# Create a new CIS compliance policy group

Creates a new custom CIS compliance policy group with the specified name, platform, and associated benchmark profiles.

## Endpoint

`POST /dcapi/scap/compliance/policygroups`

## Request

### Request URL

`https://[{serverurl}](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/help/api/cloud/oauth-authentication-endpoint-domain.html)/dcapi/scap/compliance/policygroups`

### Scope

`DesktopCentralCloud.VulnerabilityMgmt.CREATE`

### Header

`Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52`

### Request Parameters

#### Request Headers

- **Content-Type** `string` — **Mandatory**
  - `application/createPolicyGrp.v1+json`
- **Accept** `string` — **Mandatory**
  - `application/createPolicyGrp.v1+json`

#### Request Body

`application/json`

- `JSON Object`
  - **profiles** `JSON Array` — Optional
    - List of CIS benchmark profile objects to associate with the policy group. Fetch available profiles from [Get Profiles List for Platform](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/help/api/cloud/get-profiles-list-for-platform.html).
  - **groupName** `string` — Optional
    - Name of the policy group
  - **platform** `string` — Optional
    - Platform identifier. `1 = Windows`, `3 = Linux`

### Sample Request

```curl
curl --request POST \
  --url https://appdomains/dcapi/scap/compliance/policygroups \
  --header 'Accept: application/createPolicyGrp.v1+json' \
  --header 'Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken  d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/createPolicyGrp.v1+json' \
  --data '{}'
```

### Sample Request Body

Create a new custom CIS compliance policy group with benchmark profiles.

```json
{
  "groupName": "Windows CIS Level 1 Policy",
  "profiles": [
    {
      "id": "50001",
      "type": 1
    },
    {
      "id": "50002",
      "type": 1
    }
  ],
  "platform": 1
}
```

## Response Parameters

### HTTP Code 200

Response body: `application/json`

- `JSON Object`
  - **status** `boolean`
    - `true` if the policy group was created successfully, `false` otherwise

### HTTP Code 400

Response body: `application/json`

- `JSON Object`
  - **statusCode** `string`
    - HTTP status code (`400`)
  - **errorCode** `string`
    - API-specific error code identifying the validation failure
  - **message** `string`
    - Error message describing the validation failure

### HTTP Code 401

Response body: `application/json`

- `JSON Object`
  - **errorCode** `long`
    - Unauthorized error code returned when authentication credentials are missing, expired, or invalid (`authentication=required`)
  - **errorMsg** `string`
    - Authentication failure reason

### HTTP Code 429

Response body: `application/json`

- `JSON Object`
  - **errorCode** `long`
    - Rate limit error code returned when the API call threshold (configured via threshold/duration in security XML) is exceeded; client is locked out for lock-period minutes
  - **errorMsg** `string`
    - Rate limit exceeded message with retry guidance

## Sample Responses

### HTTP 200

Policy group created successfully.

```json
{
  "status": true
}
```

Policy group creation failed.

```json
{
  "status": false
}
```

### HTTP 400

A request body parameter has an invalid format or type.

```json
{
  "errorCode": "IAM0025",
  "url": "/dcapi/scap/compliance/policygroups",
  "errorMsg": "id is an invalid parameter format."
}
```

### HTTP 401

Authentication credentials are missing or invalid.

```json
{
  "errorMessage": "Authentication required",
  "errorCode": "UNAUTHORIZED"
}
```

### HTTP 429

API call threshold exceeded.

```json
{
  "errorMessage": "Rate limit exceeded. Retry after some time",
  "errorCode": "TOO_MANY_REQUESTS"
}
```

## Rate Limits

![](https://www.zohowebstatic.com/sites/zweb/images/people/ico-help.png)

**Duration:** 1 minute | **Threshold:** 30 | **Lock period:** 5 minutes

Duration - Time window for the threshold.  
Threshold - Number of API calls allowed within the specified duration.  
Lock Period - Wait time before consecutive API requests.