You can call this operation to modify the description of inbound rules of a security group. You can modify only the description by calling this operation. If you need to modify the policy, port range, and authorized objects of a security group, log on to the ECS console.

Description

In the security group-related API documents, inbound traffic refers to the traffic that is sent by the source device and received at the destination device.

You can determine an inbound 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 grant access permissions to specified CIDR blocks: IpProtocol, PortRange, SourcePortRange (optional), NicType, Policy, DestCidrIp, and SourceCidrIp (optional).
  • Parameters used to grant access permissions to other security groups: IpProtocol, PortRange, SourcePortRange (optional), NicType, Policy, DestCidrIp (optional), DestGroupOwnerAccount, and DestGroupId.

Debugging

OpenAPI Explorer automatically calculates the signature value. For your convenience, we recommend that you call this operation in OpenAPI Explorer. OpenAPI Explorer dynamically generates the sample code of the operation for different SDKs.

Request parameters

Parameter Type Required Example Description
Action String Yes ModifySecurityGroupRule

The operation that you want to perform. Set the value to ModifySecurityGroupRule.
IpProtocol String Yes all

The transport layer protocol. The value is case-insensitive. Valid values:

  • icmp
  • gre
  • tcp
  • udp
  • all: All protocols are supported.
PortRange String Yes 80/80

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

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

The ID of the region to which the destination security group belongs. You can call the DescribeRegions operation to query the most recent region list.

SecurityGroupId String Yes sg-bp67acfmxazb4p****

The ID of the destination security group.
SourceGroupId String No sg-bp67acfmxazb4p****

The ID of the source security group to which you want to grant access permissions. You must specify at least one of the SourceGroupId and SourceCidrIp parameters.

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 specified, the SourceCidrIp parameter will take precedence.

SourceGroupOwnerId Long No 12345678910

The ID of the Alibaba Cloud account that manages the source security group when you set a security group rule across accounts.

  • If neither the SourceGroupOwnerId parameter nor the SourceGroupOwnerAccount parameter is specified, the access permissions are configured for another security group managed by your account.
  • If the SourceCidrIp parameter is specified, the SourceGroupOwnerId parameter is ignored.
SourceGroupOwnerAccount String No EcsforCloud@Alibaba.com

The Alibaba Cloud account that manages the source security group when you set a security group rule across accounts.

  • If neither SourceGroupOwnerId nor SourceGroupOwnerAccount is specified, access permissions are configured for another security group managed by your account.
  • If SourceCidrIp is specified, the SourceGroupOwnerAccount parameter is ignored.
SourceCidrIp String No 10.0.0.0/8

The range of source IP addresses. CIDR blocks and IPv4 addresses are supported.

Default value: 0.0.0.0/0.
Ipv6SourceCidrIp String No 2001:db8:1233:1a00::***

The range of source IPv6 addresses. CIDR blocks and IPv6 addresses are supported.

Note You can only specify the IP addresses of instances in VPCs.

This parameter is empty by default.
SourcePortRange String No 80/80

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

  • When the IpProtocol parameter is set to tcp or udp, the port number range is 1 to 65535. Separate the start port and the end port with a forward slash (/). Correct example: 1/200. Incorrect example: 200/1.
  • When the IpProtocol parameter is set to icmp, the port number range is -1/-1, indicating that all ports are available.
  • When the IpProtocol parameter is set to gre, the port number range is -1/-1, indicating that all ports are available.
  • When IpProtocol is set to all, the port number range is -1/-1, indicating that all ports are available.
DestCidrIp String No 10.0.0.0/8

The range of destination IP addresses. CIDR blocks and IPv4 addresses are supported.

Default value: 0.0.0.0/0.
Ipv6DestCidrIp String No 2001:db8:1234:1a00::***

The range of destination IPv6 addresses. CIDR blocks and IPv6 addresses are supported.

Note You can only specify the IP addresses of instances in VPCs.

This parameter is empty by default.
Policy String No accept

The access control policy. Valid values:

  • accept: grants access.
  • drop: denies access without returning a rejection response.

Default value: accept.
Priority String No 1

The priority of security group rules. Valid values: 1 to 100.

Default value: 1.
NicType String No intranet

The NIC type of security groups in the classic network. Valid values:

  • internet
  • intranet

Default value: internet.

The NicType parameter can only be set to intranet in the following cases:

  • If the security group is in a VPC, this parameter is required to be intranet.
  • If DestGroupId is specified but DestCidrIp is not, NicType must be set to intranet.
ClientToken String No 123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426655440000

The client token that is used to ensure the idempotence of the request. You can use the client to generate the value, but you must ensure that it is unique among different requests. The ClientToken value can only contain ASCII characters and cannot exceed 64 characters in length. For more information, see How to ensure idempotence.

Description String No This is a new security group rule.

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

Response parameters

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

The ID of the request.

Examples

Sample requests

https://ecs.aliyuncs.com/?Action=ModifySecurityGroupRule
&SecurityGroupId=sg-bp67acfmxazb4p****
&SourceGroupId=sg-bp67acfmxazb4p****
&SourceGroupOwnerAccount=EcsforCloud@Alibaba.com
&IpProtocol=all
&PortRange=80/80
&Policy=accept
&Description=This is a new security group rule.
&<Common request parameters>

Sample success responses

XML format 

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

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 because the specified security group does not exist under this account. Check whether the security group ID is correct.
404 InvalidSourceGroupId.NotFound The SourceGroupId provided does not exist in our records. The error message returned because the specified SourceGroupId parameter does not exist.
400 OperationDenied The specified IpProtocol does not exist or IpProtocol and PortRange do not match. The error message returned because the specified IpProtocol parameter does not exist or does not match the specified PortRange parameter.
400 InvalidIpProtocol.Malformed The specified parameter "PortRange" is not valid. The error message returned because the specified IpProtocol parameter is invalid.
403 InvalidSourceGroupId.Mismatch NicType is required or NicType expects intrnet. The error message returned because the NicType parameter is not specified or is not set to intranet.
400 InvalidSourceCidrIp.Malformed The specified parameter "SourceCidrIp" is not valid. The error message returned because the specified SourceCidrIp parameter is invalid.
403 MissingParameter The input parameter "SourceGroupId" or "SourceCidrIp" cannot be both blank. The error message returned because the SourceGroupId and SourceCidrIp parameters cannot be empty at the same time.
400 InvalidPolicy.Malformed The specified parameter "Policy" is not valid. The error message returned because the specified Policy parameter is invalid.
400 InvalidNicType.ValueNotSupported The specified NicType does not exist. The error message returned because the specified NicType parameter does not exist.
400 InvalidNicType.Mismatch Specified nic type conflicts with the authorization record. The error message returned because the specified NIC type conflicts with the authorization record.
403 AuthorizationLimitExceed The limit of authorization records in the security group reaches. The error message returned because the maximum number of authorized security group rules has been reached. Check whether your authorization policy is valid.
403 InvalidParamter.Conflict The specified SecurityGroupId should be different from the SourceGroupId. The error message returned because the specified security group is the same as the source security group.
400 InvalidSourceGroupId.Mismatch Specified security group and source group are not in the same VPC. The error message returned because the specified security group and the source security group do not belong to the same VPC.
400 InvalidSourceGroup.NotFound Specified source security group does not exist. The error message returned because the specified SourceGroupId parameter does not exist.
400 VPCDisabled Can't use the SecurityGroup in VPC. The error message returned because the current VPC does not support security groups.
400 InvalidPriority.Malformed The parameter Priority is invalid. The error message returned because the specified Priority parameter is invalid.
400 InvalidPriority.ValueNotSupported The parameter Priority is invalid. The error message returned because the specified Priority parameter is invalid.
500 InternalError The request processing has failed due to some unknown error. The error message returned because an internal error has occurred. Try again later. If the problem persists, submit a ticket.
403 InvalidNetworkType.Mismatch The specified SecurityGroup network type should be same with SourceGroup network type (vpc or classic). The error message returned because 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 because the description of the specified security group rule is invalid.
404 SecurityGroupRule.NotFound The target security group rule not exist. The error message returned because the specified security group rule do not exist.
400 MissingParameter.Source Either SourceCidrIp or SourceGroupId must be specified. The error message returned because the SourceCidrIp and SourceGroupId parameters cannot be empty at the same time.
400 InvalidIpProtocol.ValueNotSupported The parameter IpProtocol must be specified with case insensitive TCP, UDP, ICMP, GRE or All. The error message returned because the IpProtocol parameter is not set to tcp, udp, icmp, gre, or all.
400 InvalidParam.SourceIp %s The error message returned because the specified SourceCidrIp parameter is invalid.
400 InvalidParam.DestIp %s The error message returned because the specified DesCidrIp parameter is invalid.
400 InvalidParam.Ipv6DestCidrIp %s The error message returned because the specified Ipv6DestCidrIp parameter is invalid.
400 InvalidParam.Ipv6SourceCidrIp %s The error message returned because the specified Ipv6SourceCidrIp parameter is invalid.
400 InvalidParam.Ipv4ProtocolConflictWithIpv6Address %s The error message returned because the specified parameter is invalid. Check whether you have entered an IPv6 address under an IPv4 protocol by mistake.
400 InvalidParam.Ipv6ProtocolConflictWithIpv4Address %s The error message returned because the specified parameter is invalid. Check whether you have entered an IPv4 address under an IPv6 protocol by mistake.
400 ILLEGAL_IPV6_CIDR %s The error message returned because the specified IPv6 address is invalid.
400 InvalidSourcePortRange.Malformed The specified parameter "SourcePortRange" is not valid. The error message returned because the specified SourcePortRange parameter is invalid.
400 InvalidSecurityGroupId.Malformed The specified parameter "SecurityGroupId" is not valid. The error message returned because the specified SecurityGroupId parameter is invalid.

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