Apache CloudStack 4.18.0.0 Root Admin API Reference

createSecurityGroup

Creates a security group

Request parameters

Parameter NameDescriptionRequired
namename of the security grouptrue
accountan optional account for the security group. Must be used with domainId.false
descriptionthe description of the security groupfalse
domainidan optional domainId for the security group. If the account parameter is used, domainId must also be used.false
projectidCreate security group for projectfalse

Response Tags

Response NameDescription
idthe ID of the security group
accountthe account owning the security group
descriptionthe description of the security group
domainthe domain name of the security group
domainidthe domain ID of the security group
namethe name of the security group
projectthe project name of the group
projectidthe project id of the group
virtualmachinecountthe number of virtualmachines associated with this securitygroup
virtualmachineidsthe list of virtualmachine ids associated with this securitygroup
egressrule(*)the list of egress rules associated with the security group
accountaccount owning the security group rule
cidrthe CIDR notation for the base IP address of the security group rule
endportthe ending IP of the security group rule
icmpcodethe code for the ICMP message response
icmptypethe type of the ICMP message response
protocolthe protocol of the security group rule
ruleidthe id of the security group rule
securitygroupnamesecurity group name
startportthe starting IP of the security group rule
tags(*)the list of resource tags associated with the rule
accountthe account associated with the tag
customercustomer associated with the tag
domainthe domain associated with the tag
domainidthe ID of the domain associated with the tag
keytag key name
projectthe project name where tag belongs to
projectidthe project id the tag belongs to
resourceidid of the resource
resourcetyperesource type
valuetag value
ingressrule(*)the list of ingress rules associated with the security group
accountaccount owning the security group rule
cidrthe CIDR notation for the base IP address of the security group rule
endportthe ending IP of the security group rule
icmpcodethe code for the ICMP message response
icmptypethe type of the ICMP message response
protocolthe protocol of the security group rule
ruleidthe id of the security group rule
securitygroupnamesecurity group name
startportthe starting IP of the security group rule
tags(*)the list of resource tags associated with the rule
accountthe account associated with the tag
customercustomer associated with the tag
domainthe domain associated with the tag
domainidthe ID of the domain associated with the tag
keytag key name
projectthe project name where tag belongs to
projectidthe project id the tag belongs to
resourceidid of the resource
resourcetyperesource type
valuetag value
tags(*)the list of resource tags associated with the rule
accountthe account associated with the tag
customercustomer associated with the tag
domainthe domain associated with the tag
domainidthe ID of the domain associated with the tag
keytag key name
projectthe project name where tag belongs to
projectidthe project id the tag belongs to
resourceidid of the resource
resourcetyperesource type
valuetag value
jobidthe ID of the latest async job acting on this object
jobstatusthe current status of the latest async job acting on this object