---
title: "Create group"
slug: "post-group"
updated: 2026-09-17T10:05:35Z
published: 2026-09-17T10:05:35Z
canonical: "api.ncloud-docs.com/post-group"
---

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# Create group

Available in Classic and VPC

Create a group. It can be useful when assigning permissions to SSO users in the group.

## Request

This section describes the request format. The method and URI are as follows:

| Method | URI |
| --- | --- |
| POST | /api/v1/groups |

### Request headers

For information about the headers common to all Ncloud Single Sign-On APIs, see [Ncloud Single Sign-On request headers](/docs/en/single-sign-on-overview#%EC%9A%94%EC%B2%AD%ED%97%A4%EB%8D%94).

### Request body

You can include the following data in the body of your request:

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `name` | String | Required | Group name - Enter 2-30 characters by combining English letters, numbers, and special characters "-" and "_". - It must start with an English letter or a number. - It can't be changed after creation. |
| `description` | String | Optional | Group description - 0-300 characters |
| `tags` | Object | Optional | Policy's tag - Up to 20 per resource. - Enter in the `{tagKey}:{tagValue}` format. - tagKey: Enter up to 128 characters by combining English letters, numbers, and special characters "*", ".", "/", "=", "+", "-", and "@".* - *tagValue: Enter up to 256 characters by combining English letters, numbers, and special characters "*", ".", "/", "=", "+", "-", and "@". |

### Request example

The request example is as follows:

```
curl --location --request POST 'https://sso.apigw.ntruss.com/api/v1/groups' \
--header 'x-ncp-apigw-timestamp: {Timestamp}' \
--header 'x-ncp-iam-access-key: {Access Key}' \
--header 'x-ncp-apigw-signature-v2: {API Gateway Signature}' \
--data '{
    "name": "group000",
    "description": "group000 description",
    "tags": {
        "tagKey1": "tagValue1",
        "team": "a"
    }
}'
```

## Response

This section describes the response format.

### Response body

The response body includes the following data:

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `groupId` | String | - | Group ID |
| `groupName` | String | - | Group name |
| `nrn` | String | - | NAVER Cloud Platform resource identification value for group |
| `description` | String | - | Group description |
| `createdAt` | String | - | Group creation date and time - ISO 8601 format |
| `updatedAt` | String | - | Group modification date and time - ISO 8601 format |

### Response status codes

For information about the HTTP status codes common to all Ncloud Single Sign-On APIs, see [Ncloud Single Sign-On response status codes](/docs/en/single-sign-on-overview#%EC%9D%91%EB%8B%B5%EC%83%81%ED%83%9C%EC%BD%94%EB%93%9C).

### Response example

The response example is as follows:

```
{
    "groupId": "12cfbd94-****-****-****-2ff725201395",
    "groupName": "group000",
    "nrn": "nrn:PUB:SSO::*******:Group/12cfbd94-****-****-****-2ff725201395",
    "description": "group000 description",
    "createdAt": "2025-01-13T02:04:15Z",
    "updatedAt": "2025-01-13T02:04:15Z"
}
```