kubernetes/kops · error

creating/updating network security group: %w

Error message

creating/updating network security group: %w

What it means

BeginCreateOrUpdate for the network security group failed to start the LRO; fires on ARM validation errors (bad security rules), quota, or authorization failures.

Source

Thrown at upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/azure/networksecuritygroup.go:45

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// NetworkSecurityGroupsClient is a client for managing network security groups.
type NetworkSecurityGroupsClient interface {
	CreateOrUpdate(ctx context.Context, resourceGroupName, NetworkSecurityGroupName string, parameters network.SecurityGroup) (*network.SecurityGroup, error)
	List(ctx context.Context, resourceGroupName string) ([]*network.SecurityGroup, error)
	Delete(ctx context.Context, resourceGroupName, NetworkSecurityGroupName string) error
}

type NetworkSecurityGroupsClientImpl struct {
	c *network.SecurityGroupsClient
}

var _ NetworkSecurityGroupsClient = (*NetworkSecurityGroupsClientImpl)(nil)

func (c *NetworkSecurityGroupsClientImpl) CreateOrUpdate(ctx context.Context, resourceGroupName, NetworkSecurityGroupName string, parameters network.SecurityGroup) (*network.SecurityGroup, error) {
	future, err := c.c.BeginCreateOrUpdate(ctx, resourceGroupName, NetworkSecurityGroupName, parameters, nil)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("creating/updating network security group: %w", err)
	}
	asg, err := future.PollUntilDone(ctx, nil)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("waiting for network security group create/update completion: %w", err)
	}
	return &asg.SecurityGroup, err
}

func (c *NetworkSecurityGroupsClientImpl) List(ctx context.Context, resourceGroupName string) ([]*network.SecurityGroup, error) {
	if resourceGroupName == "" {
		return nil, nil
	}

	var l []*network.SecurityGroup
	pager := c.c.NewListPager(resourceGroupName, nil)
	for pager.More() {
		resp, err := pager.NextPage(ctx)
		if err != nil {

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Solutions

  1. Inspect the wrapped ResponseError code and fix the security rule parameters
  2. Verify Network Contributor permissions
  3. Retry after transient ARM failures
Defensive patterns

Strategy: retry

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/azure/networksecuritygroup.go:45 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.


AI-assisted analysis of kubernetes/kops@4c8573c808 (2026-09-05). Data as JSON: /api/errors/e9c9cb989324d225. Report an issue: GitHub.