ec2-add-group

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Syntax

ec2-add-group group -d description

Creates a new security group. Group names must be unique per account.

Option Description Required

Option	Description	Required
`group`	Name of the security group. Example: `webservers`	Yes
`-d` `description`	Description of the group. This is informational only. If the description contains spaces, you must enclose it in single quotes ('). Example: `-d 'Web servers'`	Yes

group

Name of the security group.

Example: webservers

Yes

-d description

Description of the group. This is informational only. If the description contains spaces, you must enclose it in single quotes (').

Example: -d 'Web servers'

Yes

Amazon EC2 returns a table that contains the following information:

Amazon EC2 displays errors on stderr.

This example creates the websrv security group.

$ ec2-add-group websrv -d 'Web servers'
GROUP websrv Web servers