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Creating a VPC

Function

This API is used to create a VPC.

URI

POST /v1/{project_id}/vpcs

Table 1 describes the parameters.

Table 1 Parameter description

Name	Mandatory	Description
project_id	Yes	Specifies the project ID.

Request Message

• Request parameter

  Table 2 Request parameter

  Name	Mandatory	Type	Description
  vpc	Yes	vpc object	Specifies the VPC objects.

  Table 3 VPC objects

  Name	Mandatory	Type	Description
  name	No	String	Specifies the VPC name. The value can contain no more than 64 characters, including letters, digits, underscores (_), hyphens (-), and periods (.). Each VPC name of a tenant must be unique if the VPC name is not left blank.
  description	No	String	Provides supplementary information about the VPC. The value can contain no more than 255 characters and cannot contain angle brackets (< or >).
  cidr	No	String	Specifies the available IP address ranges for subnets in the VPC. Possible values are as follows: 10.0.0.0/8-24 172.16.0.0/12-24 192.168.0.0/16-24 If cidr is not specified, the default value is left blank. The value must be in CIDR format, for example, 192.168.0.0/16.
  enterprise_project_id	No	String	Specifies the enterprise project ID. When creating a VPC, you can associate an enterprise project ID with the VPC. The value is 0 or a string that contains a maximum of 36 characters in UUID format with hyphens (-). Value 0 indicates the default enterprise project. NOTE: This parameter is unsupported. Do not use it.

• Example request

  POST https://{Endpoint}/v1/{project_id}/vpcs
  
  {
      "vpc": {
          "name": "vpc",
          "description": "test",
          "cidr": "192.168.0.0/16",
          "enterprise_project_id": "0aad99bc-f5f6-4f78-8404-c598d76b0ed2"
      }
  }

Response Message

• Response parameter

  Table 4 Response parameter

  Name	Type	Description
  vpc	vpc object	Specifies the VPC objects.

  Table 5 VPC objects

  Name	Type	Description
  id	String	Specifies a resource ID in UUID format.
  name	String	Specifies the VPC name. The value can contain no more than 64 characters, including letters, digits, underscores (_), hyphens (-), and periods (.). Each VPC name of a tenant must be unique if the VPC name is not left blank.
  description	String	Provides supplementary information about the VPC. The value can contain no more than 255 characters and cannot contain angle brackets (< or >).
  cidr	String	Specifies the available IP address ranges for subnets in the VPC. Possible values are as follows: 10.0.0.0/8-24 172.16.0.0/12-24 192.168.0.0/16-24 If cidr is not specified, the default value is left blank. The value must be in CIDR format, for example, 192.168.0.0/16.
  status	String	Specifies the VPC status. Possible values are as follows: CREATING: The VPC is being created. OK: The VPC is created successfully.
  routes	Array of route objects	Specifies the route information. For details, see the description of the route objects.
  enable_shared_snat	Boolean	Specifies whether the shared SNAT function is enabled. The value true indicates that the function is enabled, and the value false indicates that the function is not enabled.
  enterprise_project_id	String	Specifies the enterprise project ID. The value is 0 or a string that contains a maximum of 36 characters in UUID format with hyphens (-). Value 0 indicates the default enterprise project. NOTE: This parameter is unsupported. Do not use it.

  Table 6 route objects

  Name	Type	Description
  destination	String	Specifies the destination network segment of a route. The value must be in the CIDR format. Currently, only the value 0.0.0.0/0 is supported.
  nexthop	String	Specifies the next hop of a route. The value must be an IP address and must belong to the subnet in the VPC. Otherwise, this value does not take effect.

• Example response

  {
   "vpc": 
       {
       "id": "99d9d709-8478-4b46-9f3f-2206b1023fd3",
       "name": "vpc",
       "description": "test",
       "cidr": "192.168.0.0/16",
       "status": "CREATING",
       "enterprise_project_id": "0aad99bc-f5f6-4f78-8404-c598d76b0ed2", 
       "routes": []
       }
  }

Status Code

See Status Codes.

Error Code

See Error Codes.

Parent topic: Virtual Private Cloud