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About The Security Groups Extension
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The Security Groups extension lets you view, create, and remove security groups for instances plus set rules for security groups using the OpenStack Compute API 1.1.
.. Are there any pre-requisites prior to using it such as special hardware or configuration?
To obtain current information the extensions available to you, issue an EXTENSION query on the OpenStack system where it is installed, such as http://mycloud.com/v1.1/tenant/extensions.
Security Groups Extension Overview
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Name
Security Groups
Namespace
http://docs.openstack.org/ext/securitygroups/api/v1.1
Alias
OPS-SCG
Contact
Tushar Patil <tushar.vitthal.patil@gmail.com>
Status
Released
Extension Version
v1.0 (2011-08-11)
Dependencies
Compute API 1.1
Doc Link (PDF)
http://
Doc Link (WADL)
http://
Short Description
This extension enables creation and listing of security groups.
Sample Query Responses
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As shown below, responses to an EXTENSION query in XML or JSON provide basic information about the extension.
Extension Query Response: XML::
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/xml
Content-Length: 3295
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 21:06:55 GMT
<extensions xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns="http://docs.openstack.org/compute/api/v1.1">
<extension name="SecurityGroups" namespace="http://docs.openstack.org/ext/securitygroups/api/v1.1" alias="security_groups" updated="2011-07-21T00:00:00+00:00"><description>Security group support</description></extension>
</extensions>
Extension Query Response: JSON::
{"extensions": [{"updated": "2011-07-21T00:00:00+00:00", "name": "SecurityGroups", "links": [], "namespace": "http://docs.openstack.org/ext/securitygroups/api/v1.1", "alias": "security_groups", "description": "Security group support"}]}
Document Change History
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Revision Date Summary of Changes
2011-09-16 Initial draft
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Summary of Changes
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This extension to the Compute API allows you to create, update, and delete security groups.
To support these new actions, the extension also issues new (faults, headers, resources, states, you name it.)
New Actions
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os-security-group
os-security-group-rules
Include the response codes, transitions if applicable, and XML and JSON examples.
New Faults
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None
New Headers
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None
New Resources
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None
New States
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None
Changes to the Cloud Servers Specification
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List the specific changes to the API. For example:
In section 4.1.1 (List Servers) of the Cloud Servers Specification: Examples 4.1 and 4.2 should be replaced with Example 2.7 and Example 2.8 below.
Provide examples in XML and JSON