String

  • Definition: Request ID.

  • Range: None

security_group_rule

SecurityGroupRule object

  • Definition: Response body for creating a security group rule.

  • Range: None

Table 5 SecurityGroupRule

Parameter

Type

Description

id

String

  • Definition: ID of a security group rule. After a security group rule is created, a security group rule ID is generated, which uniquely identifies the security group rule.

  • Range: The value is in UUID format with hyphens (-).

description

String

  • Definition: Description of a security group rule.

  • Range: The value can contain no more than 255 characters and cannot contain angle brackets (< or >).

security_group_id

String

  • Definition: ID of the security group that a security group rule belongs to.

  • Range: None

direction

String

  • Definition: Inbound or outbound direction of a security group rule.

  • Range:

    • ingress: inbound direction

    • egress: outbound direction

protocol

String

  • Definition: Communication protocol of a security group rule.

  • Range:

    • icmp

    • tcp

    • udp

    • icmpv6

    • IP protocol number

ethertype

String

  • Definition: IP address version of a security group rule.

  • Range:

    • IPv4

    • IPv6

multiport

String

  • Definition: Port range of a security group rule.

  • 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

  • Definition: Action of a security group rule.

  • Range:

    • allow

    • deny

priority

Integer

  • Definition: Priority of a security group rule.

  • Range: The value is from 1 to 100. The value 1 indicates the highest priority.

remote_group_id

String

  • Definition: ID of the remote security group of a security group rule. If the action of the rule is allow, the traffic from the remote security group is allowed. If the action of the rule is deny, the traffic from the remote security group is denied.

  • Range: ID of an existing security group.

remote_ip_prefix

String

  • Definition: Remote IP address of a security group rule.

    • If direction is set to egress, the IP address is the outbound destination and will be accessed by instances in the security group.

    • If direction is set to ingress, the IP address is the inbound source and will access the instances in the security group.

  • Range: CIDR notation format. If an IP address is transferred in the request, the IP address is automatically formatted with /32 as the subnet mask, for example, 192.168.21.45/32.

remote_address_group_id

String

  • Definition: ID of the remote IP address group of a security group rule.

  • Range: ID of an existing IP address group.

created_at

String

  • Definition: Time when a security group rule was created.

  • Range: UTC time in the format of yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ssZ

updated_at

String

  • Definition: Time when a security group rule was updated.

  • Range: UTC time in the format of yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ssZ

project_id

String

  • Definition: ID of the project that a security group rule belongs to.

  • Range: None

enabled

Boolean

  • Definition: Whether to enable a security group rule.

  • Range:

    • true: The security group rule is enabled.

    • false: The security group rule is disabled.

Status code: 202

Table 6 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

request_id

String

  • Definition: Request ID.

  • Range: None

error_msg

String

  • Definition: Error message.

  • Range: None

error_code

String

  • Definition: Error code.

  • Range: None

Example Requests

Create an inbound rule in the security group whose ID is 0552091e-b83a-49dd-88a7-4a5c86fd9ec3.

POST https://{Endpoint}/v3/{project_id}/vpc/security-group-rules

{
  "security_group_rule" : {
    "security_group_id" : "0552091e-b83a-49dd-88a7-4a5c86fd9ec3",
    "direction" : "ingress",
    "protocol" : "tcp",
    "description" : "security group rule description",
    "action" : "allow",
    "priority" : 1,
    "multiport" : "33",
    "remote_ip_prefix" : "10.10.0.0/16"
  }
}

Example Responses

Status code: 201

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

  • {
      "request_id" : "1666b2708aaf849337572d6846dce781",
      "security_group_rule" : {
        "id" : "f626eb24-d8bd-4d26-ae0b-c16bb65730cb",
        "project_id" : "060576782980d5762f9ec014dd2f1148",
        "security_group_id" : "0552091e-b83a-49dd-88a7-4a5c86fd9ec3",
        "direction" : "ingress",
        "protocol" : "tcp",
        "description" : "security group rule description",
        "created_at" : "2020-08-13T07:12:36.000+00:00",
        "updated_at" : "2020-08-13T07:12:36.000+00:00",
        "ethertype" : "IPv4",
        "remote_ip_prefix" : "10.10.0.0/16",
        "multiport" : 33,
        "action" : "allow",
        "priority" : 1,
        "remote_group_id" : null,
        "remote_address_group_id" : null,
        "enabled" : true
      }
    }

Status code: 202

Normal response for the specified pre-check request of API V3. For more status codes, see Status Code.

{
  "error_msg" : "Request validation has been passed with dry run...",
  "error_code" : "SYS.0202",
  "request_id" : "cfd81aea3f59eac7128dba4b36d516c8"
}

SDK Sample Code

The SDK sample code is as follows.

Create an inbound rule in the security group whose ID is 0552091e-b83a-49dd-88a7-4a5c86fd9ec3.

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package com.huaweicloud.sdk.test;

import com.huaweicloud.sdk.core.auth.ICredential;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.core.auth.BasicCredentials;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.core.exception.ConnectionException;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.core.exception.RequestTimeoutException;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.core.exception.ServiceResponseException;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.vpc.v3.region.VpcRegion;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.vpc.v3.*;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.vpc.v3.model.*;


public class CreateSecurityGroupRuleSolution {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // The AK and SK used for authentication are hard-coded or stored in plaintext, which has great security risks. It is recommended that the AK and SK be stored in ciphertext in configuration files or environment variables and decrypted during use to ensure security.
        // In this example, AK and SK are stored in environment variables for authentication. Before running this example, set environment variables CLOUD_SDK_AK and CLOUD_SDK_SK in the local environment
        String ak = System.getenv("CLOUD_SDK_AK");
        String sk = System.getenv("CLOUD_SDK_SK");
        String projectId = "{project_id}";

        ICredential auth = new BasicCredentials()
                .withProjectId(projectId)
                .withAk(ak)
                .withSk(sk);

        VpcClient client = VpcClient.newBuilder()
                .withCredential(auth)
                .withRegion(VpcRegion.valueOf("<YOUR REGION>"))
                .build();
        CreateSecurityGroupRuleRequest request = new CreateSecurityGroupRuleRequest();
        CreateSecurityGroupRuleRequestBody body = new CreateSecurityGroupRuleRequestBody();
        CreateSecurityGroupRuleOption securityGroupRulebody = new CreateSecurityGroupRuleOption();
        securityGroupRulebody.withSecurityGroupId("0552091e-b83a-49dd-88a7-4a5c86fd9ec3")
            .withDescription("security group rule description")
            .withDirection("ingress")
            .withProtocol("tcp")
            .withMultiport("33")
            .withRemoteIpPrefix("10.10.0.0/16")
            .withAction("allow")
            .withPriority("1");
        body.withSecurityGroupRule(securityGroupRulebody);
        request.withBody(body);
        try {
            CreateSecurityGroupRuleResponse response = client.createSecurityGroupRule(request);
            System.out.println(response.toString());
        } catch (ConnectionException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (RequestTimeoutException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (ServiceResponseException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
            System.out.println(e.getHttpStatusCode());
            System.out.println(e.getRequestId());
            System.out.println(e.getErrorCode());
            System.out.println(e.getErrorMsg());
        }
    }
}

Create an inbound rule in the security group whose ID is 0552091e-b83a-49dd-88a7-4a5c86fd9ec3.

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# coding: utf-8

import os
from huaweicloudsdkcore.auth.credentials import BasicCredentials
from huaweicloudsdkvpc.v3.region.vpc_region import VpcRegion
from huaweicloudsdkcore.exceptions import exceptions
from huaweicloudsdkvpc.v3 import *

if __name__ == "__main__":
    # The AK and SK used for authentication are hard-coded or stored in plaintext, which has great security risks. It is recommended that the AK and SK be stored in ciphertext in configuration files or environment variables and decrypted during use to ensure security.
    # In this example, AK and SK are stored in environment variables for authentication. Before running this example, set environment variables CLOUD_SDK_AK and CLOUD_SDK_SK in the local environment
    ak = os.environ["CLOUD_SDK_AK"]
    sk = os.environ["CLOUD_SDK_SK"]
    projectId = "{project_id}"

    credentials = BasicCredentials(ak, sk, projectId)

    client = VpcClient.new_builder() \
        .with_credentials(credentials) \
        .with_region(VpcRegion.value_of("<YOUR REGION>")) \
        .build()

    try:
        request = CreateSecurityGroupRuleRequest()
        securityGroupRulebody = CreateSecurityGroupRuleOption(
            security_group_id="0552091e-b83a-49dd-88a7-4a5c86fd9ec3",
            description="security group rule description",
            direction="ingress",
            protocol="tcp",
            multiport="33",
            remote_ip_prefix="10.10.0.0/16",
            action="allow",
            priority="1"
        )
        request.body = CreateSecurityGroupRuleRequestBody(
            security_group_rule=securityGroupRulebody
        )
        response = client.create_security_group_rule(request)
        print(response)
    except exceptions.ClientRequestException as e:
        print(e.status_code)
        print(e.request_id)
        print(e.error_code)
        print(e.error_msg)

Create an inbound rule in the security group whose ID is 0552091e-b83a-49dd-88a7-4a5c86fd9ec3.

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package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"github.com/huaweicloud/huaweicloud-sdk-go-v3/core/auth/basic"
    vpc "github.com/huaweicloud/huaweicloud-sdk-go-v3/services/vpc/v3"
	"github.com/huaweicloud/huaweicloud-sdk-go-v3/services/vpc/v3/model"
    region "github.com/huaweicloud/huaweicloud-sdk-go-v3/services/vpc/v3/region"
)

func main() {
    // The AK and SK used for authentication are hard-coded or stored in plaintext, which has great security risks. It is recommended that the AK and SK be stored in ciphertext in configuration files or environment variables and decrypted during use to ensure security.
    // In this example, AK and SK are stored in environment variables for authentication. Before running this example, set environment variables CLOUD_SDK_AK and CLOUD_SDK_SK in the local environment
    ak := os.Getenv("CLOUD_SDK_AK")
    sk := os.Getenv("CLOUD_SDK_SK")
    projectId := "{project_id}"

    auth := basic.NewCredentialsBuilder().
        WithAk(ak).
        WithSk(sk).
        WithProjectId(projectId).
        Build()

    client := vpc.NewVpcClient(
        vpc.VpcClientBuilder().
            WithRegion(region.ValueOf("<YOUR REGION>")).
            WithCredential(auth).
            Build())

    request := &model.CreateSecurityGroupRuleRequest{}
	descriptionSecurityGroupRule:= "security group rule description"
	protocolSecurityGroupRule:= "tcp"
	multiportSecurityGroupRule:= "33"
	remoteIpPrefixSecurityGroupRule:= "10.10.0.0/16"
	actionSecurityGroupRule:= "allow"
	prioritySecurityGroupRule:= "1"
	securityGroupRulebody := &model.CreateSecurityGroupRuleOption{
		SecurityGroupId: "0552091e-b83a-49dd-88a7-4a5c86fd9ec3",
		Description: &descriptionSecurityGroupRule,
		Direction: "ingress",
		Protocol: &protocolSecurityGroupRule,
		Multiport: &multiportSecurityGroupRule,
		RemoteIpPrefix: &remoteIpPrefixSecurityGroupRule,
		Action: &actionSecurityGroupRule,
		Priority: &prioritySecurityGroupRule,
	}
	request.Body = &model.CreateSecurityGroupRuleRequestBody{
		SecurityGroupRule: securityGroupRulebody,
	}
	response, err := client.CreateSecurityGroupRule(request)
	if err == nil {
        fmt.Printf("%+v\n", response)
    } else {
        fmt.Println(err)
    }
}

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Status Codes

Status Code

Description

201

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

202

Normal response for the specified pre-check request of API V3. For more status codes, see Status Code.

Error Codes

See Error Codes.