Updated on 2025-09-01 GMT+08:00

Creating a LAG

Function

This API is used to create a LAG. Before creating a LAG, you need to request connections.

Debugging

For details, see Calling APIs.

URI

POST /v3/{project_id}/dcaas/link-aggregation-groups

Table 1 URI parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

project_id

Yes

String

Specifies the project ID.

Request Parameters

Table 2 Request header parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

X-Auth-Token

Yes

String

Specifies the user token. To obtain the token, see section "Obtaining the User Token" in the Identity and Access Management API Reference. The token is the value of X-Subject-Token in the response header.

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 10240

Table 3 Request body parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

link_aggregation_group

No

CreateLinkAggregationGroup object

Specifies the LAG.

Table 4 CreateLinkAggregationGroup

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

tenant_id

No

String

Specifies the project ID.

name

No

String

Specifies the LAG name.

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 64

description

No

String

Provides supplementary information about the LAG.

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 128

region_id

No

String

Specifies the ID of the region where the LAG is used.

work_mode

Yes

String

Indicates the negotiation mode of the LAG. If Manual is selected, LACP is not enabled on the on-premises gateway, and manual configuration is required so that the load can be evenly shared among all the connections. If Static is selected, LACP is enabled on your on-premises gateway and will automatically determine the connections to which the load will be shared by checking the health status of each port.

Enumeration values:

  • Manual
  • Static

min_up_num

No

Integer

Specifies the lower threshold of active links in a LAG. When the number of active links is smaller than the lower threshold, the LAG status changes to Down.

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 16

admin_state_up

No

Boolean

Specifies the administrative status of the LAG.

direct_connect_ids

Yes

Array of strings

Lists the IDs of connections added to the LAG.

ies_id

No

String

Specifies the ID of the IES site that the LAG belongs to. This parameter is not specified for non-IES sites.

enterprise_project_id

No

String

Specifies the ID of the enterprise project that the LAG belongs to.

tags

No

Array of Tag objects

Specifies the tag list.

Table 5 Tag

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

key

Yes

String

Specifies the tag key. The key can contain a maximum of 36 Unicode characters. Only letters, digits, hyphens (-), and underscores (_) are allowed.

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 36

value

No

String

Specifies the tag value. The value can contain a maximum of 43 Unicode characters. Only letters, digits, hyphens (-), underscores (_), and periods (.) are allowed.

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 43

Response Parameters

Status code: 201

Table 6 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

request_id

String

Specifies the request ID.

link_aggregation_group

LinkAggregationGroup object

Specifies the LAG.

Table 7 LinkAggregationGroup

Parameter

Type

Description

id

String

Specifies the LAG ID.

tenant_id

String

Specifies the project ID.

name

String

Specifies the LAG name.

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 64

description

String

Provides supplementary information about the LAG.

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 128

work_mode

String

Specifies the negotiation mode of the LAG.

Enumeration values:

  • Manual
  • Static

min_up_num

Integer

Specifies the lower threshold of active links in a LAG. When the number of active links is smaller than the lower threshold, the LAG status changes to Down.

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 16

device_id

String

Specifies the ID of the device on which the LAG is used.

status

String

Specifies the LAG status.

admin_state_up

Boolean

Specifies the administrative status of the LAG.

enterprise_project_id

String

Specifies the ID of the enterprise project that the LAG belongs to.

apply_time

String

Specifies the time when the LAG was created. The UTC time format is yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss.SSSZ.

create_time

String

Specifies the time when the LAG was created. The UTC time format is yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss.SSSZ.

delete_time

String

Specifies the time when the LAG was deleted.

public_border_group

String

Specifies the public border group corresponding to the AZ where the LAG is used.

Example Requests

Creating a LAG with the lower threshold of active links set to 1 and the negotiation mode to Static

GET https://{dc_endpoint}/v3/6fbe9263116a4b68818cf1edce16bc4f/dcaas/link-aggregation-groups

{
  "link_aggregation_group" : {
    "name" : "Lag01-02",
    "description" : "to idc1",
    "min_up_num" : 1,
    "work_mode" : "Static",
    "direct_connect_ids" : [ "6ecd9cf3-ca64-46c7-863f-f2eb1b9e838a" ]
  }
}

Example Responses

Status code: 201

Created

{
  "request_id" : "9a4f4dfc4fb2fc101e65bba07d908535",
  "link_aggregation_group" : {
    "id" : "a7c5ce8a-62a8-433e-94af-d1894effce59",
    "name" : "Lag01-02",
    "description" : "to idc1",
    "tenant_id" : "ed28c294165741faaeccab26913122a1",
    "min_up_num" : 1,
    "enterprise_project_id" : 0,
    "work_mode" : "Static",
    "device_id" : "26.151.63.100",
    "status" : "DOWN",
    "admin_state_up" : null,
    "public_border_group" : null,
    "apply_time" : "2023-06-14T07:29:25.000Z",
    "create_time" : "2023-06-14T07:29:25.000Z"
  }
}

Status Code

Status Code

Description

201

Created

Error Codes

See Error Codes.