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8.215. neutron security-group-rule-create

usage: neutron security-group-rule-create [-h]
                                          [-f {json,shell,table,value,yaml}]
                                          [-c COLUMN] [--max-width <integer>]
                                          [--noindent] [--prefix PREFIX]
                                          [--request-format {json}]
                                          [--tenant-id TENANT_ID]
                                          [--description DESCRIPTION]
                                          [--direction {ingress,egress}]
                                          [--ethertype ETHERTYPE]
                                          [--protocol PROTOCOL]
                                          [--port-range-min PORT_RANGE_MIN]
                                          [--port-range-max PORT_RANGE_MAX]
                                          [--remote-ip-prefix REMOTE_IP_PREFIX]
                                          [--remote-group-id REMOTE_GROUP]
                                          SECURITY_GROUP
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Create a security group rule.

Positional arguments

SECURITY_GROUP


        ID or name of the security group to which the rule is
      added.

Optional arguments

-h, --help


        show this help message and exit

--request-format {json}


      DEPRECATED! Only JSON request format is supported.

--tenant-id TENANT_ID


      The owner tenant ID.

--description DESCRIPTION


      Description of security group rule.

--direction {ingress,egress}


      Direction of traffic: ingress/egress.

--ethertype ETHERTYPE


      IPv4/IPv6

--protocol PROTOCOL


        Protocol of packet. Allowed values are [icmp, icmpv6,
      tcp, udp] and integer representations [0-255].

--port-range-min PORT_RANGE_MIN


      Starting port range. For ICMP it is type.

--port-range-max PORT_RANGE_MAX


      Ending port range. For ICMP it is code.

--remote-ip-prefix REMOTE_IP_PREFIX


      CIDR to match on.

--remote-group-id REMOTE_GROUP


      ID or name of the remote security group to which the
      rule is applied.

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