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**Example 1: To describe the security group rules for a security group**
The following ``describe-security-group-rules`` example describes the security group rules of a specified security group. Use the ``filters`` option to scope the results to a specific security group. ::
aws ec2 describe-security-group-rules \
--filters Name="group-id",Values="sg-1234567890abcdef0"
Output::
{
"SecurityGroupRules": [
{
"SecurityGroupRuleId": "sgr-abcdef01234567890",
"GroupId": "sg-1234567890abcdef0",
"GroupOwnerId": "111122223333",
"IsEgress": false,
"IpProtocol": "-1",
"FromPort": -1,
"ToPort": -1,
"ReferencedGroupInfo": {
"GroupId": "sg-1234567890abcdef0",
"UserId": "111122223333"
},
"Tags": []
},
{
"SecurityGroupRuleId": "sgr-bcdef01234567890a",
"GroupId": "sg-1234567890abcdef0",
"GroupOwnerId": "111122223333",
"IsEgress": true,
"IpProtocol": "-1",
"FromPort": -1,
"ToPort": -1,
"CidrIpv6": "::/0",
"Tags": []
},
{
"SecurityGroupRuleId": "sgr-cdef01234567890ab",
"GroupId": "sg-1234567890abcdef0",
"GroupOwnerId": "111122223333",
"IsEgress": true,
"IpProtocol": "-1",
"FromPort": -1,
"ToPort": -1,
"CidrIpv4": "0.0.0.0/0",
"Tags": []
}
]
}
**Example 2: To describe a security group rule**
The following ``describe-security-group-rules`` example describes the specified security group rule. ::
aws ec2 describe-security-group-rules \
--security-group-rule-ids sgr-cdef01234567890ab
Output::
{
"SecurityGroupRules": [
{
"SecurityGroupRuleId": "sgr-cdef01234567890ab",
"GroupId": "sg-1234567890abcdef0",
"GroupOwnerId": "111122223333",
"IsEgress": true,
"IpProtocol": "-1",
"FromPort": -1,
"ToPort": -1,
"CidrIpv4": "0.0.0.0/0",
"Tags": []
}
]
}
For more information, see `Security group rules <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/vpc/latest/userguide/security-group-rules.html>`__ in the *Amazon VPC User Guide*.