AuthorizeSecurityGroup - Elastic Compute Service - Alibaba Cloud Documentation Center

Creates inbound rules in a security group. You can use the created rules to allow or deny inbound traffic from other hosts to instances in the security group.

Operation description

Take note of the following items:

The total number of outbound and inbound rules in each security group cannot exceed 200. For more information, see the "Security group limits" section in Limits .
The valid values of Priority range from 1 to 100. A smaller value indicates a higher priority.
When multiple security group rules have the same priority, drop rules take precedence.
The source can be a CIDR block that is specified by SourceCidrIp, Ipv6SourceCidrIp, or SourcePrefixListId. The source can also be Elastic Compute Service (ECS) instances in a security group that is specified by SourceGroupId.
You cannot reference security groups as sources or destinations in the rules of advanced security groups.
You can reference up to 20 security groups as sources or destinations in the rules of each basic security group.
If the specified security group rule already exists in the security group, the call is successful but no security group rule is created.
Parameters and their Permissions.N-prefixed counterparts cannot be specified at the same time. We recommend that you use the Permissions.N-prefixed parameters.
You can determine a security group rule by specifying one of the following groups of parameters. You cannot determine a security group rule by specifying only one parameter.
- Parameters used to specify an inbound security group rule that controls access from a specific CIDR block: IpProtocol, PortRange, SourcePortRange (optional), NicType, Policy, and SourceCidrIp. For a security group of the Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) type, you must set NicType to intranet. For a security group of the classic network type, you can set NicType to either internet or intranet. Sample request:
```
http(s)://ecs.aliyuncs.com/?Action=AuthorizeSecurityGroup
&SecurityGroupId=sg-bp67acfmxazb4p****
&Permissions.1.SourceCidrIp=10.0.0.0/8
&Permissions.1.IpProtocol=TCP
&Permissions.1.PortRange=22/22
&Permissions.1.NicType=intranet
&Permissions.1.Policy=Accept
&<Common request parameters>
```
- Parameters used to determine an inbound security group rule that controls access from a security group: IpProtocol, PortRange, SourcePortRange (optional), NicType, Policy, SourceGroupOwnerAccount, and SourceGroupId. In this case, you must set NicType to intranet. For mutual access between security groups in the classic network, you can allow or deny another security group within the same region access to your security group. The security group that is allowed access to your security group can belong to your own Alibaba Cloud account or another Alibaba Cloud account specified by SourceGroupOwnerAccount. For mutual access between security groups in VPCs, you can allow or deny another security group within the same VPC access to your security group. Sample request:
```
http(s)://ecs.aliyuncs.com/?Action=AuthorizeSecurityGroup
&SecurityGroupId=sg-bp67acfmxazb4p****
&Permissions.1.SourceGroupId=sg-1651FBB**
&Permissions.1.SourceGroupOwnerAccount=test@aliyun.com
&Permissions.1.IpProtocol=TCP
&Permissions.1.PortRange=22/22
&Permissions.1.NicType=intranet
&Permissions.1.Policy=Drop
&<Common request parameters>
```
- Parameters used to determine an inbound security group rule that controls access from a prefix list: IpProtocol, PortRange, SourcePortRange (optional), NicType, Policy, and SourcePrefixListId. In this case, prefix lists support only security groups in VPCs. NicType must be set to intranet. Sample request:
```
http(s)://ecs.aliyuncs.com/?Action=AuthorizeSecurityGroup
&SecurityGroupId=sg-bp67acfmxazb4p****
&Permissions.1.SourcePrefixListId=pl-x1j1k5ykzqlixdcy****
&Permissions.1.SourceGroupOwnerAccount=test@aliyun.com
&Permissions.1.IpProtocol=TCP
&Permissions.1.PortRange=22/22
&Permissions.1.NicType=intranet
&Permissions.1.Policy=Drop
&<Common request parameters>
```
For information about examples on security group rule settings, see Security groups for different use cases and Security group quintuple rules.

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Authorization information

The following table shows the authorization information corresponding to the API. The authorization information can be used in the Action policy element to grant a RAM user or RAM role the permissions to call this API operation. Description:

Operation: the value that you can use in the Action element to specify the operation on a resource.
Access level: the access level of each operation. The levels are read, write, and list.
Resource type: the type of the resource on which you can authorize the RAM user or the RAM role to perform the operation. Take note of the following items:
- The required resource types are displayed in bold characters.
- If the permissions cannot be granted at the resource level, All Resources is used in the Resource type column of the operation.
Condition Key: the condition key that is defined by the cloud service.
Associated operation: other operations that the RAM user or the RAM role must have permissions to perform to complete the operation. To complete the operation, the RAM user or the RAM role must have the permissions to perform the associated operations.

Operation	Access level	Resource type	Condition key	Associated operation
ecs:AuthorizeSecurityGroup	create	*SecurityGroup `acs:ecs:{#regionId}:{#accountId}:securitygroup/{#securitygroupId}`	ecs:SecurityGroupIpProtocols ecs:SecurityGroupSourceCidrIps	none

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description	Example
RegionId	string	Yes	The region ID of the security group. You can call the DescribeRegions operation to query the most recent region list.	cn-hangzhou
ClientToken	string	No	The client token that is used to ensure the idempotence of the request. You can use the client to generate the token, but you must make sure that the token is unique among different requests The token can contain only ASCII characters and cannot exceed 64 characters in length. For more information, see How to ensure idempotence.	123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426655440000
SecurityGroupId	string	Yes	The ID of the security group.	sg-bp67acfmxazb4p****
Permissions	array<object>	No	Security group rule N. Valid values of N: 1 to 100.
	object	No	Security group rule N. Valid values of N: 1 to 100.
Policy	string	No	The action of the security group rule. Valid values: accept: allows inbound access. drop: denies inbound access and returns no responses. In this case, the request times out or the connection cannot be established. Default value: accept. Valid values of N: 1 to 100.	accept
Priority	string	No	The priority of the security group rule. A smaller value specifies a higher priority. Valid values: 1 to 100. Default value: 1. Valid values of N: 1 to 100.	1
IpProtocol	string	No	The protocol. The values of this parameter are case-insensitive. Valid values: TCP. UDP. ICMP. ICMPv6. GRE. ALL: All protocols are supported. Valid values of N: 1 to 100.	ALL
SourceCidrIp	string	No	The source IPv4 CIDR block of the security group rule. IPv4 CIDR blocks and IPv4 addresses are supported. Valid values of N: 1 to 100.	10.0.0.0/8
Ipv6SourceCidrIp	string	No	The source IPv6 CIDR block of the security group rule. IPv6 CIDR blocks and IPv6 addresses are supported. Valid values of N: 1 to 100. Note This parameter is valid only for Elastic Compute Service (ECS) instances that reside in virtual private clouds (VPCs) and support IPv6 CIDR blocks. You cannot specify both this parameter and `SourceCidrIp` in the same request.	2001:250:6000::***
SourceGroupId	string	No	The ID of the source security group that is specified in the security group rule. You must specify at least one of the following parameters: `SourceGroupId`, `SourceCidrIp`, `Ipv6SourceCidrIp`, and `SourcePrefixListId`. If you specify `SourceGroupId` but do not specify `SourceCidrIp` or `Ipv6SourceCidrIp`, you must set `NicType` to `intranet`. If you specify both `SourceGroupId` and `SourceCidrIp`, `SourceCidrIp` takes precedence. Valid values of N: 1 to 100. When you specify this parameter, take note of the following items: In advanced security groups, security groups cannot be used as authorization objects. In each basic security group, up to 20 security groups can be used as authorization objects in security group rules.	sg-bp67acfmxazb4p****
SourcePrefixListId	string	No	The ID of the source prefix list of the security group rule. You can call the DescribePrefixLists operation to query the IDs of available prefix lists. Valid values of N: 1 to 100. When you specify this parameter, take note of the following items: If a security group resides in the classic network, you cannot specify prefix lists in the rules of the security group. For information about the limits on security groups and prefix lists, see the Security group limits section of the "Limits and quotas" topic. If you specify `SourceCidrIp`, `Ipv6SourceCidrIp`, or `SourceGroupId`, this parameter is ignored.	pl-x1j1k5ykzqlixdcy****
PortRange	string	No	The range of destination port numbers for the protocols specified in the security group rule. Valid values: If you set IpProtocol to TCP or UDP, the port number range is 1 to 65535. Specify a port number range in the format of <Start port number>/<End port number>. Example: 1/200. If you set IpProtocol to ICMP, the port number range is -1/-1. If you set IpProtocol to GRE, the port number range is -1/-1. If you set IpProtocol to ALL, the port number range is -1/-1, which indicates all port numbers. For more information, see Common ports. Valid values of N: 1 to 100.	80/80
DestCidrIp	string	No	The destination IPv4 CIDR block. IPv4 CIDR blocks and IPv4 addresses are supported. This parameter is used to support quintuple rules. For more information, see Security group quintuple rules. Valid values of N: 1 to 100.	10.0.0.0/8
Ipv6DestCidrIp	string	No	The destination IPv6 CIDR block. IPv6 CIDR blocks and IPv6 addresses are supported. This parameter is used to support quintuple rules. For more information, see Security group quintuple rules. Valid values of N: 1 to 100. Note This parameter is valid only for ECS instances that reside in VPCs and support IPv6 CIDR blocks. You cannot specify both this parameter and `DestCidrIp` in the same request.	2001:250:6000::***
SourcePortRange	string	No	The range of source port numbers for the protocols specified in the security group rule. Valid values: If you set IpProtocol to TCP or UDP, the port number range is 1 to 65535. Specify a port number range in the format of <Start port number>/<End port number>. Example: 1/200. If you set IpProtocol to ICMP, the port number range is -1/-1. If you set IpProtocol to GRE, the port number range is -1/-1. If you set IpProtocol to ALL, the port number range is -1/-1, which indicates all port numbers. This parameter is used to support quintuple rules. For more information, see Security group quintuple rules. Valid values of N: 1 to 100.	7000/8000
SourceGroupOwnerAccount	string	No	The Alibaba Cloud account that manages the source security group specified in the security group rule. If both `SourceGroupOwnerAccount` and `SourceGroupOwnerId` are empty, access permissions are configured for another security group in your Alibaba Cloud account. If you specify `SourceCidrIp`, `SourceGroupOwnerAccount` is ignored. Valid values of N: 1 to 100.	test@aliyun.com
SourceGroupOwnerId	long	No	The ID of the Alibaba Cloud account that manages the source security group specified in the security group rule. If both `SourceGroupOwnerAccount` and `SourceGroupOwnerId` are empty, access permissions are configured for another security group in your Alibaba Cloud account. If you specify `SourceCidrIp`, `SourceGroupOwnerAccount` is ignored. Valid values of N: 1 to 100.	1234567890
NicType	string	No	The network interface controller (NIC) type of the security group rule if the security group resides in the classic network. Valid values: internet: public NIC. intranet: internal NIC. If the security group resides in a VPC, this parameter is set to intranet by default and cannot be modified. If you specify only DestGroupId when you configure access permissions between security groups, you must set this parameter to intranet. Default value: internet. Valid values of N: 1 to 100.	intranet
Description	string	No	The description of the security group rule. The description must be 1 to 512 characters in length. Valid values of N: 1 to 100.	This is description.
Policy`deprecated`	string	No	This parameter is deprecated. Use `Permissions.N.Policy` to specify whether to allow access.	accept
Priority`deprecated`	string	No	This parameter is deprecated. Use `Permissions.N.Priority` to specify the rule priority.	1
IpProtocol`deprecated`	string	No	This parameter is deprecated. Use `Permissions.N.IpProtocol` to specify the protocol.	ALL
SourceCidrIp`deprecated`	string	No	This parameter is deprecated. Use `Permissions.N.SourceCidrIp` to specify the source IPv4 CIDR block.	10.0.0.0/8
Ipv6SourceCidrIp`deprecated`	string	No	This parameter is deprecated. Use `Permissions.N.Ipv6SourceCidrIp` to specify the source IPv6 CIDR block.	2001:250:6000::***
SourceGroupId`deprecated`	string	No	This parameter is deprecated. Use `Permissions.N.SourceGroupId` to specify the ID of the source security group.	sg-bp67acfmxazb4p****
SourcePrefixListId`deprecated`	string	No	This parameter is deprecated. Use `Permissions.N.SourcePrefixListId` to specify the ID of the source prefix list.	pl-x1j1k5ykzqlixdcy****
PortRange`deprecated`	string	No	This parameter is deprecated. Use `Permissions.N.PortRange` to specify the range of destination ports.	22/22
DestCidrIp`deprecated`	string	No	This parameter is deprecated. Use `Permissions.N.DestCidrIp` to specify the destination IPv4 CIDR block.	10.0.0.0/8
Ipv6DestCidrIp`deprecated`	string	No	This parameter is deprecated. Use `Permissions.N.Ipv6DestCidrIp` to specify the destination IPv6 CIDR block.	2001:250:6000::***
SourcePortRange`deprecated`	string	No	This parameter is deprecated. Use `Permissions.N.SourcePortRange` to specify the range of source ports.	22/22
SourceGroupOwnerAccount`deprecated`	string	No	This parameter is deprecated. Use `Permissions.N.SourceGroupOwnerAccount` to specify the Alibaba Cloud account that manages the source security group.	test@aliyun.com
SourceGroupOwnerId`deprecated`	long	No	This parameter is deprecated. Use `Permissions.N.SourceGroupOwnerId` to specify the ID of the Alibaba Cloud account that manages the source security group.	1234567890
NicType`deprecated`	string	No	This parameter is deprecated. Use `Permissions.N.NicType` to specify the network interface type.	intranet
Description`deprecated`	string	No	This parameter is deprecated. Use `Permissions.N.Description` to specify the rule description.	This is description.

Response parameters

Parameter	Type	Description	Example
	object
RequestId	string	The ID of the request.	473469C7-AA6F-4DC5-B3DB-A3DC0DE3****

Examples

Sample success responses

JSONformat

{
  "RequestId": "473469C7-AA6F-4DC5-B3DB-A3DC0DE3****"
}

Error codes

HTTP status code	Error code	Error message	Description
400	OperationDenied	The specified IpProtocol does not exist or IpProtocol and PortRange do not match.	The specified IP protocol does not exist or does not match the specified port range.
400	InvalidIpProtocol.Malformed	The specified parameter PortRange is not valid.	The specified IpProtocol or PortRange parameter is invalid.
400	InvalidSourceCidrIp.Malformed	The specified parameter SourceCidrIp is not valid.	The specified source CIDR block is invalid.
400	InvalidPolicy.Malformed	The specified parameter Policy is not valid.	The specified Policy parameter is invalid.
400	InvalidNicType.ValueNotSupported	The specified NicType does not exist.	The specified NicType parameter does not exist.
400	InvalidNicType.Mismatch	The specified NicType conflicts with the authorization record.	The specified NIC type does not match the existing rule.
400	InvalidSourceGroupId.Mismatch	Specified security group and source group are not in the same VPC.	The specified source and destination security groups do not belong to the same VPC.
400	InvalidSourceGroup.NotFound	Specified source security group does not exist.	The specified inbound security group rule does not exist, or required parameters are not specified.
400	InvalidPriority.Malformed	The parameter Priority is invalid.	The specified Priority parameter is invalid.
400	InvalidPriority.ValueNotSupported	The specified parameter %s is invalid.	The specified Priority parameter is invalid.
400	InvalidNicType.ValueNotSupported	The specified parameter %s is not valid.	The specified NicType parameter is invalid.
400	InvalidPolicy.Malformed	The specified parameter %s is not valid.	The specified Policy parameter is invalid.
400	InvalidSecurityGroupDiscription.Malformed	The specified security group rule description parameter %s is not valid.	The specified security group rule description is invalid.
400	InvalidSecurityGroup.InvalidNetworkType	The specified security group network type is not support this operation, please check the security group network types. For VPC security groups, ClassicLink must be enabled.	The operation is not supported while the security group is of the current network type. If the network type is VPC, ClassicLink must be enabled.
400	MissingParameter.Source	One of the parameters SourceCidrIp, Ipv6SourceCidrIp, SourceGroupId or SourcePrefixListId in %s must be specified.	At least one of the SourceCidrIp, SourceGroupId, and SourcePrefixListId parameters must be specified.
400	InvalidParam.PortRange	The specified parameter %s is not valid. It should be two integers less than 65535 in ?/? format.	The format of the port range is invalid. Specify the port range in the format of a slash separating two integers.
400	InvalidIpProtocol.ValueNotSupported	The parameter %s must be specified with case insensitive TCP, UDP, ICMP, GRE or All.	The specified Protocol parameter is invalid. You must set Protocol to a vaule that is case-insensitive, such as TCP, UDP, ICMP, GRE, and All.
400	InvalidSecurityGroupId.Malformed	The specified parameter SecurityGroupId is not valid.	The specified SecurityGroupId parameter is invalid.
400	InvalidParamter.Conflict	The specified SourceCidrIp should be different from the DestCidrIp.	The value of SourceCidrIp must be different from that of DestCidrIp.
400	InvalidSourcePortRange.Malformed	The specified parameter SourcePortRange is not valid.	The specified SourcePortRange parameter is invalid.
400	InvalidPortRange.Malformed	The specified parameter PortRange must set.	The PortRange parameter must be specified.
400	InvalidParam.SourceIp	The Parameters SourceCidrIp and Ipv6SourceCidrIp in %s cannot be set at the same time.	The SourceCidrIp and Ipv6SourceCidrIp parameters cannot be specified at the same time.
400	InvalidParam.DestIp	The Parameters DestCidrIp and Ipv6DestCidrIp in %s cannot be set at the same time.	The DestCidrIp and Ipv6DestCidrIp parameters cannot be specified at the same time.
400	InvalidParam.Ipv6DestCidrIp	The specified parameter %s is not valid.	The specified Ipv6DestCidrIp parameter is invalid.
400	InvalidParam.Ipv6SourceCidrIp	The specified parameter %s is not valid.	The specified Ipv6SourceCidrIp parameter is invalid.
400	InvalidParam.Ipv4ProtocolConflictWithIpv6Address	IPv6 address cannot be specified for IPv4-specific protocol.	IPv6 addresses cannot be specified for instances that use the IPv4 protocol.
400	InvalidParam.Ipv6ProtocolConflictWithIpv4Address	IPv4 address cannot be specified for IPv6-specific protocol.	IPv4 addresses cannot be specified for instances that use the IPv6 protocol.
400	InvalidParameter.Ipv6CidrIp	The specified Ipv6CidrIp is not valid.	The specified Ipv6CidrIp parameter is invalid.
400	InvalidGroupAuthParameter.OperationDenied	The security group can not authorize to enterprise level security group.	Security groups cannot be referenced as authorization objects (destinations or sources) in rules of advanced security groups.
400	InvalidDestCidrIp.Malformed	The specified parameter DestCidrIp is not valid.	The specified DestCidrIp parameter is invalid.
400	InvalidParameter.Conflict	IPv6 and IPv4 addresses cannot exist at the same time.	IPv6 and IPv4 addresses cannot be both specified.
400	InvalidParam.PrefixListAddressFamilyMismatch	The address family of the specified prefix list does not match the specified CidrIp.	The address family of the specified prefix list does not match that of the specified CIDR block.
400	NotSupported.ClassicNetworkPrefixList	The prefix list is not supported when the network type of security group is classic.	Security groups in the classic network do not support prefix lists.
400	AuthorizedGroupRule.LimitExceed	You have reached the limit on the number of group authorization rules that you can add to a security group.When authorization object of rule is security group, the limit is 20.	Up to 20 rules in which security groups are specified as authorization objects can be present in a basic security group.
400	InvalidParam.SourceCidrIp	The specified parameter %s is not valid.	The specified SourceCidrIp parameter is invalid.
400	InvalidParam.DestCidrIp	The specified parameter %s is not valid.	The specified DestCidrIp parameter is invalid.
400	InvalidParam.SourceCidrIp	The specified param SourceCidrIp is not valid.	The specified SourceCidrIp parameter is invalid.
400	InvalidParam.DestCidrIp	The specified param DestCidrIp is not valid.	The specified DestCidrIp parameter is invalid.
400	MissingParameter	%s	A parameter is not specified.
400	InvalidParam.Permissions	The specified parameter Permissions cannot coexist with other parameters.	The specified Permissions parameter and other parameters are mutually exclusive.
400	InvalidParam.DuplicatePermissions	There are duplicate permissions in the specified parameter Permissions.	The specified Permissions parameter contains duplicate permissions.
400	InvalidGroupParameter.OperationDenied	The attributes Policy, SourceGroupId, DestGroupId of enterprise level security groups are not allowed to be set or modified.	The attributes Policy, SourceGroupId, DestGroupId of enterprise level security groups are not allowed to be set or modified.
403	InvalidSourceGroupId.Mismatch	NicType is required or NicType expects intranet.	The NicType parameter is not specified or is not set to intranet.
403	MissingParameter	The input parameter SourceGroupId or SourceCidrIp cannot be both blank.	At least one of the SourceGroupId and SourceCidrIp parameters must be specified.
403	AuthorizationLimitExceed	The limit of authorization records in the security group reaches.	The security group has reached the maximum number of rules that can be added to it.
403	InvalidParamter.Conflict	The specified SecurityGroupId should be different from the SourceGroupId.	The destination security group is the same as the source security group.
403	InvalidNetworkType.Mismatch	The specified SecurityGroup network type should be same with SourceGroup network type (vpc or classic).	The network type of the destination security group is different from that of the source security group.
403	InvalidNetworkType.Conflict	The specified SecurityGroup network type should be same with SourceGroup network type (vpc or classic).	The network type of the destination security group is different from that of the source security group.
403	InvalidOperation.ResourceManagedByCloudProduct	%s	You cannot modify security groups managed by cloud services.
403	LimitExceed.PrefixListAssociationResource	The number of resources associated with the prefix list exceeds the limit.	The maximum number of resources that can be associated with the prefix list has been exceeded.
404	InvalidSecurityGroupId.NotFound	The specified SecurityGroupId does not exist.	The specified security group does not exist in this account. Check whether the security group ID is correct.
404	InvalidSourceGroupId.NotFound	The SourceGroupId provided does not exist in our records.	The specified SourceGroupId parameter does not exist.
404	InvalidPrefixListId.NotFound	The specified prefix list was not found.	The prefix list does not exist.
404	InvalidSecurityGroupId.NotFound	%s	The specified security group ID does not exist.
500	InternalError	The request processing has failed due to some unknown error.	An internal error has occurred. Try again later.

For a list of error codes, visit the Service error codes.

Change history

Change time	Summary of changes	Operation
2023-11-21	The Error code has changed	View Change Details
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2022-09-05	The Error code has changed	View Change Details
2022-07-13	API Description Update. The Error code has changed. The request parameters of the API has changed	View Change Details
2022-03-30	The Error code has changed	View Change Details