NAME VM::EC2::REST::security_group - Query and manipulate security groups

SYNOPSIS

        use VM::EC2 ':standard';

METHODS

       The methods in this section allow you to query and manipulate security groups (firewall
       rules). See VM::EC2::SecurityGroup for functionality that is available through these
       objects.

       Implemented:
        AuthorizeSecurityGroupEgress (EC2-VPC only)
        AuthorizeSecurityGroupIngress
        CreateSecurityGroup
        DeleteSecurityGroup
        DescribeSecurityGroups
        RevokeSecurityGroupEgress (EC2-VPC only)
        RevokeSecurityGroupIngress

       Unimplemented:
        (none)

   @sg = $ec2->describe_security_groups(@group_ids)
   @sg = $ec2->describe_security_groups(%args);
   @sg = $ec2->describe_security_groups(\%filters);
       Searches for security groups (firewall rules) matching the provided filters and return a
       series of VM::EC2::SecurityGroup objects.

       In the named-argument form you can provide the following optional arguments:

        -group_name      A single group name or an arrayref containing a list
                          of names

        -name            Shorter version of -group_name

        -group_id        A single group id (i.e. 'sg-12345') or an arrayref
                          containing a list of ids

        -filter          Filter on tags and other attributes.

       The -filter argument name can be omitted if there are no other arguments you wish to pass.

       The full list of security group filters can be found at:
       http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AWSEC2/latest/APIReference/ApiReference-query-DescribeSecurityGroups.html

   $group = $ec2->create_security_group(-group_name=>$name, -group_description=>$description,
       -vpc_id     => $vpc_id )
       Create a security group. Arguments are:

        -group_name              Name of the security group (required)
        -group_description       Description of the security group (required)
        -vpc_id                  Virtual private cloud security group ID
                                  (required for VPC security groups)

       For convenience, you may use -name and -description as aliases for -group_name and
       -group_description respectively.

       If succcessful, the method returns an object of type VM::EC2::SecurityGroup.

   $boolean = $ec2->delete_security_group($group_id)
   $boolean = $ec2->delete_security_group(-group_id   => $group_id, -group_name => $name);
       Delete a security group. Arguments are:

        -group_name              Name of the security group
        -group_id                ID of the security group

       Either -group_name or -group_id is required. In the single-argument form, the method
       deletes the security group given by its id.

       If succcessful, the method returns true.

   $boolean = $ec2->update_security_group($security_group)
       Add one or more incoming firewall rules to a security group. The rules to add are stored
       in a VM::EC2::SecurityGroup which is created either by describe_security_groups() or
       create_security_group(). This method combines the actions AuthorizeSecurityGroupIngress,
       AuthorizeSecurityGroupEgress, RevokeSecurityGroupIngress, and RevokeSecurityGroupEgress.

       For details, see VM::EC2::SecurityGroup. Here is a brief summary:

        $sg = $ec2->create_security_group(-name=>'MyGroup',-description=>'Example group');

        # TCP on port 80 for the indicated address ranges
        $sg->authorize_incoming(-protocol  => 'tcp',
                                -port      => 80,
                                -source_ip => ['192.168.2.0/24','192.168.2.1/24'});

        # TCP on ports 22 and 23 from anyone
        $sg->authorize_incoming(-protocol  => 'tcp',
                                -port      => '22..23',
                                -source_ip => '0.0.0.0/0');

        # ICMP on echo (ping) port from anyone
        $sg->authorize_incoming(-protocol  => 'icmp',
                                -port      => -1,
                                -source_ip => '0.0.0.0/0');

        # TCP to port 25 (mail) from instances belonging to
        # the "Mail relay" group belonging to user 12345678.
        $sg->authorize_incoming(-protocol  => 'tcp',
                                -port      => 25,
                                -group     => '12345678/Mail relay');

        $result = $ec2->update_security_group($sg);

       or more simply:

        $result = $sg->update();

SEE ALSO

       VM::EC2

AUTHOR

       Lincoln Stein <lincoln.stein@gmail.com>.

       Copyright (c) 2011 Ontario Institute for Cancer Research

       This package and its accompanying libraries is free software; you can redistribute it
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       later version) or the Artistic License 2.0.  Refer to LICENSE for the full license text.
       In addition, please see DISCLAIMER.txt for disclaimers of warranty.