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# Create a security group

`POST /sg/create`

Create a security group

**Example request**:

```
POST /sg/create HTTP/1.1
Content-Type: text/plain

name: sg-test-1
description: sg-test-description
rules:
- direction: ingress
  port_range_min: 22
  port_range_max: 22
  protocol: tcp
  remote_ip_prefix: 0.0.0.0/0
```

**Example response**:

```
HTTP/1.1 201 Created
```

Status Codes:

* **201** - no error
* **400** - bad request parameters
* **500** - server error