---
title: "createAccessControlGroup"
slug: "cli-vserver-acg-createaccesscontrolgroup"
tags: ["ACG", "VPC", "Server"]
updated: 2026-09-17T10:08:33Z
published: 2026-09-17T10:08:33Z
canonical: "cli.ncloud-docs.com/cli-vserver-acg-createaccesscontrolgroup"
---

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# createAccessControlGroup

Available in VPC

Create a ACG. ACG is applied to network interfaces to control traffic access.

## Syntax

The `createAccessControlGroup` syntax is as follows:

```
./ncloud vserver createAccessControlGroup \
    --vpcNo <vpc-no> \
    [--accessControlGroupName <acg-name>] \
    [--accessControlGroupDescription <acg-description>] \
    [--regionCode <KR|SGN|JPN>] \
    [--output <json|xml>]
```

## Options

This section describes the options available when running `createAccessControlGroup`.

### Required options

The following options are required for `createAccessControlGroup`.

| Options | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `--vpcNo` | String | Required | VPC number - See [getVpcList](/docs/en/cli-vpc-vpcmanagement-getvpclist). |

### Optional options

These are the optional options for `createAccessControlGroup`. Options that are not specified will use their default values.

| Options | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `--accessControlGroupName` | String | Optional | ACG name - Automatically generated if not entered. - Enter 3-30 characters using a combination of lowercase English letters, numbers, and special character `-`. - The string must start with a lowercase English letter and end with a lowercase English letter or a number. |
| `--accessControlGroupDescription` | String | Optional | ACG description (byte) - 0-1000 |

### Common options

For information about the options common to all `vserver` subcommands, see [Server (VPC) options](/docs/en/cli-vserver#%EC%98%B5%EC%85%98).

## Examples

If the ACG creation request is successful, the identification information and operational status of the created ACG are returned.

### Command

The command example is as follows:

```
./ncloud vserver createAccessControlGroup \
    --vpcNo 12345678 \
    --accessControlGroupName test-acg-01 \
    --accessControlGroupDescription "ACG for web tier" \
    --regionCode KR \
    --output json
```

### Output

The output example is as follows:

```
{
  "createAccessControlGroupResponse": {
    "totalRows": 1,
    "accessControlGroupList": [
      {
        "accessControlGroupNo": "67890123",
        "accessControlGroupName": "test-acg-01",
        "isDefault": false,
        "vpcNo": "12345678",
        "accessControlGroupStatus": {
          "code": "RUN",
          "codeName": "In operation"
        },
        "accessControlGroupDescription": "ACG for web tier"
      }
    ],
    "requestId": "a1b2c3d4-e5f6-7890-abcd-ef1234567890",
    "returnCode": "0",
    "returnMessage": "success"
  }
}
```