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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

Parameter	Mandatory	Description
project_id	Yes	Specifies the project ID.

Request Parameters

Table 2 Request parameter

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

Table 3 VPC objects

Parameter	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. Range: 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.

Example Request

• Create a VPC named vpc and set its CIDR block to 192.168.0.0/16.

  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 Parameters

Table 4 Response parameter

Parameter	Type	Description
vpc	vpc object	Specifies the VPC objects.

Table 5 VPC objects

Parameter	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. Range: 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. Range: 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.
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.
tenant_id	String	Project ID
created_at	String	Specifies the time (UTC) when the VPC is created. Format: yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss
updated_at	String	Specifies the time (UTC) when the VPC is updated. Format: yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss

Table 6 route objects

Parameter	Type	Description
destination	String	Specifies the destination CIDR block of a route. Constraints: The value must be in the CIDR format. IPv4 and IPv6 CIDR formats are supported.
nexthop	String	Specifies the next hop of a route. The value must be an IP address from the subnet of the VPC. IPv4 and IPv6 addresses are supported.

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": [],
     "tenant_id": "087679f0aa80d32a2f4ec0172f5e902b",
     "created_at": "2022-12-15T02:25:11",
     "updated_at": "2022-12-15T02:25:11"
     }
}

Status Code

See Status Codes.

Error Code

See Error Codes.

Parent topic: Virtual Private Cloud