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# SmartGroups Reference

Reference information about SmartGroups.

## SmartGroups Overview Page Reference

Descriptions of fields and properties visible on the Aviatrix PaaS SmartGroups
tab.

Items are listed in alphabetical order.

Field/Property names correspond to those used in the Aviatrix PaaS user
interface.

| **Date** | **Description** |
| - | - |
| Name | Unique name for the SmartGroup. |
| Refetch Cloud Resources | Retrieves the latest resource information from your cloud service providers (CSPs). |
| Resource Type | Network resources to be included as part of the SmartGroup.<br /><br />A resource type can be virtual machine; a subnet; a VPC/VNet; IP/CIDR; Kubernetes Cluster, Namespace, or Service; or a DNS Hostname.<br /><br />A resource can be specified by the IP address or CIDR of the resource or specified matching criteria on any property for the resource type.<br /><br />Resource-type based SmartGroups are only supported on public AWS, Azure, and GCP clouds. Other clouds must use the IP address or CIDR to specify the resource. |
| Rule References (Distributed Cloud Firewall Only) | When using SmartGroups for Distributed Cloud Firewall (DCF), the number of DCF policies associated with the SmartGroup. |

## Create New SmartGroup Reference

Descriptions of fields and properties used in Aviatrix PaaS for creating
SmartGroups.

Items are listed in alphabetical order.

Field/Property names correspond to those used in the Aviatrix PaaS user
interface.

| **Field/Property** | **Description** |
| - | - |
| IPs/CIDRs | One or multiple IP addresses and/or CIDRs for the network resource(s) included in the SmartGroup. |
| Name | Unique name for the SmartGroup. |
| Preview Resources | Lists all resources available across your Aviatrix managed cloud networks. |
| Resources | One or multiple network resources to be included as part of the SmartGroup.<br /><br />A resource can be a virtual machine, a subnet, a VPC/VNet, IP/CIDR, or external connection.<br /><br />A resource can be specified by the IP address or CIDR of the resource or specified matching criteria on any property for the resource type.<br /><br />Resource-type based SmartGroups are only supported on public AWS, Azure, and GCP clouds. Other clouds must use the IP address or CIDR to specify the resource. |
| Resource Type ‑ Subnet(s) | Subnet to be included in the SmartGroup as identified by the matching condition criteria. |
| Resource Type ‑ Virtual Machine(s) | Virtual Machine to be included in the SmartGroup as identified by the matching condition criteria. |
| Resource Type ‑ VPC/VNet(s) | VPC/VNet to be included in the SmartGroup as identified by the matching condition criteria. |
| Resource Type ‑ IPs/CIDRs | IP address/CIDR to be included in the SmartGroup as identified by the matching condition criteria. |
| Resource Type ‑ Kubernetes | Namespace, Cluster, or Service. |
| Resource Type ‑ DNS Hostnames | Fully Qualified Domain Name. For more information, see "About DNS Hostname SmartGroups". |


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