Create a Security Group

Creates a security group within the data center. This will allow you to define which IP addresses and networks have access to your servers.

post

Authorizations

AuthorizationstringRequired

You will need to base64 encode the string containing your credentials.

Note:

Basic Authentication is supported only when 2-Factor Authentication is not configured.
Users with 2-Factor Authentication activated must generate new 2FA-secured tokens in the DCD using [Token Manager](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/set-up-ionos-cloud/management/identity-access-management/token-manager). These tokens do not inherit the 2FA-secured property by default.
Token deletion is only possible using the Token Manager.

Separate your username and password with a colon, i.e., username:password and send it as 'Authorization' request header. More details: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_access_authentication

Path parameters

datacenterIdstringRequired

The unique ID of the data center.

Query parameters

prettybooleanOptional

Controls whether the response is pretty-printed (with indentations and new lines).

Default: true

depthinteger · int32 · max: 10Optional

Controls the detail depth of the response objects. GET /datacenters/[ID]

depth=0: Only direct properties are included; children (servers and other elements) are not included.
depth=1: Direct properties and children references are included.
depth=2: Direct properties and children properties are included.
depth=3: Direct properties and children properties and children's children are included.
depth=... and so on

Default: 0

Body

Responses

202

Accepted. The request has been accepted for processing.

application/json

default

Any erroneous status code:

400 (parse error), 401 (auth error), 402 (trial access), 403 (insufficient privileges), 404 (not found), 405 (unsupported HTTP method), 415 (unsupported content type), 422 (validation error), 429 (request rate limit exceeded), 500 (server error), or 503 (maintenance).

application/json

post/datacenters/{datacenterId}/securitygroups

POST /cloudapi/v6/datacenters/{datacenterId}/securitygroups HTTP/1.1
Host: api.ionos.com
Authorization: Basic username:password
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: */*
Content-Length: 168

{
  "properties": {
    "name": "My security group",
    "description": "My security group description"
  },
  "entities": {
    "rules": {
      "type": "collection",
      "offset": 0,
      "limit": 1000,
      "_links": {}
    }
  }
}

{
  "id": "15f67991-0f51-4efc-a8ad-ef1fb31a480c",
  "type": "security-group",
  "href": "<RESOURCE-URI>",
  "metadata": {
    "etag": "45480eb3fbfc31f1d916c1eaa4abdcc3",
    "createdDate": "2015-12-04T14:34:09.809Z",
    "createdBy": "user@example.com",
    "createdByUserId": "user@example.com",
    "lastModifiedDate": "2015-12-04T14:34:09.809Z",
    "lastModifiedBy": "user@example.com",
    "lastModifiedByUserId": "63cef532-26fe-4a64-a4e0-de7c8a506c90",
    "state": "AVAILABLE"
  },
  "properties": {
    "name": "My security group",
    "description": "My security group description"
  },
  "entities": {
    "rules": {
      "id": "15f67991-0f51-4efc-a8ad-ef1fb31a480c",
      "type": "collection",
      "href": "<RESOURCE-URI>",
      "items": [
        {
          "id": "15f67991-0f51-4efc-a8ad-ef1fb31a480c",
          "type": "firewall-rule",
          "href": "<RESOURCE-URI>",
          "metadata": {
            "etag": "45480eb3fbfc31f1d916c1eaa4abdcc3",
            "createdDate": "2015-12-04T14:34:09.809Z",
            "createdBy": "user@example.com",
            "createdByUserId": "user@example.com",
            "lastModifiedDate": "2015-12-04T14:34:09.809Z",
            "lastModifiedBy": "user@example.com",
            "lastModifiedByUserId": "63cef532-26fe-4a64-a4e0-de7c8a506c90",
            "state": "AVAILABLE"
          },
          "properties": {
            "name": "My resource",
            "protocol": "TCP",
            "sourceMac": "00:0a:95:9d:68:16",
            "ipVersion": "IPv4",
            "sourceIp": "22.231.113.64",
            "targetIp": "22.231.113.64",
            "icmpCode": 0,
            "icmpType": 8,
            "portRangeStart": 8,
            "portRangeEnd": 8,
            "type": "INGRESS"
          }
        }
      ],
      "offset": 0,
      "limit": 1000,
      "_links": {
        "prev": "<PREVIOUS-PAGE-URI>",
        "self": "<THIS-PAGE-URI>",
        "next": "<NEXT-PAGE-URI>"
      }
    },
    "nics": {
      "id": "15f67991-0f51-4efc-a8ad-ef1fb31a480c",
      "type": "collection",
      "href": "<RESOURCE-URI>",
      "items": [
        {
          "id": "15f67991-0f51-4efc-a8ad-ef1fb31a480c",
          "type": "nic",
          "href": "<RESOURCE-URI>",
          "metadata": {
            "etag": "45480eb3fbfc31f1d916c1eaa4abdcc3",
            "createdDate": "2015-12-04T14:34:09.809Z",
            "createdBy": "user@example.com",
            "createdByUserId": "user@example.com",
            "lastModifiedDate": "2015-12-04T14:34:09.809Z",
            "lastModifiedBy": "user@example.com",
            "lastModifiedByUserId": "63cef532-26fe-4a64-a4e0-de7c8a506c90",
            "state": "AVAILABLE"
          },
          "properties": {
            "name": "My resource",
            "mac": "00:0a:95:9d:68:16",
            "ips": [
              "10.160.12.12"
            ],
            "dhcp": true,
            "ipv6Ips": [
              "2001:db8:b06d:8f5a:0609::1"
            ],
            "ipv6CidrBlock": "2001:db8:b06d:8f5a:0609::/80",
            "dhcpv6": true,
            "lan": 2,
            "firewallActive": false,
            "firewallType": "INGRESS",
            "deviceNumber": 3,
            "pciSlot": 7,
            "vnet": null
          },
          "entities": {
            "flowlogs": {
              "id": "15f67991-0f51-4efc-a8ad-ef1fb31a480c",
              "type": "collection",
              "href": "<RESOURCE-URI>",
              "items": [
                {
                  "id": "15f67991-0f51-4efc-a8ad-ef1fb31a480c",
                  "type": "flow-log",
                  "href": "<RESOURCE-URI>",
                  "metadata": {
                    "etag": "45480eb3fbfc31f1d916c1eaa4abdcc3",
                    "createdDate": "2015-12-04T14:34:09.809Z",
                    "createdBy": "user@example.com",
                    "createdByUserId": "user@example.com",
                    "lastModifiedDate": "2015-12-04T14:34:09.809Z",
                    "lastModifiedBy": "user@example.com",
                    "lastModifiedByUserId": "63cef532-26fe-4a64-a4e0-de7c8a506c90",
                    "state": "AVAILABLE"
                  },
                  "properties": {
                    "name": "My resource",
                    "action": "ACCEPTED",
                    "direction": "INGRESS",
                    "bucket": "bucketName/key"
                  }
                }
              ],
              "offset": 0,
              "limit": 1000,
              "_links": {
                "prev": "<PREVIOUS-PAGE-URI>",
                "self": "<THIS-PAGE-URI>",
                "next": "<NEXT-PAGE-URI>"
              }
            },
            "firewallrules": {
              "id": "15f67991-0f51-4efc-a8ad-ef1fb31a480c",
              "type": "collection",
              "href": "<RESOURCE-URI>",
              "items": [
                {
                  "id": "15f67991-0f51-4efc-a8ad-ef1fb31a480c",
                  "type": "firewall-rule",
                  "href": "<RESOURCE-URI>",
                  "metadata": {
                    "etag": "45480eb3fbfc31f1d916c1eaa4abdcc3",
                    "createdDate": "2015-12-04T14:34:09.809Z",
                    "createdBy": "user@example.com",
                    "createdByUserId": "user@example.com",
                    "lastModifiedDate": "2015-12-04T14:34:09.809Z",
                    "lastModifiedBy": "user@example.com",
                    "lastModifiedByUserId": "63cef532-26fe-4a64-a4e0-de7c8a506c90",
                    "state": "AVAILABLE"
                  },
                  "properties": {
                    "name": "My resource",
                    "protocol": "TCP",
                    "sourceMac": "00:0a:95:9d:68:16",
                    "ipVersion": "IPv4",
                    "sourceIp": "22.231.113.64",
                    "targetIp": "22.231.113.64",
                    "icmpCode": 0,
                    "icmpType": 8,
                    "portRangeStart": 8,
                    "portRangeEnd": 8,
                    "type": "INGRESS"
                  }
                }
              ],
              "offset": 0,
              "limit": 1000,
              "_links": {
                "prev": "<PREVIOUS-PAGE-URI>",
                "self": "<THIS-PAGE-URI>",
                "next": "<NEXT-PAGE-URI>"
              }
            },
            "securitygroups": "[Circular Reference]"
          }
        }
      ],
      "offset": 0,
      "limit": 1000,
      "_links": {
        "prev": "<PREVIOUS-PAGE-URI>",
        "self": "<THIS-PAGE-URI>",
        "next": "<NEXT-PAGE-URI>"
      }
    },
    "servers": {
      "id": "15f67991-0f51-4efc-a8ad-ef1fb31a480c",
      "type": "collection",
      "href": "<RESOURCE-URI>",
      "items": [
        {
          "id": "15f67991-0f51-4efc-a8ad-ef1fb31a480c",
          "type": "server",
          "href": "<RESOURCE-URI>",
          "metadata": {
            "etag": "45480eb3fbfc31f1d916c1eaa4abdcc3",
            "createdDate": "2015-12-04T14:34:09.809Z",
            "createdBy": "user@example.com",
            "createdByUserId": "user@example.com",
            "lastModifiedDate": "2015-12-04T14:34:09.809Z",
            "lastModifiedBy": "user@example.com",
            "lastModifiedByUserId": "63cef532-26fe-4a64-a4e0-de7c8a506c90",
            "state": "AVAILABLE"
          },
          "properties": {
            "templateUuid": "15f67991-0f51-4efc-a8ad-ef1fb31a480c",
            "name": "My resource",
            "hostname": "myHostname",
            "cores": 4,
            "ram": 4096,
            "availabilityZone": "AUTO",
            "vmState": "RUNNING",
            "bootCdrom": {
              "id": "text",
              "type": "resource",
              "href": "<RESOURCE-URI>"
            },
            "bootVolume": {
              "id": "text",
              "type": "resource",
              "href": "<RESOURCE-URI>"
            },
            "cpuFamily": "INTEL_ICELAKE",
            "type": "CUBE",
            "enabledFeatures": [
              "SEV-SNP"
            ],
            "placementGroupId": null,
            "nicMultiQueue": true,
            "maxNetworkBandwidth": 6,
            "maintenanceWindow": {
              "startDate": "2026-08-21T17:00:00Z",
              "endDate": "2026-08-21T19:00:00Z"
            }
          },
          "entities": {
            "cdroms": {
              "id": "15f67991-0f51-4efc-a8ad-ef1fb31a480c",
              "type": "collection",
              "href": "<RESOURCE-URI>",
              "items": [
                {
                  "id": "15f67991-0f51-4efc-a8ad-ef1fb31a480c",
                  "type": "image",
                  "href": "<RESOURCE-URI>",
                  "metadata": {
                    "etag": "45480eb3fbfc31f1d916c1eaa4abdcc3",
                    "createdDate": "2015-12-04T14:34:09.809Z",
                    "createdBy": "user@example.com",
                    "createdByUserId": "user@example.com",
                    "lastModifiedDate": "2015-12-04T14:34:09.809Z",
                    "lastModifiedBy": "user@example.com",
                    "lastModifiedByUserId": "63cef532-26fe-4a64-a4e0-de7c8a506c90",
                    "state": "AVAILABLE"
                  },
                  "properties": {
                    "name": "My resource",
                    "description": "The image/snapshot of Ubuntu ",
                    "location": "us/las",
                    "size": 100,
                    "cpuHotPlug": true,
                    "cpuHotUnplug": true,
                    "ramHotPlug": true,
                    "ramHotUnplug": true,
                    "nicHotPlug": true,
                    "nicHotUnplug": true,
                    "discVirtioHotPlug": true,
                    "discVirtioHotUnplug": true,
                    "discScsiHotPlug": true,
                    "discScsiHotUnplug": true,
                    "exposeSerial": true,
                    "requireLegacyBios": true,
                    "licenceType": "LINUX",
                    "applicationType": "MSSQL-2019-Standard",
                    "imageType": "HDD",
                    "public": true,
                    "imageAliases": [
                      "text"
                    ],
                    "requiredFeatures": [
                      "text"
                    ],
                    "cloudInit": "V1"
                  }
                }
              ],
              "offset": 0,
              "limit": 1000,
              "_links": {
                "prev": "<PREVIOUS-PAGE-URI>",
                "self": "<THIS-PAGE-URI>",
                "next": "<NEXT-PAGE-URI>"
              }
            },
            "volumes": {
              "id": "15f67991-0f51-4efc-a8ad-ef1fb31a480c",
              "type": "collection",
              "href": "<RESOURCE-URI>",
              "items": [
                {
                  "id": "15f67991-0f51-4efc-a8ad-ef1fb31a480c",
                  "type": "volume",
                  "href": "<RESOURCE-URI>",
                  "metadata": {
                    "etag": "45480eb3fbfc31f1d916c1eaa4abdcc3",
                    "createdDate": "2015-12-04T14:34:09.809Z",
                    "createdBy": "user@example.com",
                    "createdByUserId": "user@example.com",
                    "lastModifiedDate": "2015-12-04T14:34:09.809Z",
                    "lastModifiedBy": "user@example.com",
                    "lastModifiedByUserId": "63cef532-26fe-4a64-a4e0-de7c8a506c90",
                    "state": "AVAILABLE"
                  },
                  "properties": {
                    "name": "My resource",
                    "type": "PERFORMANCE",
                    "size": 100,
                    "availabilityZone": "AUTO",
                    "image": "d6ad1576-fde9-4696-aa41-1ebd75bdaf49",
                    "imagePassword": "mypass123",
                    "sshKeys": [
                      "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQCyWh6LZ7f2wxnupVgtK2096bc69Vv9uT2A58lwN3ol0A6mxqlT0f4M1NbarVUxa+MVdxBLud5PvlkbYc9mY91OyzLGZMfVWvhAYz/tJSsDtsgRUl0GFVv332zDWk0i+mAVy0N408OORm5XqV6zvIDaiB/jopyjemUp2rnP7pXU4+98ilZw6ef9DF9y4YZ64mchL5//rcrGm1Lff3pC75X/polGONHeG6m4Vs8eIu+0epJ4PJBxO+rwRYp1zMnn90UCk21KvTcYops2cte7ouXQwkGUq3vmXxnSdvuivK/4JNoFQBsaGV974hDmloS5LOvSJjKpXs8Ed437ln712345",
                      "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQCyWh6LZ7f2wxnupVgtK2096bc69Vv9uT2A58lwN3ol0A6mxqlT0f4M1NbarVUxa+MVdxBLud5PvlkbYc9mY91OyzLGZMfVWvhAYz/tJSsDtsgRUl0GFVv332zDWk0i+mAVy0N408OORm5XqV6zvIDaiB/jopyjemUp2rnP7pXU4+98ilZw6ef9DF9y4YZ64mchL5//rcrGm1Lff3pC75X/polGONHeG6m4Vs8eIu+0epJ4PJBxO+rwRYp1zMnn90UCk21KvTcYops2cte7ouXQwkGUq3vmXxnSdvuivK/asdfghjkjhyutry545tgvbn76e4rf43"
                    ],
                    "bus": "VIRTIO",
                    "licenceType": "LINUX",
                    "applicationType": "MSSQL-2019-Standard",
                    "cpuHotPlug": true,
                    "ramHotPlug": true,
                    "nicHotPlug": true,
                    "nicHotUnplug": true,
                    "discVirtioHotPlug": true,
                    "discVirtioHotUnplug": true,
                    "exposeSerial": true,
                    "requireLegacyBios": true,
                    "deviceNumber": 3,
                    "pciSlot": 7,
                    "backupunitId": "25f67991-0f51-4efc-a8ad-ef1fb31a481c",
                    "userData": "text",
                    "bootServer": "25f67991-0f51-4efc-a8ad-ef1fb31a481c",
                    "bootOrder": "AUTO"
                  }
                }
              ],
              "offset": 0,
              "limit": 1000,
              "_links": {
                "prev": "<PREVIOUS-PAGE-URI>",
                "self": "<THIS-PAGE-URI>",
                "next": "<NEXT-PAGE-URI>"
              }
            },
            "nics": "[Circular Reference]",
            "securitygroups": "[Circular Reference]",
            "gpus": {
              "id": "25f67991-0f51-4efc-a8ad-ef1fb31a400c",
              "type": "collection",
              "href": "<RESOURCE-URI>",
              "items": [
                {
                  "id": "25f67991-0f51-4efc-a8ad-ef1fb31a400c",
                  "type": "gpu",
                  "href": "<RESOURCE-URI>",
                  "metadata": {
                    "etag": "45480eb3fbfc31f1d916c1eaa4abdcc3",
                    "createdDate": "2015-12-04T14:34:09.809Z",
                    "createdBy": "user@example.com",
                    "createdByUserId": "user@example.com",
                    "lastModifiedDate": "2015-12-04T14:34:09.809Z",
                    "lastModifiedBy": "user@example.com",
                    "lastModifiedByUserId": "63cef532-26fe-4a64-a4e0-de7c8a506c90",
                    "state": "AVAILABLE"
                  },
                  "properties": {
                    "name": "My GPU",
                    "vendor": "NVIDIA",
                    "model": "A100",
                    "type": "passthrough"
                  }
                }
              ],
              "offset": 0,
              "limit": 1000,
              "_links": {
                "prev": "<PREVIOUS-PAGE-URI>",
                "self": "<THIS-PAGE-URI>",
                "next": "<NEXT-PAGE-URI>"
              }
            }
          }
        }
      ],
      "offset": 0,
      "limit": 1000,
      "_links": {
        "prev": "<PREVIOUS-PAGE-URI>",
        "self": "<THIS-PAGE-URI>",
        "next": "<NEXT-PAGE-URI>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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