We have seen how to create a security group using Horizon; this recipe shows you how to create a security group using the CLI.
For this recipe, you will need the following information:
The SSH login credentials for a node where the Neutron client packages are installed
A shell RC file that initializes the environment variables for CLI
The name and description of the security group
The following steps will show you how to create a security group using the Neutron CLI:
Using the appropriate credentials, SSH into the OpenStack node installed with the Neutron client packages.
Source the shell RC file to initialize the environment variables required for the CLI commands.
Execute the
neutron security-group-createcommand to create a security group with the desired name and description:
To list the security groups defined for the tenant, use the
security-group-listcommand:
To see the details of the security group that has been created, use the...