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[ aws . resource-groups ]

create-group

Description

Creates a resource group with the specified name and description. You can optionally include either a resource query or a service configuration. For more information about constructing a resource query, see Build queries and groups in Resource Groups in the Resource Groups User Guide . For more information about service-linked groups and service configurations, see Service configurations for Resource Groups .

Minimum permissions

To run this command, you must have the following permissions:

  • resource-groups:CreateGroup

See also: AWS API Documentation

Synopsis

  create-group
--name <value>
[--description <value>]
[--resource-query <value>]
[--tags <value>]
[--configuration <value>]
[--cli-input-json <value>]
[--generate-cli-skeleton <value>]
[--debug]
[--endpoint-url <value>]
[--no-verify-ssl]
[--no-paginate]
[--output <value>]
[--query <value>]
[--profile <value>]
[--region <value>]
[--version <value>]
[--color <value>]
[--no-sign-request]
[--ca-bundle <value>]
[--cli-read-timeout <value>]
[--cli-connect-timeout <value>]

Options

--name (string)

The name of the group, which is the identifier of the group in other operations. You can't change the name of a resource group after you create it. A resource group name can consist of letters, numbers, hyphens, periods, and underscores. The name cannot start with AWS or aws ; these are reserved. A resource group name must be unique within each Amazon Web Services Region in your Amazon Web Services account.

--description (string)

The description of the resource group. Descriptions can consist of letters, numbers, hyphens, underscores, periods, and spaces.

--resource-query (structure)

The resource query that determines which Amazon Web Services resources are members of this group. For more information about resource queries, see Create a tag-based group in Resource Groups .

Note

A resource group can contain either a ResourceQuery or a Configuration , but not both.

Type -> (string)

The type of the query to perform. This can have one of two values:

  • *CLOUDFORMATION_STACK_1_0: * Specifies that you want the group to contain the members of an CloudFormation stack. The Query contains a StackIdentifier element with an ARN for a CloudFormation stack.
  • *TAG_FILTERS_1_0: * Specifies that you want the group to include resource that have tags that match the query.

Query -> (string)

The query that defines a group or a search. The contents depends on the value of the Type element.

  • ResourceTypeFilters – Applies to all ResourceQuery objects of either Type . This element contains one of the following two items:
    • The value AWS::AllSupported . This causes the ResourceQuery to match resources of any resource type that also match the query.
    • A list (a JSON array) of resource type identifiers that limit the query to only resources of the specified types. For the complete list of resource types that you can use in the array value for ResourceTypeFilters , see Resources you can use with Resource Groups and Tag Editor in the Resource Groups User Guide .

Example: "ResourceTypeFilters": ["AWS::AllSupported"] or "ResourceTypeFilters": ["AWS::EC2::Instance", "AWS::S3::Bucket"]

  • TagFilters – applicable only if Type = TAG_FILTERS_1_0 . The Query contains a JSON string that represents a collection of simple tag filters. The JSON string uses a syntax similar to the `` GetResources `` operation, but uses only the `` ResourceTypeFilters `` and `` TagFilters `` fields. If you specify more than one tag key, only resources that match all tag keys, and at least one value of each specified tag key, are returned in your query. If you specify more than one value for a tag key, a resource matches the filter if it has a tag key value that matches any of the specified values. For example, consider the following sample query for resources that have two tags, Stage and Version , with two values each: [{"Stage":["Test","Deploy"]},{"Version":["1","2"]}] The results of this resource query could include the following.
    • An Amazon EC2 instance that has the following two tags: {"Stage":"Deploy"} , and {"Version":"2"}
    • An S3 bucket that has the following two tags: {"Stage":"Test"} , and {"Version":"1"}

The resource query results would not include the following items in the results, however.

  • An Amazon EC2 instance that has only the following tag: {"Stage":"Deploy"} . The instance does not have all of the tag keys specified in the filter, so it is excluded from the results.
  • An RDS database that has the following two tags: {"Stage":"Archived"} and {"Version":"4"} The database has all of the tag keys, but none of those keys has an associated value that matches at least one of the specified values in the filter.

Example: "TagFilters": [ { "Key": "Stage", "Values": [ "Gamma", "Beta" ] }

  • StackIdentifier – applicable only if Type = CLOUDFORMATION_STACK_1_0 . The value of this parameter is the Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the CloudFormation stack whose resources you want included in the group.

Shorthand Syntax:

Type=string,Query=string

JSON Syntax:

{
  "Type": "TAG_FILTERS_1_0"|"CLOUDFORMATION_STACK_1_0",
  "Query": "string"
}

--tags (map)

The tags to add to the group. A tag is key-value pair string.

key -> (string)

value -> (string)

Shorthand Syntax:

KeyName1=string,KeyName2=string

JSON Syntax:

{"string": "string"
  ...}

--configuration (list)

A configuration associates the resource group with an Amazon Web Services service and specifies how the service can interact with the resources in the group. A configuration is an array of GroupConfigurationItem elements. For details about the syntax of service configurations, see Service configurations for Resource Groups .

Note

A resource group can contain either a Configuration or a ResourceQuery , but not both.

(structure)

An item in a group configuration. A group service configuration can have one or more items. For details about group service configuration syntax, see Service configurations for resource groups .

Type -> (string)

Specifies the type of group configuration item. Each item must have a unique value for type . For the list of types that you can specify for a configuration item, see Supported resource types and parameters .

Parameters -> (list)

A collection of parameters for this group configuration item. For the list of parameters that you can use with each configuration item type, see Supported resource types and parameters .

(structure)

A parameter for a group configuration item. For details about group service configuration syntax, see Service configurations for resource groups .

Name -> (string)

The name of the group configuration parameter. For the list of parameters that you can use with each configuration item type, see Supported resource types and parameters .

Values -> (list)

The value or values to be used for the specified parameter. For the list of values you can use with each parameter, see Supported resource types and parameters .

(string)

JSON Syntax:

[
  {
    "Type": "string",
    "Parameters": [
      {
        "Name": "string",
        "Values": ["string", ...]
      }
      ...
    ]
  }
  ...
]

--cli-input-json (string) Performs service operation based on the JSON string provided. The JSON string follows the format provided by --generate-cli-skeleton. If other arguments are provided on the command line, the CLI values will override the JSON-provided values. It is not possible to pass arbitrary binary values using a JSON-provided value as the string will be taken literally.

--generate-cli-skeleton (string) Prints a JSON skeleton to standard output without sending an API request. If provided with no value or the value input, prints a sample input JSON that can be used as an argument for --cli-input-json. If provided with the value output, it validates the command inputs and returns a sample output JSON for that command.

Global Options

--debug (boolean)

Turn on debug logging.

--endpoint-url (string)

Override command's default URL with the given URL.

--no-verify-ssl (boolean)

By default, the AWS CLI uses SSL when communicating with AWS services. For each SSL connection, the AWS CLI will verify SSL certificates. This option overrides the default behavior of verifying SSL certificates.

--no-paginate (boolean)

Disable automatic pagination.

--output (string)

The formatting style for command output.

  • json
  • text
  • table

--query (string)

A JMESPath query to use in filtering the response data.

--profile (string)

Use a specific profile from your credential file.

--region (string)

The region to use. Overrides config/env settings.

--version (string)

Display the version of this tool.

--color (string)

Turn on/off color output.

  • on
  • off
  • auto

--no-sign-request (boolean)

Do not sign requests. Credentials will not be loaded if this argument is provided.

--ca-bundle (string)

The CA certificate bundle to use when verifying SSL certificates. Overrides config/env settings.

--cli-read-timeout (int)

The maximum socket read time in seconds. If the value is set to 0, the socket read will be blocking and not timeout. The default value is 60 seconds.

--cli-connect-timeout (int)

The maximum socket connect time in seconds. If the value is set to 0, the socket connect will be blocking and not timeout. The default value is 60 seconds.

Examples

Note

To use the following examples, you must have the AWS CLI installed and configured. See the Getting started guide in the AWS CLI User Guide for more information.

Unless otherwise stated, all examples have unix-like quotation rules. These examples will need to be adapted to your terminal's quoting rules. See Using quotation marks with strings in the AWS CLI User Guide .

Example 1: To create a tag-based resource group

The following create-group example creates a tag-based resource group of Amazon EC2 instances in the current region. It's based on a query for resources that are tagged with the key Name, and the value WebServers. The group name is tbq-WebServer. The query is in a separate JSON file that is passed to the command.

aws resource-groups create-group \
    --name tbq-WebServer \
    --resource-query file://query.json

Contents of query.json:

{
    "Type": "TAG_FILTERS_1_0",
    "Query": "{\"ResourceTypeFilters\":[\"AWS::EC2::Instance\"],\"TagFilters\":[{\"Key\":\"Name\", \"Values\":[\"WebServers\"]}]}"
}

Output:

{
    "Group": {
        "GroupArn": "arn:aws:resource-groups:us-west-2:123456789012:group/tbq-WebServer",
        "Name": "tbq-WebServer"
    },
    "ResourceQuery": {
        "Type": "TAG_FILTERS_1_0",
        "Query": "{\"ResourceTypeFilters\":[\"AWS::EC2::Instance\"],\"TagFilters\":[{\"Key\":\"Name\", \"Values\":[\"WebServers\"]}]}"
    }
}

Example 2: To create a CloudFormation stack-based resource group

The following create-group example creates an AWS CloudFormation stack-based resource group named sampleCFNstackgroup. The query includes all resources in the specified CloudFormation stack that are supported by AWS Resource Groups.

aws resource-groups create-group \
    --name cbq-CFNstackgroup \
    --resource-query file://query.json

Contents of query.json:

{
    "Type": "CLOUDFORMATION_STACK_1_0",
    "Query": "{\"ResourceTypeFilters\":[\"AWS::AllSupported\"],\"StackIdentifier\":\"arn:aws:cloudformation:us-west-2:123456789012:stack/MyCFNStack/1415z9z0-z39z-11z8-97z5-500z212zz6fz\"}"
}

Output:

{
    "Group": {
        "GroupArn": "arn:aws:resource-groups:us-west-2:123456789012:group/cbq-CFNstackgroup",
        "Name": "cbq-CFNstackgroup"
    },
    "ResourceQuery": {
        "Type": "CLOUDFORMATION_STACK_1_0",
        "Query": "{\"ResourceTypeFilters\":[\"AWS::AllSupported\"],\"StackIdentifier\":\"arn:aws:cloudformation:us-east-2:123456789012:stack/MyCFNStack/1415z9z0-z39z-11z8-97z5-500z212zz6fz\"}"}'
    }
}

For more information, see Create Groups in the AWS Resource Groups User Guide.

Output

Group -> (structure)

The description of the resource group.

GroupArn -> (string)

The ARN of the resource group.

Name -> (string)

The name of the resource group.

Description -> (string)

The description of the resource group.

ResourceQuery -> (structure)

The resource query associated with the group. For more information about resource queries, see Create a tag-based group in Resource Groups .

Type -> (string)

The type of the query to perform. This can have one of two values:

  • *CLOUDFORMATION_STACK_1_0: * Specifies that you want the group to contain the members of an CloudFormation stack. The Query contains a StackIdentifier element with an ARN for a CloudFormation stack.
  • *TAG_FILTERS_1_0: * Specifies that you want the group to include resource that have tags that match the query.

Query -> (string)

The query that defines a group or a search. The contents depends on the value of the Type element.

  • ResourceTypeFilters – Applies to all ResourceQuery objects of either Type . This element contains one of the following two items:
    • The value AWS::AllSupported . This causes the ResourceQuery to match resources of any resource type that also match the query.
    • A list (a JSON array) of resource type identifiers that limit the query to only resources of the specified types. For the complete list of resource types that you can use in the array value for ResourceTypeFilters , see Resources you can use with Resource Groups and Tag Editor in the Resource Groups User Guide .

Example: "ResourceTypeFilters": ["AWS::AllSupported"] or "ResourceTypeFilters": ["AWS::EC2::Instance", "AWS::S3::Bucket"]

  • TagFilters – applicable only if Type = TAG_FILTERS_1_0 . The Query contains a JSON string that represents a collection of simple tag filters. The JSON string uses a syntax similar to the `` GetResources `` operation, but uses only the `` ResourceTypeFilters `` and `` TagFilters `` fields. If you specify more than one tag key, only resources that match all tag keys, and at least one value of each specified tag key, are returned in your query. If you specify more than one value for a tag key, a resource matches the filter if it has a tag key value that matches any of the specified values. For example, consider the following sample query for resources that have two tags, Stage and Version , with two values each: [{"Stage":["Test","Deploy"]},{"Version":["1","2"]}] The results of this resource query could include the following.
    • An Amazon EC2 instance that has the following two tags: {"Stage":"Deploy"} , and {"Version":"2"}
    • An S3 bucket that has the following two tags: {"Stage":"Test"} , and {"Version":"1"}

The resource query results would not include the following items in the results, however.

  • An Amazon EC2 instance that has only the following tag: {"Stage":"Deploy"} . The instance does not have all of the tag keys specified in the filter, so it is excluded from the results.
  • An RDS database that has the following two tags: {"Stage":"Archived"} and {"Version":"4"} The database has all of the tag keys, but none of those keys has an associated value that matches at least one of the specified values in the filter.

Example: "TagFilters": [ { "Key": "Stage", "Values": [ "Gamma", "Beta" ] }

  • StackIdentifier – applicable only if Type = CLOUDFORMATION_STACK_1_0 . The value of this parameter is the Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the CloudFormation stack whose resources you want included in the group.

Tags -> (map)

The tags associated with the group.

key -> (string)

value -> (string)

GroupConfiguration -> (structure)

The service configuration associated with the resource group. For details about the syntax of a service configuration, see Service configurations for Resource Groups .

Configuration -> (list)

The configuration currently associated with the group and in effect.

(structure)

An item in a group configuration. A group service configuration can have one or more items. For details about group service configuration syntax, see Service configurations for resource groups .

Type -> (string)

Specifies the type of group configuration item. Each item must have a unique value for type . For the list of types that you can specify for a configuration item, see Supported resource types and parameters .

Parameters -> (list)

A collection of parameters for this group configuration item. For the list of parameters that you can use with each configuration item type, see Supported resource types and parameters .

(structure)

A parameter for a group configuration item. For details about group service configuration syntax, see Service configurations for resource groups .

Name -> (string)

The name of the group configuration parameter. For the list of parameters that you can use with each configuration item type, see Supported resource types and parameters .

Values -> (list)

The value or values to be used for the specified parameter. For the list of values you can use with each parameter, see Supported resource types and parameters .

(string)

ProposedConfiguration -> (list)

If present, the new configuration that is in the process of being applied to the group.

(structure)

An item in a group configuration. A group service configuration can have one or more items. For details about group service configuration syntax, see Service configurations for resource groups .

Type -> (string)

Specifies the type of group configuration item. Each item must have a unique value for type . For the list of types that you can specify for a configuration item, see Supported resource types and parameters .

Parameters -> (list)

A collection of parameters for this group configuration item. For the list of parameters that you can use with each configuration item type, see Supported resource types and parameters .

(structure)

A parameter for a group configuration item. For details about group service configuration syntax, see Service configurations for resource groups .

Name -> (string)

The name of the group configuration parameter. For the list of parameters that you can use with each configuration item type, see Supported resource types and parameters .

Values -> (list)

The value or values to be used for the specified parameter. For the list of values you can use with each parameter, see Supported resource types and parameters .

(string)

Status -> (string)

The current status of an attempt to update the group configuration.

FailureReason -> (string)

If present, the reason why a request to update the group configuration failed.