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From: "patchback[bot]" <45432694+patchback[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2022 23:28:41 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] ec2_security_group: Set rules->group_name's datatype as raw
 (#971) (#974)

[PR #971/9e7ae6cf backport][stable-4] ec2_security_group: Set rules->group_name's datatype as raw

This is a backport of PR #971 as merged into main (9e7ae6c).
Signed-off-by: GomathiselviS gomathiselvi@gmail.com
SUMMARY
rules-> group_name can accept values of type list and str.
ISSUE TYPE


Docs Pull Request

COMPONENT NAME

ec2_security_group.py
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
---
 .../fragments/638-ec2_security_group_group_name_datatype.yml  | 2 ++
 plugins/modules/ec2_group.py                                  | 4 +++-
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 changelogs/fragments/638-ec2_security_group_group_name_datatype.yml

diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/638-ec2_security_group_group_name_datatype.yml b/changelogs/fragments/638-ec2_security_group_group_name_datatype.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..15087856308
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/638-ec2_security_group_group_name_datatype.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minor_changes:
+- ec2_security_group - set type as ``list`` for rules->group_name as it can accept both ``str`` and ``list`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/pull/971).
diff --git a/plugins/modules/ec2_group.py b/plugins/modules/ec2_group.py
index 7de410f849e..6ba9e69f341 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/ec2_group.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/ec2_group.py
@@ -79,11 +79,13 @@
             - You can specify only one of I(cidr_ip), I(cidr_ipv6), I(ip_prefix), I(group_id)
               and I(group_name).
         group_name:
-            type: str
+            type: list
+            elements: str
             description:
             - Name of the Security Group that traffic is coming from.
             - If the Security Group doesn't exist a new Security Group will be
               created with I(group_desc) as the description.
+            - I(group_name) can accept values of type str and list.
             - You can specify only one of I(cidr_ip), I(cidr_ipv6), I(ip_prefix), I(group_id)
               and I(group_name).
         group_desc: