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rds-authorize-db-security-group-ingress
Description
Authorizes network ingress for an Amazon EC2 security group or an IP address range.
![[Note]](http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/docs-common/images/note.png) | Note |
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You cannot authorize ingress from an EC2 security group in one Region to an Amazon RDS DB Instance in another. |
Syntax
rds-authorize-db-security-group-ingress
DBSecurityGroupName
[-s
(--ec2-security-group-id) ] value
[-g
(--ec2-security-group-name) value ] [-i
(--cidr-ip) value ] [-o
(--ec2-security-group-owner) value ] [General
Options]
Options
| Name | Description | Required | |||
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The name of the Amazon RDS security group. This can also be
passed as a named parameter using Type: String Default: None Example: |
Yes | |||
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Identifier of the EC2 Security Group to authorize. Type: String Default: None Constraints: This parameter must be specified if the DB Security Group is for a VPC. Example: |
No | |||
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The name of the EC2 security group. Type: String Default: None Constraints: This parameter must be specified if the
Example:
|
No | |||
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The AWS account number of the owner of the EC2 security group. Type: String Default: None Constraints: This parameter must be specified if the
Example: |
No | |||
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The IP range to allow access. Type: String Constraints: Must be a valid Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR) range, in the format ddd.ddd.ddd.ddd/dd. For more information, see CIDR Notation. Default: None Constraints: This parameter must not
be specified if the
Example:
|
No |
![[Important]](http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/docs-common/images/important.png)
![[Caution]](http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/docs-common/images/caution.png)
Output
The command returns a table with the following information:
Name—Security group name.
Description—Security group description.
EC2 Group Name—Name of the EC2 security group./
EC2 Group Id—Identifier of the EC2 security group./
EC2 Owner ID—Owner of the EC2 security group.
IP Range—CIDR range for the authorized Amazon RDS security group.
Status—Status of the authorization.
Examples
Authorizing Access to an EC2 Security Group
This example authorizes access to a named Amazon EC2 security group.
PROMPT> rds-authorize-db-security-group-ingress Default --ec2-security-group-name mainServerGrp --ec2-security-group-owner-id 123445677890
Authorizing Access to a CIDR range
This example authorizes access to a CIDR range.
PROMPT> rds-authorize-db-security-group-ingress Default --cidr-ip 192.168.100.100/32
