Function

This API is used to create a cluster.

The cluster must run in a VPC. Before creating a cluster, you need to create a VPC and obtain the VPC and subnet IDs.

This API is an asynchronous API. It takes 10 to 15 minutes to create a cluster.

Calling Method

For details, see Calling APIs.

URI

POST /v2/{project_id}/clusters

**Table 1** Path Parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
project_id	Yes	String	Definition Project ID. To obtain the value, see Obtaining a Project ID. Constraints N/A Range N/A Default Value N/A

Request Parameters

**Table 2** Request body parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
cluster	No	V2CreateCluster object	Definition Request body for creating a cluster (V2). Constraints N/A Range N/A Default Value N/A

**Table 3** V2CreateCluster
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
name	Yes	String	Definition Cluster name, which must be unique. Constraints N/A Range The value must be unique. It must contain 4 to 64 characters and start with a letter. Only letters, digits, hyphens (-), and underscores (_) are allowed. Default Value N/A
flavor	Yes	String	Definition Cluster flavor code. Constraints N/A Range See the flavor code returned by the API for querying flavor. Default Value N/A
num_cn	No	Integer	Definition Number of CNs in a cluster. Constraints N/A Range 2 to The number of cluster nodes. Maximum value: 20. Default value: 3. Default Value N/A
num_node	Yes	Integer	Definition Number of nodes in a cluster. Constraints N/A Range For a cluster, the value is from 3 to 256. For a hybrid data warehouse (standalone), the value is 1. Default Value N/A
db_name	Yes	String	Definition Administrator username. Constraints N/A Range Contain only lowercase letters, digits, and underscores (). Must start with a lowercase letter or an underscore (). Contain 1 to 63 characters. Cannot be a keyword of the GaussDB(DWS) database. Default Value N/A
db_password	Yes	String	Definition Password of the administrator. Constraints N/A Range 12 to 32 characters. At least three types of the following characters: uppercase letters, lowercase letters, digits, and special characters (~!?, .:;-_(){}[]/<>@# %^&+\|=). Cannot be the username or the username spelled backwards. Default Value* N/A
db_port	Yes	Integer	Definition Cluster database port. Constraints N/A Range 8000 to 30000 Default Value 8000
dss_pool_id	No	String	Definition Dedicated storage pool ID. Generally, you do not need to specify this parameter. Constraints N/A Range N/A Default Value null
availability_zones	Yes	Array of strings	Definition AZ information. When creating a 3-AZ cluster, you need to enter three different AZs. Constraints N/A Range To obtain the value, see Querying AZs. Default Value N/A
tags	No	Array of Tags objects	Definition Tag information. Constraints N/A Range N/A Default Value N/A
vpc_id	Yes	String	Definition VPC ID, which is used for configuring cluster network. Constraints N/A Range N/A Default Value N/A
subnet_id	Yes	String	Definition Subnet ID, which is used for configuring the cluster network. Constraints N/A Range N/A Default Value N/A
security_group_id	No	String	Definition Security group ID, which is used for configuring the cluster network. Constraints N/A Range N/A Default Value N/A
public_ip	No	PublicIp object	Definition Public IP address. If the parameter is not specified, public connection is not used by default. Constraints N/A Range N/A Default Value N/A
datastore_version	Yes	String	Definition Cluster version. Constraints N/A Range N/A Default Value N/A
master_key_id	No	String	Definition KMS key ID. Constraints N/A Range N/A Default Value N/A
master_key_name	No	String	Definition KMS key name. Constraints N/A Range N/A Default Value N/A
crypt_algorithm	No	String	Definition KMS encryption algorithm. Constraints N/A Range N/A Default Value N/A
volume	Yes	Volume object	Definition Disk information. Constraints N/A Range N/A Default Value N/A
enterprise_project_id	No	String	Definition Enterprise project ID for a cluster. If this parameter is not specified, the default value 0 (indicating that the ID of the default enterprise project) is used. Constraints N/A Range N/A Default Value 0
ipv6_enable	No	Boolean	Definition Network protocol type. It indicates whether IPv6 is supported. By default, IPv6 is not used. If IPv6 is used, the selected subnet must support IPv6. Constraints N/A Range N/A Default Value N/A

**Table 4** Tags
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
key	Yes	String	Definition Tag key. Constraints N/A Range It can contain a maximum of 128 Unicode characters. It cannot be an empty string, and cannot start or end with a space. It cannot contain the following characters: =<>\,\|/ Only uppercase letters, lowercase letters, digits, underscores (_), and hyphens (-) are allowed. Default Value* N/A
value	Yes	String	Definition Tag value. Constraints N/A Range The value can contain a maximum of 256 characters and can be an empty string. It cannot start or end with a space. It cannot contain the following characters: =<>\,\|/ Only uppercase letters, lowercase letters, digits, underscores (_), and hyphens (-) are allowed. Default Value* N/A

**Table 5** PublicIp
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
public_bind_type	No	String	Definition EIP binding type. Constraints N/A Range auto_assign not_use bind_existing Default Value null
eip_id	No	String	Definition EIP ID. Constraints N/A Range N/A Default Value null

**Table 6** Volume
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
volume	Yes	String	Definition Disk name. Constraints N/A Range SSD: Ultra-high I/O SAS: High I/O SATA: Common I/O Default Value N/A
capacity	No	Integer	Definition Disk capacity in GB. Constraints N/A Range N/A Default Value N/A

Response Parameters

Status code: 200

**Table 7** Response body parameters
Parameter	Type	Description
cluster	Cluster object	Definition Cluster object. Range N/A

**Table 8** Cluster
Parameter	Type	Description
id	String	Definition Cluster ID. Range N/A

Example Requests

Create a multi-AZ DWS cluster (Cluster version: 8.2.1. AZs: az1 and az2. Node flavor: dws.m1.xlarge.ultrahigh. Nodes: 3. Disk type: SSD disk with 100 GB capacity. Database port: 8000. Public IP address, security Group ID, Subnet ID, VPC ID are configured).

POST https://{Endpoint}/v2/89cd04f168b84af6be287f71730fdb4b/clusters

{
  "cluster" : {
    "flavor" : "dws.m1.xlarge.ultrahigh",
    "num_node" : 3,
    "subnet_id" : "374eca02-cfc4-4de7-8ab5-dbebf7d9a720",
    "security_group_id" : "dc3ec145-9029-4b39-b5a3-ace5a01f772b",
    "vpc_id" : "85b20d7e-9eb7-4b2a-98f3-3c8843ea3574",
    "db_port" : 8000,
    "datastore_version" : "8.2.1",
    "availability_zones" : [ "az1", "az2" ],
    "name" : "dws-1",
    "num_cn" : 3,
    "db_name" : "dbadmin",
    "db_password" : "Passw0rd!",
    "public_ip" : {
      "public_bind_type" : "auto_assign",
      "eip_id" : ""
    },
    "volume" : {
      "volume" : "SSD",
      "capacity" : 100
    },
    "enterprise_project_id" : "aca4e50a-266f-4786-827c-f8d6cc3fbada"
  }
}

Example Responses