ec2-describe-groups
ec2-describe-groups [group ...]
Describes the current state of each specified security group. If no security groups are explicitly listed, Amazon EC2 displays all security groups owned by the current user.
| Option | Description | Required |
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Name of the security group. Example: |
Yes |
Amazon EC2 returns a table that contains the following information:
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Output type identifier ("GROUP", "PERMISSION").
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User ID of security group owner.
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Security group name.
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Description of the security group.
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Firewall rule.
Amazon EC2 displays errors on stderr.
This example displays the state of the websrv security group:
$ec2-describe-groups websrvGROUP 495219933132 websrv Web servers PERMISSION 495219933132 websrv ALLOWS tcp 80 80 FROM CIDR 0.0.0.0/0