# ValidateSecurityGroupQuotasForInterface
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Validates whether the specified security groups can be associated with a single network interface. The operation checks Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) quotas. It checks inbound or outbound rules per security group and security groups per network interface. Only authorized AWS services can call this operation.

For more information about security group quotas, see [Amazon VPC quotas](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/vpc/latest/userguide/amazon-vpc-limits.html#vpc-limits-security-groups) in the *Amazon VPC User Guide*.

## Request Parameters
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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

 **SecurityGroupId.N**   
The IDs of the security groups to validate for association with a single network interface. You must specify at least one ID, and each ID must be unique. The number of IDs cannot exceed the maximum number of security groups allowed per network interface.  
Type: Array of strings  
Required: Yes

## Response Elements
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The following elements are returned by the service.

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

 **valid**   
Specifies whether the specified security groups can be associated with a single network interface without exceeding the quotas. If associating the security groups would exceed a quota, the operation returns an error.  
Type: Boolean

## Errors
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For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see [Common Error Types](CommonErrors.md).

## See Also
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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/ValidateSecurityGroupQuotasForInterface) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/ec2-2016-11-15/ValidateSecurityGroupQuotasForInterface) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\+\+](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/ec2-2016-11-15/ValidateSecurityGroupQuotasForInterface) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/ec2-2016-11-15/ValidateSecurityGroupQuotasForInterface) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/ec2-2016-11-15/ValidateSecurityGroupQuotasForInterface) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/ec2-2016-11-15/ValidateSecurityGroupQuotasForInterface) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/ec2-2016-11-15/ValidateSecurityGroupQuotasForInterface) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/ec2-2016-11-15/ValidateSecurityGroupQuotasForInterface) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python (Boto3)](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/ec2-2016-11-15/ValidateSecurityGroupQuotasForInterface) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/ec2-2016-11-15/ValidateSecurityGroupQuotasForInterface)