DescribeSecurityGroups - API Reference| Alibaba Cloud Documentation Center

Description

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

Basic information of security groups includes their IDs and descriptions. In the response, security groups are displayed in descending order of their IDs.
We recommend that you use the NextToken and MaxResults parameters for a paged query. During a paged query, when you call the DescribeSecurityGroups operation to retrieve the first page of results, set MaxResults to specify the maximum number of entries to return in the call. The return value of NextToken is a pagination token, which can be used in the next call to retrieve a new page of results. When you call the DescribeSecurityGroups operation to retrieve a new page of results, set NextToken to the NextToken value returned in the previous call and set MaxResults to specify the maximum number of entries to return in this call. If the return value of NextToken is empty, the current page of results is the last page and no more results are to be returned.
When you use Alibaba Cloud CLI to call an API operation, you must specify request parameter values of different data types in required formats. For more information, see Parameter format overview.

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	DescribeSecurityGroups	The operation that you want to perform. Set the value to DescribeSecurityGroups.
RegionId	String	Yes	cn-hangzhou	The region ID of the security group. You can call the DescribeRegions operation to query the most recent region list.
VpcId	String	No	vpc-bp67acfmxazb4p****	The ID of the virtual private cloud (VPC) to which the security group belongs.
PageNumber	Integer	No	1	The number of the page to return. Pages start from page 1. Default value: 1. Note This parameter will be removed in the future. We recommend that you use the NextToken and MaxResults parameters for a paged query.
PageSize	Integer	No	10	The number of entries to return on each page. Maximum value: 50. Default value: 10. Note This parameter will be removed in the future. We recommend that you use the NextToken and MaxResults parameters for a paged query.
SecurityGroupIds	String	No	["sg-bp67acfmxazb4p**", "sg-bp67acfmxazb4p", "sg-bp67acfmxazb4p**",....]	The IDs of security groups. The value is a JSON array that consists of up to 100 security group IDs. Separate multiple security group IDs with commas (,).
ResourceGroupId	String	No	rg-bp67acfmxazb4p****	The ID of the resource group to which the security group belongs. When this parameter is specified to query resources, up to 1,000 resources that belong to the specified resource group can be displayed in the response.
NetworkType	String	No	vpc	The network type of the security group. Valid values: vpc classic
SecurityGroupId	String	No	sg-bp67acfmxazb4p****	The ID of the security group.
SecurityGroupName	String	No	SGTestName	The name of the security group.
SecurityGroupType	String	No	normal	The type of the security group. Valid values: normal: basic security group enterprise: advanced security group Note If you do not specify this parameter, both basic and advanced security groups are queried.
DryRun	Boolean	No	false	Specifies whether to check the validity of the request without actually making the request. Valid values: true: The validity of the request is checked but the request is not made. Check items include whether your AccessKey pair is valid, whether RAM users are granted permissions, and whether the required parameters are specified. If the check fails, the corresponding error message is returned. If the check succeeds, the DryRunOperation error code is returned. false: The validity of the request is checked. If the check succeeds, a 2XX HTTP status code is returned, and the request is made. Default value: false.
NextToken	String	No	e71d8a535bd9cc11	The query token. Set the value to the NextToken value returned in the previous call to the DescribeSecurityGroups operation. Leave this parameter empty the first time you call this operation.
MaxResults	Integer	No	10	The maximum number of entries to return on each page. If you specify the MaxResults parameter, both the `MaxResults` and `NextToken` parameters are used for a paged query. Maximum value: 100. Default value: 10.
Tag.N.key	String	No	testkey	The key of tag N of the security group. Note This parameter will be removed in the future. We recommend that you use the Tag.N.Key parameter to ensure future compatibility.
Tag.N.Key	String	No	TestKey	The key of tag N of the security group. Valid values of N: 1 to 20. If a single tag is specified to query resources, up to 1,000 resources that have this tag added can be displayed in the response. If multiple tags are specified to query resources, up to 1,000 resources that have all these tags added can be displayed in the response. To query more than 1,000 resources that have specified tags added, call the ListTagResources operation.
Tag.N.Value	String	No	TestValue	The value of tag N of the security group. Valid values of N: 1 to 20.
Tag.N.value	String	No	testvalue	The value of tag N of the security group. Note This parameter will be removed in the future. We recommend that you use the Tag.N.Value parameter to ensure future compatibility.

Response parameters


Parameter	Type	Example	Description
PageSize	Integer	10	The number of entries returned per page. Note This parameter will be removed in the future. We recommend that you use the NextToken and MaxResults parameters for a paged query.
PageNumber	Integer	1	The page number of the returned page. Note This parameter will be removed in the future. We recommend that you use the NextToken and MaxResults parameters for a paged query.
RequestId	String	473469C7-AA6F-4DC5-B3DB-A3DC0DE3C83E	The ID of the request.
TotalCount	Integer	20	The total number of security groups. If the `MaxResults` and `NextToken` parameters are specified in the request, the value of this parameter is not returned.
RegionId	String	cn-hangzhou	The region ID of the security group.
SecurityGroups	Array of SecurityGroup		Details about the security groups.
SecurityGroup
CreationTime	String	2021-08-31T03:12:29Z	The time when the security group was created. The time follows the ISO 8601 standard in the yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ssZ format. The time is displayed in UTC.
VpcId	String	vpc-bp67acfmxazb4p****	The ID of the VPC to which the security group belongs.
ServiceManaged	Boolean	false	Indicates whether the user is an Alibaba Cloud service or a distributor.
Description	String	TestDescription	The description of the security group.
SecurityGroupId	String	sg-bp67acfmxazb4p****	The ID of the security group.
ResourceGroupId	String	rg-bp67acfmxazb4p****	The ID of the resource group to which the security group belongs.
SecurityGroupName	String	SGTestName	The name of the security group.
EcsCount	Integer	0	Note This parameter is in invitational preview and unavailable.
ServiceID	Long	12345678910	The ID of the distributor to which the security group belongs.
SecurityGroupType	String	normal	The type of the security group. Valid values: normal: basic security group enterprise: advanced security group
AvailableInstanceAmount	Integer	0	Note This parameter is in invitational preview and unavailable.
Tags	Array of Tag		The tags of the security group.
Tag
TagValue	String	TestValue	The tag value of the security group.
TagKey	String	TestKey	The tag key of the security group.
NextToken	String	e71d8a535bd9cc11	The query token returned in this call. If the return value of this parameter is empty when MaxResults and NextToken are used for a paged query, no more results are to be returned.

Examples

Sample requests

https://ecs.aliyuncs.com/?Action=DescribeSecurityGroups
&RegionId=cn-hangzhou
&MaxResults=1
&<Common request parameters>

Sample success responses

XML format

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type:application/xml

<DescribeSecurityGroupsResponse>
    <SecurityGroups>
        <SecurityGroup>
            <Description>TestDescription</Description>
            <VpcId>vpc-bp67acfmxazb4p****</VpcId>
            <ServiceManaged>false</ServiceManaged>
            <SecurityGroupName>SGTestName</SecurityGroupName>
            <ResourceGroupId>rg-bp67acfmxazb4p****</ResourceGroupId>
            <SecurityGroupId>sg-bp67acfmxazb4p****</SecurityGroupId>
            <CreationTime>2021-08-31T03:12:29Z</CreationTime>
            <SecurityGroupType>normal</SecurityGroupType>
            <Tags>
                <Tag>
                    <TagKey>TestValue</TagKey>
                    <TagValue>TestValue</TagValue>
                </Tag>
            </Tags>
        </SecurityGroup>
    </SecurityGroups>
    <RequestId>473469C7-AA6F-4DC5-B3DB-A3DC0DE3C83E</RequestId>
    <NextToken>e71d8a535bd9cc11</NextToken>
    <RegionId>cn-hangzhou</RegionId>
</DescribeSecurityGroupsResponse>

JSON format

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type:application/json

{
  "SecurityGroups" : {
    "SecurityGroup" : [ {
      "Description" : "TestDescription",
      "VpcId" : "vpc-bp67acfmxazb4p****",
      "ServiceManaged" : false,
      "SecurityGroupName" : "SGTestName",
      "ResourceGroupId" : "rg-bp67acfmxazb4p****",
      "SecurityGroupId" : "sg-bp67acfmxazb4p****",
      "CreationTime" : "2021-08-31T03:12:29Z",
      "SecurityGroupType" : "normal",
      "Tags" : {
        "Tag" : [ {
          "TagKey" : "TestValue",
          "TagValue" : "TestValue"
        } ]
      }
    } ]
  },
  "RequestId" : "473469C7-AA6F-4DC5-B3DB-A3DC0DE3C83E",
  "NextToken" : "e71d8a535bd9cc11",
  "RegionId" : "cn-hangzhou"
}

Error codes


HTTP status code	Error code	Error message	Description
400	NotSupported.PageNumberAndPageSize	The parameters PageNumber and PageSize are currently not supported, please use NextToken and MaxResults instead.	The error message returned because the PageNumber and PageSize parameters are not available. Use the NextToken and MaxResults parameters instead.
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 error persists, submit a ticket.

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