This is how neutron works (assuming you're using neutron), security group names and descriptions are not unique. If you were using nova- network (which is now deprecated), security group names are unique per project, but nova-network != neutron and as noted nova-network is deprecated.
** Changed in: nova Status: New => Invalid ** Tags added: neutron security-groups -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Yahoo! Engineering Team, which is subscribed to OpenStack Compute (nova). https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1624065 Title: Multiple security groups with the same name are created Status in OpenStack Compute (nova): Invalid Bug description: Description: ------------ I am able to create multiple security groups with the same name and same description. This behaviour can result in confusion. Expected Behaviour: ------------------ Enforcing uniqueness in security group names AWS gives me an error when I try to create multiple security groups with the same name in the same vpc. ''' An error occurred creating your security group. The security group 'launch-wizard-3' already exists for VPC 'vpc-03cfc166' ''' Environment: ----------- OpenStack Mitaka on Ubuntu 14.04 server Reproduction Steps: ------------------- Steps from horizon: 1. Create multiple security groups with same name and same description Steps from cli: 1. Run the command "nova secgroup-create test test" multiple times Result: ------ nova secgroup-list +--------------------------------------+---------+------------------------+ | Id | Name | Description | +--------------------------------------+---------+------------------------+ | 7708f691-7107-43d3-87f4-1d3e672dbe8d | default | Default security group | | 60d730cc-476b-4d0b-8fbe-f06f09a0b9cd | test | test | | 63481312-0f6c-4575-af37-3941e9864cfb | test | test | | 827a8642-6b14-47b7-970d-38b8136f62a8 | test | test | | 827c33b5-ee4b-43eb-867d-56b3c858664c | test | test | | 95607bc1-43a4-4105-9aad-f072ac330499 | test | test | +--------------------------------------+---------+------------------------+ To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1624065/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~yahoo-eng-team Post to : yahoo-eng-team@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~yahoo-eng-team More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp