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Create Security Group operation

The Create Security Group operation enables you to create a new security group. The security group name must be unique for each Amazon EC2 account.

The following figure shows the sample <items> XML element for the Create Security Group operation. 

Sample <items> XML element for the Create Security Group operation

 <items>
   <item>
       <parameters>
           <group-name></group-name>
       <group-description></group-description>
       </parameters>
   </item>
</items>

The following table shows the adapter request elements for this request. 

Adapter request elements for the Create Security Group operation

Element

Definition

Required

<wsdl-location>

Specifies the target Web Service Description Language (WSDL) URL for Amazon EC2

Examples:

Conditional:

  • Required if not specified in the request
  • If specified in the configuration and request, the value in the request overrides the value in the configuration
<endpoint-address>

Specifies the web service endpoint for the adapter to use while performing operations on Amazon EC2 instances across different regions
Default value: US East region: http://us-east-1.ec2.amazonaws.com/

No

<signature-properties>

Specifies the mode for signing the adapter request

Conditional:

  • Required if not specified in the configuration
  • If <signature-properties mode = "key-files">, requires <private-key-file>
     and <certificate-file>
  • If <signature-properties mode = "key-data">, requires <private-key-data> and <certificate-data>
<operation-name>

Contains the name of the operation: create-security-group

Yes

<group-name>

Specifies the name of the security group

Valid values: alphanumeric characters, spaces, dashes, underscores

Yes

<group-description>

Specifies the description for the security group

Valid values: alphanumeric characters, spaces, dashes, underscores

Yes

The following figure shows a sample adapter request for the Create Security Group operation. 

Sample adapter request for the Create Security Group operation

<amazon-ec2-request>
   <wsdl-location>http://ec2.amazonaws.com/doc/2009-11-30/</wsdl-location>
   <endpoint-address>http://us-east-1.ec2.amazonaws.com/</endpoint-address>
   <signature-properties mode = "key-files">
       <private-key-file>C:\Security\
pk-MJ5GIUNLM2XJ3VRJSYTKOFDWILELDQHB.PEM</private-key-file>
       <certificate-file>C:\Security\
cert-MJ5GIUNLM2XJ3VRJSYTKOFDWILELDQHB.PEM</certificate-file>
   </signature-properties>
   <operation-name>create-security-group</operation-name>
   <parameters>
       <group-name>TestAPISecurityGroup</group-name>
       <group-description>Test API SecurityGroup</group-description>
   </parameters>
</amazon-ec2-request>

The following figure shows the sample adapter response for the Create Security Group operation. 

Sample adapter response for the Create Security Group operation

<amazon-ec2-response>
   <metadata>
       <status>success</status>
   </metadata>
   <CreateSecurityGroupResponse>
       <requestId>dedeb30e-93f0-4ad6-9071-1a92b07c06bc</requestId>
       <return>true</return>
   </CreateSecurityGroupResponse>
</amazon-ec2-response>

 

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