Security groups

Security groups act as virtual firewalls, controlling inbound and outbound traffic for compute instances. Aliases: securitygroups, sg

Subcommands

list — List security groups
get — Get security group details
create — Create a new security group
update — Update an existing security group
delete — Delete a security group

list

List security groups, optionally filtered by organization, project, network, or region.

nscale securitygroups list [flags]

Flags

Flag	Description
`—org string`	Organization ID
`—project string`	Project ID
`—network string`	Network ID
`—region string`	Region ID
`—json`	Emit the full JSON payload (mutually exclusive with `-q`)
`-q, —query stringArray`	jq filter for value extraction (see Query output with `-q`)

Example

nscale securitygroups list --org <org-id> --region <region-id>

get

Get details for a specific security group.

nscale securitygroups get --id <sg-id> --org <org-id>

Flags

Flag	Description
`—id string`	Security group ID
`—org string`	Organization ID
`—json`	Emit the full JSON payload (mutually exclusive with `-q`)
`-q, —query stringArray`	jq filter for value extraction (see Query output with `-q`)

create

Create a new security group. Accepts input from a JSON file or stdin.

nscale securitygroups create [flags]

Flags

Flag	Description
`—org string`	Organization ID
`-f, —file string`	Path to a JSON file
`—stdin`	Read JSON from standard input
`—dry-run`	Preview the request payload without persisting
`-y, —yes`	Automatically confirm creation
`—json`	Emit the full JSON payload (mutually exclusive with `-q`)
`-q, —query stringArray`	jq filter for value extraction (see Query output with `-q`)

Examples

nscale securitygroups create --file securitygroup.json
nscale securitygroups create --stdin < securitygroup.json
cat securitygroup.json | nscale securitygroups create --stdin

update

Update an existing security group.

nscale securitygroups update --id <sg-id> [flags]

Flags

Flag	Description
`—id string`	Security group ID
`—org string`	Organization ID
`-f, —file string`	Path to a JSON file
`—stdin`	Read JSON from standard input
`—dry-run`	Preview the request payload without persisting
`-y, —yes`	Automatically confirm update
`—json`	Emit the full JSON payload (mutually exclusive with `-q`)
`-q, —query stringArray`	jq filter for value extraction (see Query output with `-q`)

Examples

nscale securitygroups update --id <sg-id> --file securitygroup.json
nscale securitygroups update --id <sg-id> --stdin < securitygroup.json
cat securitygroup.json | nscale securitygroups update --id <sg-id> --stdin

delete

Delete an existing security group.

nscale securitygroups delete --id <sg-id> --org <org-id> [flags]

Flags

Flag	Description
`--id string`	Security group ID
`--org string`	Organization ID
`--dry-run`	Preview the request payload without persisting
`-y, --yes`	Automatically confirm deletion

Instances (Console)

Security groups are configured during instance creation.

​Subcommands

​list

​Flags

​Example

​get

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​create

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​Examples

​update

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​Examples

​delete

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Instances (Console)

Subcommands

list

Flags

Example

get

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create

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Examples

update

Flags

Examples

delete

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