Deleting a Security Group Rule

Scenarios

If your security group rule is no longer required, you can delete it.

Notes and Constraints

Security group rules use whitelists. Deleting a security group rule may result in ECS access failures. Security group rules work as follows:
  • Inbound rule: If an inbound request matches the source in an inbound security group rule with Action set to Allow, the request is allowed.
  • Outbound rule: If the destination of an outbound security group rule with Action set to Allow is 0.0.0.0/0, all outbound requests are allowed.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the management console.
  1. Click in the upper left corner and select the desired region and project.
  2. Click in the upper left corner and choose Network > Virtual Private Cloud.

    The Virtual Private Cloud page is displayed.

  3. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Access Control > Security Groups.

    The security group list is displayed.

  4. In the security group list, click the name of the security group.

    The security group details page is displayed.

  5. Click the Inbound Rules or Outbound Rules tab as required.

    The security group rule list is displayed.

  6. In the security group rule list:
    • To delete a single security group rule, locate the row that contains the rule and click Delete in the Operation column.
    • To delete multiple security group rules, select multiple security group rules and click Delete in the upper left corner of the rule list.
  7. Click Yes.
Parent topic: Security Group