We never want to modify the globally defined SG

pkg/cloudprovider/providers/aws/aws.go

@@ -2101,6 +2101,11 @@ func isEqualUserGroupPair(l, r *ec2.UserIdGroupPair, compareGroupUserIDs bool) b
 // Returns true if and only if changes were made
 // The security group must already exist
 func (c *Cloud) setSecurityGroupIngress(securityGroupID string, permissions IPPermissionSet) (bool, error) {
+	// We do not want to make changes to the Global defined SG
+	if securityGroupID == c.cfg.Global.ElbSecurityGroup {
+		return false, nil
+	}
+
 	group, err := c.findSecurityGroup(securityGroupID)
 	if err != nil {
 		glog.Warningf("Error retrieving security group %q", err)
@@ -2171,6 +2176,11 @@ func (c *Cloud) setSecurityGroupIngress(securityGroupID string, permissions IPPe
 // Returns true if and only if changes were made
 // The security group must already exist
 func (c *Cloud) addSecurityGroupIngress(securityGroupID string, addPermissions []*ec2.IpPermission) (bool, error) {
+	// We do not want to make changes to the Global defined SG
+	if securityGroupID == c.cfg.Global.ElbSecurityGroup {
+		return false, nil
+	}
+
 	group, err := c.findSecurityGroup(securityGroupID)
 	if err != nil {
 		glog.Warningf("Error retrieving security group: %q", err)
@@ -2227,6 +2237,11 @@ func (c *Cloud) addSecurityGroupIngress(securityGroupID string, addPermissions [
 // Returns true if and only if changes were made
 // If the security group no longer exists, will return (false, nil)
 func (c *Cloud) removeSecurityGroupIngress(securityGroupID string, removePermissions []*ec2.IpPermission) (bool, error) {
+	// We do not want to make changes to the Global defined SG
+	if securityGroupID == c.cfg.Global.ElbSecurityGroup {
+		return false, nil
+	}
+
 	group, err := c.findSecurityGroup(securityGroupID)
 	if err != nil {
 		glog.Warningf("Error retrieving security group: %q", err)
@@ -2554,7 +2569,7 @@ func getPortSets(annotation string) (ports *portSets) {
 
 // buildELBSecurityGroupList returns list of SecurityGroups which should be
 // attached to ELB created by a service. List always consist of at least
-// 1 member which is an SG created for this service. Extra groups can be
+// 1 member which is an SG created for this service or a SG from the Global config. Extra groups can be
 // specified via annotation
 func (c *Cloud) buildELBSecurityGroupList(serviceName types.NamespacedName, loadBalancerName, annotation string) ([]string, error) {
 	var err error