security group

A security group acts as a virtual firewall for servers and other resources on a network. It is a container for security group rules which specify the network access rules.

Compute v2, Network v2

security group create

Create a new security group

openstack security group create
    [--description <description>]
    [--project <project> [--project-domain <project-domain>]]
    <name>

--description <description>

Security group description

--project <project>

Owner’s project (name or ID)

Network version 2 only

--project-domain <project-domain>

Domain the project belongs to (name or ID). This can be used in case collisions between project names exist.

Network version 2 only

<name>

New security group name

security group delete

Delete security group(s)

openstack security group delete
    <group> [<group> ...]

<group>

Security group(s) to delete (name or ID)

security group list

List security groups

openstack security group list
    [--all-projects]
    [--project <project> [--project-domain <project-domain>]]

--all-projects

Display information from all projects (admin only)

Network version 2 ignores this option and will always display information for all projects (admin only).

--project <project>

List security groups according to the project (name or ID)

Network version 2 only

--project-domain <project-domain>

Domain the project belongs to (name or ID). This can be used in case collisions between project names exist.

Network version 2 only

security group set

Set security group properties

openstack security group set
    [--name <new-name>]
    [--description <description>]
    <group>

--name <new-name>

New security group name

--description <description>

New security group description

<group>

Security group to modify (name or ID)

security group show

Display security group details

openstack security group show
    <group>

<group>

Security group to display (name or ID)