Create and Delete Security Group

Create Security Group

Web Interface

1.	In Web Interface(https://openstack.stfc.ac.uk/) go to `Network->Security Groups`,
2.	Click `CREATE SECURITY GROUP`
3.	Give it a name and optionally a description and click `CREATE SECURITY GROUP`
4.	See Security Group Rule Management for how to edit the security group rules.

Command-Line

Run

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

Example

$ openstack security group create test-tutor
+-----------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Field           | Value                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
+-----------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| created_at      | 2021-12-06T12:29:10Z                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| description     | test-tutor                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| id              | e9c8ffad-2b5c-4a47-9887-9dc0ebffa8b5                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| location        | Munch({'cloud': '', 'region_name': 'RegionOne', 'zone': None, 'project': Munch({'id': '80ab2bd11e5f46bf96bf47658d07499d', 'domain_id': '38372510d9bb4ac7916178b062d387de', 'domain_name': None})}) |
| name            | test-tutor                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| project_id      | 80ab2bd11e5f46bf96bf47658d07499d                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| revision_number | 1                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| rules           | created_at='2021-12-06T12:29:10Z', direction='egress', ethertype='IPv4', id='d23c7234-8f83-4307-84df-519aad87aa8c', updated_at='2021-12-06T12:29:10Z'                                                                               |
|                 | created_at='2021-12-06T12:29:10Z', direction='egress', ethertype='IPv6', id='fc47d981-2368-403b-82bd-9ce6cdd9aa0d', updated_at='2021-12-06T12:29:10Z'                                                                               |
| stateful        | None                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| tags            | []                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| updated_at      | 2021-12-06T12:29:10Z                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
+-----------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

Deleting Security Group

Web Interface

1.	In Web Interface `Network->Security Groups`, select the Security Groups you wish to delete
2.	Select the security groups that you wish to delete and click `DELETE SECURITY GROUPS`
3.	Confirm by clicking `DELETE SECURITY GROUPS`

Command-Line

Find the security group ID with openstack server list

$ openstack security group list
+--------------------------------------+---------------------+----------------------------------------------+----------------------------------+------+
| ID                                   | Name                | Description                                  | Project                          | Tags |
+--------------------------------------+---------------------+----------------------------------------------+----------------------------------+------+
| d20fd393-8193-4068-a181-cf4861f112f7 | 1-group-to-delete   |                                              | 80ab2bd11e5f46bf96bf47658d07499d | []   |
+--------------------------------------+---------------------+----------------------------------------------+----------------------------------+------+

Run

openstack security group delete <security-group-id>

Example

$ openstack security group delete d20fd393-8193-4068-a181-cf4861f112f7