Sets an inbound rule for a security group. This operation permits or declines the inbound traffic from other devices to instances in the security group.

Description

Inbound traffic describes the traffic received at the destination security group sent from some other source security group.

When you call this operation, note that:

  • A maximum of 100 inbound rules can be configured for one security group.
  • You can set the security group rule to either accept or drop.
  • The priority of a security group rule ranges from 1 to 100. A smaller value indicates a higher priority.
  • When two or more security group rules have the same priority, drop rules will take precedence over accept rules.
  • The source device can belong to a specified range of IP addresses (SourceCidrIp) or another security group (SourceGroupId).
  • You can determine an inbound rule by specifying one of the following sets of parameters. You cannot determine a security group rule by specifying only one parameter. The AuthorizeSecurityGroup operation fails if the rule being created matches an existing rule.
    • Grant access permissions to a specified range of IP addresses For a security group of the classic network type, you can set the NicType parameter to Internet or intranet. For a security group of the VPC type, you can only set the NicType parameter to intranet. You can specify the following set of parameters: IpProtocol, PortRange, SourcePortRange (optional), NicType, Policy, DestCidrIp, and SourceCidrIp (optional). 
      https://ecs.aliyuncs.com/?Action=AuthorizeSecurityGroup
&SecurityGroupId=sg-F876FF7BA
&SourceCidrIp=0.0.0.0/0
&IpProtocol=tcp
&PortRange=1/65535
&NicType=intranet
&Policy=allow
&<Common request parameters>
      • Grants access permissions to other security groups within the same region. In this case, you must set the NicType parameter to intranet. For mutual access between security groups of the classic network type, you can set the permission for another security group in the same region to access your security group. The security group granted access can belong to your own Alibaba Cloud account, or can belong to another Alibaba Cloud account specified by the SourceGroupOwnerAccount parameter. For mutual access between security groups of the VPC type, you can set the permission for another security group in the same VPC to access your security group. You can specify the following set of parameters: IpProtocol, PortRange, SourcePortRange (optional), NicType, Policy, DestCidrIp (optional), SourceGroupOwnerAccount, and SourceGroupId. 
        https://ecs.aliyuncs.com/?Action=AuthorizeSecurityGroup
&SecurityGroupId=sg-F876FF7BA
&SourceGroupId=sg-1651FBB64
&SourceGroupOwnerAccount=test@aliyun.com
&IpProtocol=tcp
&PortRange=1/65535
&NicType=intranet
&Policy=Drop
&<Common request parameters>
  • For more information about how to set a security group rule, see Scenarios, Typical use cases, and Quintet rules.

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Request parameters

Name Type Required Example Description
IpProtocol String Yes all

The transport layer protocol. This parameter is case-sensitive. Valid values:

  • tcp
  • udp
  • icmp
  • gre
  • all: All protocols are supported.
PortRange String Yes 1/200

The range of destination port numbers relevant to the transport layer protocol. Valid values:

  • When IpProtocol is set to tcp or udp, the port number range is 1 to 65535. Separate the starting port and the ending port with a forward slash (/). Correct example: 1/200. Incorrect example: 200/1.
  • When IpProtocol is set to icmp, the port number range is -1/-1, indicating that all values are valid.
  • When IpProtocol is set to gre, the port number range is -1/-1, indicating that all values are valid.
  • When IpProtocol is set to all, the port number range is -1/-1, indicating that all values are valid.
RegionId String Yes cn-hangzhou

The ID of the region to which the source security group belongs. You can call DescribeRegions to view the latest regions of Alibaba Cloud.

SecurityGroupId String Yes sg-securitygroupid1

The ID of the destination security group.

Action String No AuthorizeSecurityGroup

The operation that you want to perform. Set the value to AuthorizeSecurityGroup.

ClientToken String No 123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426655440000

A client token. It is used to ensure the idempotency of requests. The value of this parameter is generated by the client and is unique among different requests. The ClientToken parameter must be no more than 64 ASCII characters in length. For more information, see How to ensure idempotency.

Description String No FinanceJoshua

The description of the security group rule. The description can be up to 1 to 512 characters in length.

DestCidrIp String No 0.0.0.0/0

The destination CIDR block or IPv4 address. Default value: null.

Ipv6DestCidrIp String No 2001:db8:1234:1a00::XXX

The destination CIDR block or IPv6 address.

Note Only IP addresses of the VPC type can be specified.

Default value: null.
Ipv6SourceCidrIp String No 2001:db8:1234:1a00::XXX

The source CIDR block or IPv6 address.

Note Only IP addresses of the VPC type can be specified.

Default value: null.

NicType String No intranet

The NIC type. Valid values:

  • internet: Internet NIC
  • intranet: intranet NIC

This parameter must be set to intranet for mutual security group access where the SourceGroupId parameter is specified and the SourceCidrIp parameter is not. Default value: internet.

Policy String No accept

The access control policy. Valid values:

  • accept (default): grants access.
  • drop: denies access without returning a rejection response.
Priority String No 1

The priority of the security group rule. Valid values: 1 to 100. Default value: 1.

SourceCidrIp String No 0.0.0.0/0

The source CIDR block or IPv4 address. Default value: null.

SourceGroupId String No sg-securitygroupid2

The ID of the source security group for which you want to set access permissions. Either the SourceGroupId parameter or the SourceCidrIp parameter must be specified.

If the SourceGroupId parameter is specified, but the SourceCidrIp parameter is not, the NicType parameter must be set to intranet.

If both the SourceGroupId and SourceCidrIp parameters are set, the SourceCidrIp parameter will take precedence.

SourceGroupOwnerAccount String No test@aliyun.com

The Alibaba Cloud account of the source security group when you set security group rules for different accounts.

  • If neither the SourceGroupOwnerAccount parameter nor the SourceGroupOwnerId parameter is specified, the access permissions are granted to other security groups.
  • If the SourceCidrIp parameter is specified, the SourceGroupOwnerAccount parameter will be ignored.
SourceGroupOwnerId Long No 155780923770

The ID of the Alibaba account that owns the source security group. This parameter is used to grant access for the current security group to receive traffic from other Alibaba Cloud accounts.

  • If neither the SourceGroupOwnerId parameter nor the SourceGroupOwnerAccount parameter is specified, the access permissions are granted to other security groups.
  • If the SourceCidrIp parameter is specified, the SourceGroupOwnerId parameter will be ignored.
SourcePortRange String No 1/200

The range of source port numbers relevant to the transport layer protocol. Valid values:

  • When IpProtocol is set to tcp or udp, the port number range is 1 to 65535. Separate the starting port and the ending port with a forward slash (/). Correct example: 1/200. Incorrect example: 200/1.
  • When IpProtocol is set to icmp, the port number range is -1/-1, indicating that all values are valid.
  • When IpProtocol is set to gre, the port number range is -1/-1, indicating that all values are valid.
  • When IpProtocol is set to all, the port number range is -1/-1, indicating that all values are valid.

Response parameters

Name Type Example Description
RequestId String 473469C7-AA6F-4DC5-B3DB-A3DC0DE3C83E

The ID of the request.

Examples

Sample requests

https://ecs.aliyuncs.com/?Action=AuthorizeSecurityGroup
&SecurityGroupId=sg-F876FF7BA
&SourceCidrIp=0.0.0.0/0
&IpProtocol=tcp
&PortRange=1/65535
&NicType=intranet
&Policy=accept
&<Common request parameters>

Successful response examples

XML format 

<AuthorizeSecurityGroupResponse>
  <RequestId>CEF72CEB-54B6-4AE8-B225-F876FF7BA984</RequestId> 
</AuthorizeSecurityGroupResponse>

JSON format 

{
	"RequestId":"CEF72CEB-54B6-4AE8-B225-F876FF7BA984"
}

Error codes

HTTP status code Error code Error message Description
404 InvalidSecurityGroupId.NotFound The specified SecurityGroupId does not exist. The error message returned when the specified security group does not exist under this account. Check whether the security group ID is correct.
400 OperationDenied The specified IpProtocol does not exist or IpProtocol and PortRange do not match. The error message returned when the specified IP protocol does not exist or does not match the port range.
400 InvalidIpProtocol.Malformed The specified parameter PortRange is not valid. The error message returned when the specified value of the IpProtocol parameter is invalid.
403 MissingParameter The input parameter SourceGroupId or SourceCidrIp cannot be both blank. The error message returned when neither the SourceGroupId parameter nor the SourceCidrIp parameter is specified.
400 InvalidPolicy.Malformed The specified parameter Policy is not valid. The error message returned when the specified value of the Policy parameter is invalid.
400 InvalidNicType.Mismatch Specified nic type conflicts with the authorization record. The error message returned when the specified NIC type does not exist.
403 InvalidParamter.Conflict The specified SecurityGroupId should be different from the SourceGroupId. The error message returned when the specified security group is the same as the source security group.
400 InvalidPriority.Malformed The parameter Priority is invalid. The error message returned when the specified value of the Priority parameter is invalid.
400 InvalidPriority.ValueNotSupported The parameter Priority is invalid. The error message returned when the specified value of the Priority parameter is invalid.
403 InvalidNetworkType.Conflict The specified SecurityGroup network type should be same with SourceGroup network type (vpc or classic). The error message returned when the network type of the specified security group is different from that of the source group.
400 InvalidSecurityGroupDiscription.Malformed The specified security group rule description is not valid. The error message returned when the description of the specified security group 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 error message returned when the network types of the source security group and the destination security group are different.
400 MissingParameter.Source Either SourceCidrIp or SourceGroupId must be specified. The error message returned when neither the SourceGroupId parameter nor the SourceCidrIp parameter is specified.
400 InvalidParam.PortRange Please specify the PortRange or SourcePortRange in integer, less than 65535, and separate the range with ? /?. The error message returned when the specified value of the PortRange or SourcePortRange parameter is invalid.
400 InvalidIpProtocol.ValueNotSupported The parameter IpProtocol must be specified with case insensitive TCP, UDP, ICMP, GRE or All. The error message returned when the IpProtocol parameter is not set to tcp, udp, icmp, gre, or all.
400 InvalidParam.SourceIp %s The error message returned when the specified source IP address is invalid.
400 InvalidParam.DestIp %s The error message returned when the specified destination IP address is invalid.
400 InvalidParam.Ipv6DestCidrIp %s The error message returned when the destination IPv6 address is invalid.
400 InvalidParam.Ipv6SourceCidrIp %s The error message returned when the source IPv6 address is invalid.
400 InvalidParam.Ipv4ProtocolConflictWithIpv6Address %s The error message returned when IPv4 addresses conflict with IPv6 addresses.
400 InvalidParam.Ipv6ProtocolConflictWithIpv4Address %s The error message returned when IPv6 addresses conflict with IPv4 addresses.
400 ILLEGAL_IPV6_CIDR %s The error message returned when the specified IPv6 CIDR block is invalid.

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