website/docs/r/security_group.html.markdown

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layout: "cloudstack"
page_title: "CloudStack: cloudstack_security_group"
sidebar_current: "docs-cloudstack-resource-security-group"
description: |-
  Creates a security group.
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# cloudstack_security_group

Creates a security group.

## Example Usage

```hcl
resource "cloudstack_security_group" "default" {
  name        = "allow_web"
  description = "Allow access to HTTP and HTTPS"
}
```

## Argument Reference

The following arguments are supported:

* `name` - (Required) The name of the security group. Changing this forces a
    new resource to be created.

* `description` - (Optional) The description of the security group. Changing
    this forces a new resource to be created.

* `project` - (Optional) The name or ID of the project to create this security
    group in. Changing this forces a new resource to be created.

## Attributes Reference

The following attributes are exported:

* `id` - The ID of the security group.

## Import

Security groups can be imported; use `<SECURITY GROUP ID>` as the import ID. For
example:

```shell
terraform import cloudstack_security_group.default e54970f1-f563-46dd-a365-2b2e9b78c54b
```

When importing into a project you need to prefix the import ID with the project name:

```shell
terraform import cloudstack_security_group.default my-project/e54970f1-f563-46dd-a365-2b2e9b78c54b
```