# CreateSecurityConfiguration
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Creates a security configuration, which is stored in the service and can be specified when a cluster is created.

## Request Syntax
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```
{
   "Name": "string",
   "SecurityConfiguration": "string"
}
```

## Request Parameters
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For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see [Common Parameters](CommonParameters.md).

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

 ** [Name](#API_CreateSecurityConfiguration_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="EMR-CreateSecurityConfiguration-request-Name"></a>
The name of the security configuration.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 0. Maximum length of 10280.  
Pattern: `[\u0020-\uD7FF\uE000-\uFFFD\uD800\uDC00-\uDBFF\uDFFF\r\n\t]*`   
Required: Yes

 ** [SecurityConfiguration](#API_CreateSecurityConfiguration_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="EMR-CreateSecurityConfiguration-request-SecurityConfiguration"></a>
The security configuration details in JSON format. For JSON parameters and examples, see [Use Security Configurations to Set Up Cluster Security](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/emr/latest/ManagementGuide/emr-security-configurations.html) in the *Amazon EMR Management Guide*.  
Type: String  
Required: Yes

## Response Syntax
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```
{
   "CreationDateTime": number,
   "Name": "string"
}
```

## Response Elements
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If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.

The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.

 ** [CreationDateTime](#API_CreateSecurityConfiguration_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="EMR-CreateSecurityConfiguration-response-CreationDateTime"></a>
The date and time the security configuration was created.  
Type: Timestamp

 ** [Name](#API_CreateSecurityConfiguration_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="EMR-CreateSecurityConfiguration-response-Name"></a>
The name of the security configuration.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 0. Maximum length of 10280.  
Pattern: `[\u0020-\uD7FF\uE000-\uFFFD\uD800\uDC00-\uDBFF\uDFFF\r\n\t]*` 

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

 ** InternalServerException **   
This exception occurs when there is an internal failure in the Amazon EMR service.    
 ** Message **   
The message associated with the exception.
HTTP Status Code: 500

 ** InvalidRequestException **   
This exception occurs when there is something wrong with user input.    
 ** ErrorCode **   
The error code associated with the exception.  
 ** Message **   
The message associated with the exception.
HTTP Status Code: 400

## 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/elasticmapreduce-2009-03-31/CreateSecurityConfiguration) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/elasticmapreduce-2009-03-31/CreateSecurityConfiguration) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/elasticmapreduce-2009-03-31/CreateSecurityConfiguration) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/elasticmapreduce-2009-03-31/CreateSecurityConfiguration) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/elasticmapreduce-2009-03-31/CreateSecurityConfiguration) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/elasticmapreduce-2009-03-31/CreateSecurityConfiguration) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/elasticmapreduce-2009-03-31/CreateSecurityConfiguration) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/elasticmapreduce-2009-03-31/CreateSecurityConfiguration) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/elasticmapreduce-2009-03-31/CreateSecurityConfiguration) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/elasticmapreduce-2009-03-31/CreateSecurityConfiguration)