# ec2\_group with port range? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [April 11, 2014, 12:01am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ec2-group-with-port-range/14992 "2014-04-11T00:01:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ghexsel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/dbc845/32.png) [@ghexsel](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ghexsel)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2014, 12:01am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ec2-group-with-port-range/14992/1 "2014-04-11T00:01:47Z")
Is there a way to define an ec2\_group with port ranges, or maybe allow all ports for the security group? There is one example with a protocol of “all” which the code seems to map to -1, but if I use it, I get the following: … boto.exception.EC2ResponseError: EC2ResponseError: 400 Bad Request … `InvalidPermission.Malformed`Unsupported IP protocol “-1” - supported: [tcp, udp, icmp] … I also tried to define the ports as None (which the code seemed to be doing for that “all” protocol, but I got a … `InvalidParameterValue`Invalid integer value None … Is there a work-around? ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_DeHaan1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5e9695/32.png) [@Michael\_DeHaan1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan1)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2014, 9:02pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ec2-group-with-port-range/14992/2 "2014-04-15T21:02:39Z")
Saw you opened an RFE on this one: [https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/6903](https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/6903) Not sure the API supports this or not – any users of this know? ---
**Author:** ![ghexsel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/dbc845/32.png) [@ghexsel](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ghexsel)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2014, 2:03am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ec2-group-with-port-range/14992/3 "2014-04-16T02:03:45Z")
Not sure if it matters, but the ec2\_group help page does mention an “all” setting, it just doesn’t seem to be working.