How to Edit a Security Group
  • 04 Mar 2021
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How to Edit a Security Group

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1. Open the Security Services. 

  1. Navigate to Networking > Security.
  2. Select the organization VDC for which you want to apply security settings, and click Configure Services.

The tenant portal opens Security Services.

2. Navigate to Grouping Objects > Security Groups

The Security Groups page opens.

3. Select the security group you want to edit.

The details for the security group display below the list of security groups.

4. (Optional) Edit the name and the description of the security group.

5. (Optional) Add a dynamic member set. 

  1. Click the Add button under Dynamic Member Sets
  2. Select whether to match Any or All of the criteria in your statement.
  3. Enter the first object to match.
  4. The options are Security TagVM Guest OS NameVM Name, and VM Guest Host Name.
  5. Select an operator, such as ContainsStarts with, or Ends with.
  6. Enter a value.
  7. (Optional) To add another statement, use a Boolean operator And or Or.

6. (Optional) Edit a dynamic member set by clicking the Edit icon (gear) next to the member set that you want to edit.

  1. Apply the necessary changes to the dynamic member set.
  2. Click OK.

7. (Optional) Delete a dynamic member set by clicking the Delete icon next to the member set that you want to delete.

8. (Optional) Edit the included members list by clicking the Edit icon next to the Include Members list. 

  1. From the Browse objects of type drop-down menu, select the type of objects, such as Virtual MachinesOrg VDC networksIP setsMAC sets, or Security tags.
  2. To include an object in the include members list, select the object from the left panel, and move it to the right panel by clicking the right arrow.
  3. To exclude an object from the include members list, select the object from the right panel, and move it to the left panel by clicking the left arrow.

9. (Optional) Edit the excluded members list by clicking the Edit icon next to the Exclude Members list. 

  1. From the Browse objects of type drop-down menu, select the type of objects, such as Virtual MachinesOrg VDC networksIP setsMAC sets, or Security tags.
  2. To include an object in the exclude members list, select the object from the left panel, and move it to the right panel by clicking the right arrow.
  3. To exclude an object from the exclude members list, select the object from the right panel, and move it to the left panel by clicking the left arrow.

10. Click Save changes.

The changes to the security group are saved.


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