A security group is a named collection of access rules. These access rules specify which ingress (i.e., incoming) network traffic should be delivered to your instance. All other ingress traffic will be discarded.
You can modify rules for a group at any time. The new rules are automatically enforced for all running instances and instances launched in the future.
Maximum Security Groups
You can create up to 100 security groups.
Example 743. Create a new Security Group
                create a new security group. Every instance is
                launched in a security group. If no security group is specified
                during launch, the instances are launched in the default security
                group. Instances within the same security group have unrestricted
                network access to each other. Instances will reject network access
                attempts from other instances in a different security group.
            
                create returns boolean TRUE or
                FALSE
            
$ec2_sg = new Zend_Service_Amazon_Ec2_Securitygroups('aws_key',
                                                     'aws_secret_key');
$return = $ec2_sg->create('mygroup', 'my group description');
        Example 744. Describe a Security Group
                describe returns information about security groups that
                you own.
            
If you specify security group names, information about those security groups is returned. Otherwise, information for all security groups is returned. If you specify a group that does not exist, a fault is returned.
                describe will return an array containing information
                about security groups which includes the ownerId, groupName,
                groupDescription and an array containing all the rules for that security
                group.
            
$ec2_sg = new Zend_Service_Amazon_Ec2_Securitygroups('aws_key',
                                                     'aws_secret_key');
$return = $ec2_sg->describe('mygroup');
        Example 745. Delete a Security Group
                delete will remove the security group. If you attempt to
                delete a security group that contains instances, a fault is returned.
                If you attempt to delete a security group that is referenced by another
                security group, a fault is returned. For example, if security group B
                has a rule that allows access from security group A, security group A
                cannot be deleted until the allow rule is removed.
            
                delete returns boolean TRUE or
                FALSE.
            
$ec2_sg = new Zend_Service_Amazon_Ec2_Securitygroups('aws_key',
                                                     'aws_secret_key');
$return = $ec2_sg->delete('mygroup');
        Example 746. Authorizing by IP
                authorizeIp Adds permissions to a security group based on
                an IP address, protocol type and port range.
            
Permissions are specified by the IP protocol (TCP, UDP or ICMP), the source of the request (by IP range or an Amazon EC2 user-group pair), the source and destination port ranges (for TCP and UDP), and the ICMP codes and types (for ICMP). When authorizing ICMP, -1 can be used as a wildcard in the type and code fields.
Permission changes are propagated to instances within the security group as quickly as possible. However, depending on the number of instances, a small delay might occur.
                authorizeIp returns boolean TRUE or
                FALSE
            
$ec2_sg = new Zend_Service_Amazon_Ec2_Securitygroups('aws_key',
                                                     'aws_secret_key');
$return = $ec2_sg->authorizeIp('mygroup',
                                'protocol',
                                'fromPort',
                                'toPort',
                                'ipRange');
        Example 747. Authorize By Group
                authorizeGroup Adds permissions to a security group.
            
Permission changes are propagated to instances within the security group as quickly as possible. However, depending on the number of instances, a small delay might occur.
                authorizeGroup returns boolean TRUE or
                FALSE.
            
$ec2_sg = new Zend_Service_Amazon_Ec2_Securitygroups('aws_key',
                                                     'aws_secret_key');
$return = $ec2_sg->authorizeGroup('mygroup', 'securityGroupName', 'ownerId');
        Example 748. Revoke by IP
                revokeIp Revokes permissions to a security group based on
                an IP address, protocol type and port range. The permissions used to revoke
                must be specified using the same values used to grant the permissions.
            
Permissions are specified by the IP protocol (TCP, UDP or ICMP), the source of the request (by IP range or an Amazon EC2 user-group pair), the source and destination port ranges (for TCP and UDP), and the ICMP codes and types (for ICMP). When authorizing ICMP, -1 can be used as a wildcard in the type and code fields.
Permission changes are propagated to instances within the security group as quickly as possible. However, depending on the number of instances, a small delay might occur.
                revokeIp returns boolean TRUE or
                FALSE
            
$ec2_sg = new Zend_Service_Amazon_Ec2_Securitygroups('aws_key',
                                                     'aws_secret_key');
$return = $ec2_sg->revokeIp('mygroup',
                             'protocol',
                             'fromPort',
                             'toPort',
                             'ipRange');
        Example 749. Revoke By Group
                revokeGroup Adds permissions to a security group. The permissions
                to revoke must be specified using the same values used to grant the
                permissions.
            
Permission changes are propagated to instances within the security group as quickly as possible. However, depending on the number of instances, a small delay might occur.
                revokeGroup returns boolean TRUE or
                FALSE.
            
$ec2_sg = new Zend_Service_Amazon_Ec2_Securitygroups('aws_key',
                                                     'aws_secret_key');
$return = $ec2_sg->revokeGroup('mygroup', 'securityGroupName', 'ownerId');