# UpdateSecurityGroupRuleDescriptionsEgress


Updates the description of an egress (outbound) security group rule. You can replace an existing description, or add a description to a rule that did not have one previously. You can remove a description for a security group rule by omitting the description parameter in the request.

## Request Parameters


The following parameters are for this specific action. For more information about required and optional parameters that are common to all actions, see [Common Query Parameters](CommonParameters.md).

 **DryRun**   
Checks whether you have the required permissions for the action, without actually making the request, and provides an error response. If you have the required permissions, the error response is `DryRunOperation`. Otherwise, it is `UnauthorizedOperation`.  
Type: Boolean  
Required: No

 **GroupId**   
The ID of the security group. You must specify either the security group ID or the security group name in the request. For security groups in a nondefault VPC, you must specify the security group ID.  
Type: String  
Required: No

 **GroupName**   
[Default VPC] The name of the security group. You must specify either the security group ID or the security group name.  
Type: String  
Required: No

 **IpPermissions.N**   
The IP permissions for the security group rule. You must specify either the IP permissions or the description.  
Type: Array of [IpPermission](API_IpPermission.md) objects  
Required: No

 **SecurityGroupRuleDescription.N**   
The description for the egress security group rules. You must specify either the description or the IP permissions.  
Type: Array of [SecurityGroupRuleDescription](API_SecurityGroupRuleDescription.md) objects  
Required: No

## Response Elements


The following elements are returned by the service.

 **requestId**   
The ID of the request.  
Type: String

 **return**   
Returns `true` if the request succeeds; otherwise, returns an error.  
Type: Boolean

## Errors


For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see [Common client error codes](errors-overview.md#CommonErrors).

## Examples


### Example


This example updates the description for the security group rule that allows outbound access over port 80 to the `205.192.0.0/16` IPv4 address range. The description '`Outbound HTTP access to server 2`' replaces any existing description for the rule.

#### Sample Request


```
https://ec2.amazonaws.com/?Action=UpdateSecurityGroupRuleDescriptionsEgress
&GroupId=sg-112233
&IpPermissions.1.IpProtocol=tcp
&IpPermissions.1.FromPort=80
&IpPermissions.1.ToPort=80
&IpPermissions.1.IpRanges.1.CidrIp=205.192.0.0/16
&IpPermissions.1.IpRanges.1.Description=Outbound HTTP access to server 2
&AUTHPARAMS
```

#### Sample Response


```
<UpdateSecurityGroupRuleDescriptionsEgressResponse xmlns="http://ec2.amazonaws.com/doc/2016-11-15/">
    <requestId>1480cf25-4fbe-4168-aa9c-365example</requestId>
    <return>true</return>
</UpdateSecurityGroupRuleDescriptionsEgressResponse>
```

## See Also


For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS Command Line Interface V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/cli2/ec2-2016-11-15/UpdateSecurityGroupRuleDescriptionsEgress) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/ec2-2016-11-15/UpdateSecurityGroupRuleDescriptionsEgress) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/ec2-2016-11-15/UpdateSecurityGroupRuleDescriptionsEgress) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/ec2-2016-11-15/UpdateSecurityGroupRuleDescriptionsEgress) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/ec2-2016-11-15/UpdateSecurityGroupRuleDescriptionsEgress) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/ec2-2016-11-15/UpdateSecurityGroupRuleDescriptionsEgress) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/ec2-2016-11-15/UpdateSecurityGroupRuleDescriptionsEgress) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/ec2-2016-11-15/UpdateSecurityGroupRuleDescriptionsEgress) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/ec2-2016-11-15/UpdateSecurityGroupRuleDescriptionsEgress) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/ec2-2016-11-15/UpdateSecurityGroupRuleDescriptionsEgress)