---
title: "Add Quorum Approval Policy"
slug: "dsm-example-code-add-quorum-approval-policy"
updated: 2025-07-22T12:35:51Z
published: 2025-07-22T12:35:51Z
canonical: "support.fortanix.com/dsm-example-code-add-quorum-approval-policy"
---

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# Add Quorum Approval Policy

## 1.0 Overview

The following is an example of adding a simple quorum approval policy to an existing group.

- 2 out 3 users for approval (Note the user ID of the 3 users)

*For more information on setting the quorum approval policy at DSM group-level, refer to the* [*User's Guide: Group Quorum Policy*](/v1/docs/users-guide-group-quorum-policy)*.*

*For more information on setting the quorum approval policy at DSM account-level, refer to the* [*User's Guide: Account Quorum Policy*](/v1/docs/users-guide-account-quorum-policy)*.*

## 2.0 REST API Using the `curl `Command

```bash
$ curl <Endpoint URL>/sys/v1/groups/<Group-UUID> -H 'Authorization: Bearer YhXwwa-6C...ig5g' -X PATCH -d '{"approval_policy":{"protect_manage_operations":true,"protect_crypto_operations":true,"quorum":{"n":2,"members":[{"user":"80e3f312-9d8e-4645-848a-5c80aebf8f52"},{"user":"ba4ecb63-bcab-4e12-9432-b0a06fff5226"},{"user":"504c9895-c9fa-4890-b3d5-35554c74df18"}],"require_2fa":false,"require_password":false}}}'
```

## Related

- [Account Quorum Policy](/fortanix-dsm-account-quorum-policy.md)
- [SDKs for REST API](/fortanix-dsm-clients-sdks-for-rest-api.md)
- [DSM Java SDK and JCE Provider Documentation](/dsm-java-sdk-and-jce-provider-documentation.md)
- [Introduction](/dsm-example-code-introduction.md)
- [Key Components](/fortanix-dsm-key-components.md)