DeleteSecurityGroup

Description

Deletes a security group that you own.

	Note
If you attempt to delete a security group that contains instances, a fault is returned. If you attempt to delete a security group that is referenced by another security group, a fault is returned. For example, if security group B has a rule that allows access from security group A, security group A cannot be deleted until the allow rule is removed.

Note

If you attempt to delete a security group that contains instances, a fault is returned.

If you attempt to delete a security group that is referenced by another security group, a fault is returned. For example, if security group B has a rule that allows access from security group A, security group A cannot be deleted until the allow rule is removed.

Request Parameters

Name Description Required

Name	Description	Required
`GroupName`	Name of the security group to delete. Type: String Default: None	Yes

GroupName

Name of the security group to delete.

Type: String

Default: None

Yes

Response Elements

The elements in the following table come wrapped in a DeleteSecurityGroupResponse structure.

Name Description

Name	Description
`requestId`	The ID of the request. Type: xsd:string
`return`	Returns true if the request succeeds. Otherwise, returns an error. Type: xsd:boolean

requestId

The ID of the request.

Type: xsd:string

return

Returns true if the request succeeds. Otherwise, returns an error.

Type: xsd:boolean

Examples

Example Request

This example deletes the websrv security group.

https://ec2.amazonaws.com/?Action=DeleteSecurityGroup
&GroupName=websrv
&AuthParams

Example Response

<DeleteSecurityGroupResponse xmlns="http://ec2.amazonaws.com/doc/2010-08-31/">
  <return>true</return>
</DeleteSecurityGroupResponse>