EC2 / Client / authorize_security_group_ingress

authorize_security_group_ingress#

EC2.Client.authorize_security_group_ingress(**kwargs)#

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.

Note

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.

See also: AWS API Documentation

Request Syntax

response = client.authorize_security_group_ingress(
    CidrIp='string',
    FromPort=123,
    GroupId='string',
    GroupName='string',
    IpPermissions=[
        {
            'FromPort': 123,
            'IpProtocol': 'string',
            'IpRanges': [
                {
                    'CidrIp': 'string',
                    'Description': 'string'
                },
            ],
            'Ipv6Ranges': [
                {
                    'CidrIpv6': 'string',
                    'Description': 'string'
                },
            ],
            'PrefixListIds': [
                {
                    'Description': 'string',
                    'PrefixListId': 'string'
                },
            ],
            'ToPort': 123,
            'UserIdGroupPairs': [
                {
                    'Description': 'string',
                    'GroupId': 'string',
                    'GroupName': 'string',
                    'PeeringStatus': 'string',
                    'UserId': 'string',
                    'VpcId': 'string',
                    'VpcPeeringConnectionId': 'string'
                },
            ]
        },
    ],
    IpProtocol='string',
    SourceSecurityGroupName='string',
    SourceSecurityGroupOwnerId='string',
    ToPort=123,
    DryRun=True|False,
    TagSpecifications=[
        {
            'ResourceType': 'capacity-reservation'|'client-vpn-endpoint'|'customer-gateway'|'carrier-gateway'|'coip-pool'|'dedicated-host'|'dhcp-options'|'egress-only-internet-gateway'|'elastic-ip'|'elastic-gpu'|'export-image-task'|'export-instance-task'|'fleet'|'fpga-image'|'host-reservation'|'image'|'import-image-task'|'import-snapshot-task'|'instance'|'instance-event-window'|'internet-gateway'|'ipam'|'ipam-pool'|'ipam-scope'|'ipv4pool-ec2'|'ipv6pool-ec2'|'key-pair'|'launch-template'|'local-gateway'|'local-gateway-route-table'|'local-gateway-virtual-interface'|'local-gateway-virtual-interface-group'|'local-gateway-route-table-vpc-association'|'local-gateway-route-table-virtual-interface-group-association'|'natgateway'|'network-acl'|'network-interface'|'network-insights-analysis'|'network-insights-path'|'network-insights-access-scope'|'network-insights-access-scope-analysis'|'placement-group'|'prefix-list'|'replace-root-volume-task'|'reserved-instances'|'route-table'|'security-group'|'security-group-rule'|'snapshot'|'spot-fleet-request'|'spot-instances-request'|'subnet'|'subnet-cidr-reservation'|'traffic-mirror-filter'|'traffic-mirror-session'|'traffic-mirror-target'|'transit-gateway'|'transit-gateway-attachment'|'transit-gateway-connect-peer'|'transit-gateway-multicast-domain'|'transit-gateway-policy-table'|'transit-gateway-route-table'|'transit-gateway-route-table-announcement'|'volume'|'vpc'|'vpc-endpoint'|'vpc-endpoint-connection'|'vpc-endpoint-service'|'vpc-endpoint-service-permission'|'vpc-peering-connection'|'vpn-connection'|'vpn-gateway'|'vpc-flow-log'|'capacity-reservation-fleet'|'traffic-mirror-filter-rule'|'vpc-endpoint-connection-device-type'|'verified-access-instance'|'verified-access-group'|'verified-access-endpoint'|'verified-access-policy'|'verified-access-trust-provider'|'vpn-connection-device-type'|'vpc-block-public-access-exclusion'|'ipam-resource-discovery'|'ipam-resource-discovery-association',
            'Tags': [
                {
                    'Key': 'string',
                    'Value': 'string'
                },
            ]
        },
    ]
)

Parameters:

CidrIp (string) –
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.
FromPort (integer) –
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.
GroupId (string) – 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.
GroupName (string) – [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.
IpPermissions (list) –
The sets of IP permissions.
- (dict) –
  
  Describes a set of permissions for a security group rule.
  - FromPort (integer) –
    
    If the protocol is TCP or UDP, this is the start of the port range. If the protocol is ICMP or ICMPv6, this is the type number. A value of -1 indicates all ICMP/ICMPv6 types. If you specify all ICMP/ICMPv6 types, you must specify all ICMP/ICMPv6 codes.
  - IpProtocol (string) –
    
    The IP protocol name ( tcp, udp, icmp, icmpv6) or number (see Protocol Numbers).
    
    [VPC only] Use -1 to specify all protocols. When authorizing security group rules, specifying -1 or a protocol number other than tcp, udp, icmp, or icmpv6 allows traffic on all ports, regardless of any port range you specify. For tcp, udp, and icmp, you must specify a port range. For icmpv6, the port range is optional; if you omit the port range, traffic for all types and codes is allowed.
  - IpRanges (list) –
    
    The IPv4 ranges.
    - (dict) –
      
      Describes an IPv4 range.
      - CidrIp (string) –
        
        The IPv4 CIDR range. You can either specify a CIDR range or a source security group, not both. To specify a single IPv4 address, use the /32 prefix length.
      - Description (string) –
        
        A description for the security group rule that references this IPv4 address range.
        
        Constraints: Up to 255 characters in length. Allowed characters are a-z, A-Z, 0-9, spaces, and ._-:/()#,@[]+=&;{}!$*
  - Ipv6Ranges (list) –
    
    [VPC only] The IPv6 ranges.
    - (dict) –
      
      [EC2-VPC only] Describes an IPv6 range.
      - CidrIpv6 (string) –
        
        The IPv6 CIDR range. You can either specify a CIDR range or a source security group, not both. To specify a single IPv6 address, use the /128 prefix length.
      - Description (string) –
        
        A description for the security group rule that references this IPv6 address range.
        
        Constraints: Up to 255 characters in length. Allowed characters are a-z, A-Z, 0-9, spaces, and ._-:/()#,@[]+=&;{}!$*
  - PrefixListIds (list) –
    
    [VPC only] The prefix list IDs.
    - (dict) –
      
      Describes a prefix list ID.
      - Description (string) –
        
        A description for the security group rule that references this prefix list ID.
        
        Constraints: Up to 255 characters in length. Allowed characters are a-z, A-Z, 0-9, spaces, and ._-:/()#,@[]+=;{}!$*
      - PrefixListId (string) –
        
        The ID of the prefix.
  - ToPort (integer) –
    
    If the protocol is TCP or UDP, this is the end of the port range. If the protocol is ICMP or ICMPv6, this is the code. A value of -1 indicates all ICMP/ICMPv6 codes. If you specify all ICMP/ICMPv6 types, you must specify all ICMP/ICMPv6 codes.
  - UserIdGroupPairs (list) –
    
    The security group and Amazon Web Services account ID pairs.
    - (dict) –
      
      Describes a security group and Amazon Web Services account ID pair.
      
      Note
      
      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.
      - Description (string) –
        
        A description for the security group rule that references this user ID group pair.
        
        Constraints: Up to 255 characters in length. Allowed characters are a-z, A-Z, 0-9, spaces, and ._-:/()#,@[]+=;{}!$*
      - GroupId (string) –
        
        The ID of the security group.
      - GroupName (string) –
        
        The name of the security group. In a request, use this parameter for a security group in EC2-Classic or a default VPC only. For a security group in a nondefault VPC, use the security group ID.
        
        For a referenced security group in another VPC, this value is not returned if the referenced security group is deleted.
      - PeeringStatus (string) –
        
        The status of a VPC peering connection, if applicable.
      - UserId (string) –
        
        The ID of an Amazon Web Services account.
        
        For a referenced security group in another VPC, the account ID of the referenced security group is returned in the response. If the referenced security group is deleted, this value is not returned.
        
        [EC2-Classic] Required when adding or removing rules that reference a security group in another Amazon Web Services account.
      - VpcId (string) –
        
        The ID of the VPC for the referenced security group, if applicable.
      - VpcPeeringConnectionId (string) –
        
        The ID of the VPC peering connection, if applicable.
IpProtocol (string) –
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.
SourceSecurityGroupName (string) – [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.
SourceSecurityGroupOwnerId (string) – [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.
ToPort (integer) –
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.
DryRun (boolean) – 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.
TagSpecifications (list) –
[VPC Only] The tags applied to the security group rule.
- (dict) –
  
  The tags to apply to a resource when the resource is being created. When you specify a tag, you must specify the resource type to tag, otherwise the request will fail.
  
  Note
  
  The Valid Values lists all the resource types that can be tagged. However, the action you’re using might not support tagging all of these resource types. If you try to tag a resource type that is unsupported for the action you’re using, you’ll get an error.
  - ResourceType (string) –
    
    The type of resource to tag on creation.
  - Tags (list) –
    
    The tags to apply to the resource.
    - (dict) –
      
      Describes a tag.
      - Key (string) –
        
        The key of the tag.
        
        Constraints: Tag keys are case-sensitive and accept a maximum of 127 Unicode characters. May not begin with aws:.
      - Value (string) –
        
        The value of the tag.
        
        Constraints: Tag values are case-sensitive and accept a maximum of 256 Unicode characters.

Return type:

dict

Returns:

Response Syntax

{
    'Return': True|False,
    'SecurityGroupRules': [
        {
            'SecurityGroupRuleId': 'string',
            'GroupId': 'string',
            'GroupOwnerId': 'string',
            'IsEgress': True|False,
            'IpProtocol': 'string',
            'FromPort': 123,
            'ToPort': 123,
            'CidrIpv4': 'string',
            'CidrIpv6': 'string',
            'PrefixListId': 'string',
            'ReferencedGroupInfo': {
                'GroupId': 'string',
                'PeeringStatus': 'string',
                'UserId': 'string',
                'VpcId': 'string',
                'VpcPeeringConnectionId': 'string'
            },
            'Description': 'string',
            'Tags': [
                {
                    'Key': 'string',
                    'Value': 'string'
                },
            ]
        },
    ]
}

Response Structure

(dict) –
- Return (boolean) –
  
  Returns true if the request succeeds; otherwise, returns an error.
- SecurityGroupRules (list) –
  
  Information about the inbound (ingress) security group rules that were added.
  - (dict) –
    
    Describes a security group rule.
    - SecurityGroupRuleId (string) –
      
      The ID of the security group rule.
    - GroupId (string) –
      
      The ID of the security group.
    - GroupOwnerId (string) –
      
      The ID of the Amazon Web Services account that owns the security group.
    - IsEgress (boolean) –
      
      Indicates whether the security group rule is an outbound rule.
    - IpProtocol (string) –
      
      The IP protocol name ( tcp, udp, icmp, icmpv6) or number (see Protocol Numbers).
      
      Use -1 to specify all protocols.
    - FromPort (integer) –
      
      If the protocol is TCP or UDP, this is the start of the port range. If the protocol is ICMP or ICMPv6, this is the type number. A value of -1 indicates all ICMP/ICMPv6 types. If you specify all ICMP/ICMPv6 types, you must specify all ICMP/ICMPv6 codes.
    - ToPort (integer) –
      
      If the protocol is TCP or UDP, this is the end of the port range. If the protocol is ICMP or ICMPv6, this is the type number. A value of -1 indicates all ICMP/ICMPv6 codes. If you specify all ICMP/ICMPv6 types, you must specify all ICMP/ICMPv6 codes.
    - CidrIpv4 (string) –
      
      The IPv4 CIDR range.
    - CidrIpv6 (string) –
      
      The IPv6 CIDR range.
    - PrefixListId (string) –
      
      The ID of the prefix list.
    - ReferencedGroupInfo (dict) –
      
      Describes the security group that is referenced in the rule.
      - GroupId (string) –
        
        The ID of the security group.
      - PeeringStatus (string) –
        
        The status of a VPC peering connection, if applicable.
      - UserId (string) –
        
        The Amazon Web Services account ID.
      - VpcId (string) –
        
        The ID of the VPC.
      - VpcPeeringConnectionId (string) –
        
        The ID of the VPC peering connection.
    - Description (string) –
      
      The security group rule description.
    - Tags (list) –
      
      The tags applied to the security group rule.
      - (dict) –
        
        Describes a tag.
        
        Key (string) –
        
        The key of the tag.
        
        Constraints: Tag keys are case-sensitive and accept a maximum of 127 Unicode characters. May not begin with aws:.
        
        Value (string) –
        
        The value of the tag.
        
        Constraints: Tag values are case-sensitive and accept a maximum of 256 Unicode characters.

Examples

This example enables inbound traffic on TCP port 22 (SSH). The rule includes a description to help you identify it later.

response = client.authorize_security_group_ingress(
    GroupId='sg-903004f8',
    IpPermissions=[
        {
            'FromPort': 22,
            'IpProtocol': 'tcp',
            'IpRanges': [
                {
                    'CidrIp': '203.0.113.0/24',
                    'Description': 'SSH access from the LA office',
                },
            ],
            'ToPort': 22,
        },
    ],
)

print(response)

Expected Output:

{
    'ResponseMetadata': {
        '...': '...',
    },
}

This example enables inbound traffic on TCP port 80 from the specified security group. The group must be in the same VPC or a peer VPC. Incoming traffic is allowed based on the private IP addresses of instances that are associated with the specified security group.

response = client.authorize_security_group_ingress(
    GroupId='sg-111aaa22',
    IpPermissions=[
        {
            'FromPort': 80,
            'IpProtocol': 'tcp',
            'ToPort': 80,
            'UserIdGroupPairs': [
                {
                    'Description': 'HTTP access from other instances',
                    'GroupId': 'sg-1a2b3c4d',
                },
            ],
        },
    ],
)

print(response)

Expected Output:

{
    'ResponseMetadata': {
        '...': '...',
    },
}

This example adds an inbound rule that allows RDP traffic from the specified IPv6 address range. The rule includes a description to help you identify it later.

response = client.authorize_security_group_ingress(
    GroupId='sg-123abc12 ',
    IpPermissions=[
        {
            'FromPort': 3389,
            'IpProtocol': 'tcp',
            'Ipv6Ranges': [
                {
                    'CidrIpv6': '2001:db8:1234:1a00::/64',
                    'Description': 'RDP access from the NY office',
                },
            ],
            'ToPort': 3389,
        },
    ],
)

print(response)

Expected Output:

{
    'ResponseMetadata': {
        '...': '...',
    },
}