POST /#Action=AuthorizeSecurityGroupIngress

Adds the specified inbound (ingress) rules to a security group.

An inbound rule permits instances to receive traffic from the specified IPv4 or IPv6 CIDR address range, or from the instances that are associated with the specified destination security groups. When specifying an inbound rule for your security group in a VPC, the IpPermissions must include a source for the traffic.

You specify a protocol for each rule (for example, TCP). For TCP and UDP, you must also specify the destination port or port range. For ICMP/ICMPv6, you must also specify the ICMP/ICMPv6 type and code. You can use -1 to mean all types or all codes.

Rule changes are propagated to instances within the security group as quickly as possible. However, a small delay might occur.

For more information about VPC security group quotas, see Amazon VPC quotas.

We are retiring EC2-Classic. We recommend that you migrate from EC2-Classic to a VPC. For more information, see Migrate from EC2-Classic to a VPC in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud User Guide.

Servers

Request headers

Name Type Required Description
X-Amz-Content-Sha256 String No
X-Amz-Credential String No
Content-Type String Yes The media type of the request body.

Default value: "text/xml"

X-Amz-Date String No
X-Amz-Algorithm String No
X-Amz-SignedHeaders String No
X-Amz-Security-Token String No
X-Amz-Signature String No

Query parameters

Name Type Required Description
Version String Yes

Possible values:

  • "2016-11-15"
Action String Yes

Possible values:

  • "AuthorizeSecurityGroupIngress"

Request body fields

Name Type Required Description
TagSpecifications[] Array No

[VPC Only] The tags applied to the security group rule.

IpProtocol String No

The IP protocol name (tcp, udp, icmp) or number (see Protocol Numbers). To specify icmpv6, use a set of IP permissions.

[VPC only] Use -1 to specify all protocols. If you specify -1 or a protocol other than tcp, udp, or icmp, traffic on all ports is allowed, regardless of any ports you specify.

Alternatively, use a set of IP permissions to specify multiple rules and a description for the rule.

IpPermissions[] Array No

The sets of IP permissions.

SourceSecurityGroupOwnerId String No

[nondefault VPC] The Amazon Web Services account ID for the source security group, if the source security group is in a different account. You can't specify this parameter in combination with the following parameters: the CIDR IP address range, the IP protocol, the start of the port range, and the end of the port range. Creates rules that grant full ICMP, UDP, and TCP access. To create a rule with a specific IP protocol and port range, use a set of IP permissions instead.

GroupName String No

[EC2-Classic, default VPC] The name of the security group. You must specify either the security group ID or the security group name in the request. For security groups in a nondefault VPC, you must specify the security group ID.

FromPort Integer No

If the protocol is TCP or UDP, this is the start of the port range. If the protocol is ICMP, this is the type number. A value of -1 indicates all ICMP types. If you specify all ICMP types, you must specify all ICMP codes.

Alternatively, use a set of IP permissions to specify multiple rules and a description for the rule.

ToPort Integer No

If the protocol is TCP or UDP, this is the end of the port range. If the protocol is ICMP, this is the code. A value of -1 indicates all ICMP codes. If you specify all ICMP types, you must specify all ICMP codes.

Alternatively, use a set of IP permissions to specify multiple rules and a description for the rule.

GroupId String No

The ID of the security group. You must specify either the security group ID or the security group name in the request. For security groups in a nondefault VPC, you must specify the security group ID.

CidrIp String No

The IPv4 address range, in CIDR format. You can't specify this parameter when specifying a source security group. To specify an IPv6 address range, use a set of IP permissions.

Alternatively, use a set of IP permissions to specify multiple rules and a description for the rule.

DryRun Boolean No

Checks whether you have the required permissions for the action, without actually making the request, and provides an error response. If you have the required permissions, the error response is DryRunOperation. Otherwise, it is UnauthorizedOperation.

SourceSecurityGroupName String No

[EC2-Classic, default VPC] The name of the source security group. You can't specify this parameter in combination with the following parameters: the CIDR IP address range, the start of the port range, the IP protocol, and the end of the port range. Creates rules that grant full ICMP, UDP, and TCP access. To create a rule with a specific IP protocol and port range, use a set of IP permissions instead. For EC2-VPC, the source security group must be in the same VPC.

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