You can call this operation to query whether a security group is referenced by other security groups.

Description

When you call this operation, take note of the following items:

  • Authorization for security groups includes authorization for inbound and outbound traffic.
  • A maximum of 100 authorization entries can be returned each time.
  • When you fail to delete a security group (DeleteSecurityGroup), you can call the DescribeSecurityGroupReferences operation to query whether the specified security group is referenced by other security groups. If the security group is referenced by other security groups, you must revoke the reference before the security group can be deleted.

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 DescribeSecurityGroupReferences

The operation that you want to perform. Set the value to DescribeSecurityGroupReferences.
RegionId String Yes cn-hangzhou

The region ID of the security group.
SecurityGroupId.N RepeatList Yes sg-bp14vtedjtobkvi****

The ID of security group N to be queried. Valid values of N: 1 to 10.

Response parameters

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

The ID of the request.
SecurityGroupReferences Array of SecurityGroupReference

Details about the security groups that reference the specified security group.
SecurityGroupReference
ReferencingSecurityGroups Array of ReferencingSecurityGroup

Details about the security groups that referenced by the specified security group.
ReferencingSecurityGroup
AliUid String 1234567890

The ID of the Alibaba Cloud account to which the security group belongs.
SecurityGroupId String sg-bp67acfmxazb4j****

The ID of the security group.
SecurityGroupId String sg-bp67acfmxazb4p****

The ID of the queried security group.

Examples

Sample requests

https://ecs.aliyuncs.com/?Action=DescribeSecurityGroupReferences
&RegionId=cn-hangzhou
&SecurityGroupId.1=sg-bp14vtedjtobkvi****
&<Common request parameters>

Sample success responses

XML format 

<DescribeSecurityGroupReferencesResponse>
      <RequestId>CEF72CEB-54B6-4AE8-B225-F876FF7BA984</RequestId>
      <SecurityGroupReferences>
          <SecurityGroupReference>
              <SecurityGroupId>sg-bp67acfmxazb4ph****</SecurityGroupId>
              <ReferencingSecurityGroups>
                  <ReferencingSecurityGroup>
                      <SecurityGroupId>sg-bp67acfmxazb4pi****</SecurityGroupId>
                      <AliUid>1234567890</AliUid>
                  </ReferencingSecurityGroup>
                  <ReferencingSecurityGroup>
                      <SecurityGroupId>sg-bp67acfmxazb4pj****</SecurityGroupId>
                      <AliUid>1234567890</AliUid>
                  </ReferencingSecurityGroup>
              </ReferencingSecurityGroups>
          </SecurityGroupReference>
      </SecurityGroupReferences>
</DescribeSecurityGroupReferencesResponse>

JSON format 

{
    "RequestId": "CEF72CEB-54B6-4AE8-B225-F876FF7BA984",
    "SecurityGroupReferences": [
        {
            "SecurityGroupId": "sg-bp67acfmxazb4ph****",
            "SecurityReferencingGroups": [
                {
                    "AliUid": "1234567890",
                    "SecurityGroupId": "sg-bp67acfmxazb4pi****"
                },
                {
                    "AliUid": "1234567890",
                    "SecurityGroupId": "sg-bp67acfmxazb4pj****"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}

Error codes

HTTP status code Error code Error message Description
400 InvalidSecurityGroupId.Malformed The specified parameter SecurityGroupId is essential and size should less than 10 The error message returned because the specified SecurityGroupId.N parameter must be specified and the value of N cannot exceed 10.
404 InvalidSecurityGroupId.NotFound The SecurityGroupId provided does not exist in our records. The error message returned because the specified security group does not exist under this account. Check whether the security group ID is correct.

For a list of error codes, visit the API Error Center.