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# IP Group

An Azure IP Group is a reusable collection of IP addresses and IP address ranges that simplifies network security management. You can use an IP Group to create cleaner and more scalable network security rules by referencing the group instead of listing individual IPs. It is commonly used with Network Security Groups, firewalls, and other networking resources to manage access control more efficiently.

```
azure.network_ip_group
```

## Fields

| Title              | ID   | Type          | Data Type                                                                                | Description |
| ------------------ | ---- | ------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------- |
| _key               | core | string        |
| etag               | core | string        | A unique read-only string that changes whenever the resource is updated.                 |
| firewall_policies  | core | json          | List of references to Firewall Policies resources that this IpGroups is associated with. |
| firewalls          | core | json          | List of references to Firewall resources that this IpGroups is associated with.          |
| id                 | core | string        | Resource ID.                                                                             |
| ip_addresses       | core | array<string> | IpAddresses/IpAddressPrefixes in the IpGroups resource.                                  |
| location           | core | string        | Resource location.                                                                       |
| name               | core | string        | Resource name.                                                                           |
| provisioning_state | core | string        | The current provisioning state.                                                          |
| resource_group     | core | string        |
| subscription_id    | core | string        |
| subscription_name  | core | string        |
| tags               | core | hstore_csv    |
| type               | core | string        | Resource type.                                                                           |