# 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 URL

`https://{server-hostname}:8383/dcapi/scap/compliance/policygroups`

## Scope

`VulnerabilityMgmt.CREATE`

## Header

`Authorization: d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52`

## Request Parameters

### Request Headers

- **Content-Type** (`string`, Mandatory): `application/createPolicyGrp.v1+json`
- **Accept** (`string`, Mandatory): `application/createPolicyGrp.v1+json`

### Request Body

`application/json`

- **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/onpremise/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://appdomain/dcapi/scap/compliance/policygroups \
  --header 'Accept: application/createPolicyGrp.v1+json' \
  --header 'Authorization:  d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/createPolicyGrp.v1+json' \
  --data '{"groupName":"Windows CIS Level 1 Policy","profiles":[{"id":"50001","type":1},{"id":"50002","type":1}],"platform":1}'
```

## 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`

- **status** (`boolean`): `true` if the policy group was created successfully, `false` otherwise.

### HTTP Code 400

Response Body: `application/json`

- **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`

- **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`

- **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.

## Possible Response Codes

- `200` HTTP code
- `400` HTTP code
- `401` HTTP code
- `429` HTTP code

## Sample Response: HTTP 200

Policy group created successfully:

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

Policy group creation failed:

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

## Sample Response: 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."
}
```

## Sample Response: HTTP 401

Authentication credentials are missing or invalid.

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

## Sample Response: HTTP 429

API call threshold exceeded.

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

## Rate Limit

![](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.