Create Network Security Group

The Create Network Security Group operation creates a new network security group within the context of the specified subscription.

Request

The Create Network Security Group request may be specified as follows. Replace <subscription-id> with the subscription ID.

Method	Request URI
POST	https://management.core.windows.net/<subscription-id>/services/networking/networksecuritygroups

URI Parameters

None.

Request Headers

The following table describes the request headers.

Request Header	Description
Content-Type	Required. Specifies that the the type of the request content. The value should be set to application/xml.
x-ms-version	Required. Specifies the version of the operation to use for this request. The value for this header should be set to 2014-10-01 or higher.

Request Body

The format of the request body is as follows:

<NetworkSecurityGroup xmlns="https://schemas.microsoft.com/windowsazure">
  <Name>network-security-group-name</Name>
  <Label>label-of-network-security-group</Label>
  <Location>network-security-group-location</Location>
</NetworkSecurityGroup>

The following table describes the elements in the request body.

Element name	Description
Name	Required. Specifies the name of the network security group.
Label	Optional. Specifies an identifier for the network security group. The label can be up to 1024 characters long. The label can be used for tracking purposes.
Location	Required. Specifies the location where the network security group is created. To see the available locations, you can use List Locations.

Response

The response includes an HTTP status code, a response body, and a set of response headers.

Status Code

A successful operation returns status code 202 (Accepted).

Response Headers

The response for this operation includes the following headers. The response may also include additional standard HTTP headers.

Response Header	Description
x-ms-request-id	A value that uniquely identifies a request made against the management service.

Response Body