Creating an SNAT Rule

Function

This API is used to create an SNAT rule.

Constraints

When you are creating an SNAT rule, status of the NAT gateway must be set to ACTIVE.

Debugging

You can debug this API through automatic authentication in or use the SDK sample code generated by API Explorer.

URI

POST /v3/{project_id}/private-nat/snat-rules

**Table 1** Path Parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
project_id	Yes	String	Specifies the project ID. Minimum: 1 Maximum: 36

Request Parameters

**Table 2** Request header parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
X-Auth-Token	Yes	String	Specifies the user token. It is a response to the API used to obtain a user token. This API is the only one that does not require authentication. The value of X-Subject-Token in the response header is the token value. Minimum: 1 Maximum: 10240

**Table 3** Request body parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
snat_rule	Yes	CreatePrivateSnatOption object	Specifies the request body for creating an SNAT rule.

**Table 4** CreatePrivateSnatOption
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
gateway_id	Yes	String	Specifies the private NAT gateway ID. Minimum: 36 Maximum: 36
cidr	No	String	Specifies the CIDR block that matches the SNAT rule. Constraint: Either this parameter or virsubnet_id must be specified. Minimum: 9 Maximum: 18
virsubnet_id	No	String	Specifies the ID of the subnet that matches the SNAT rule. Constraint: Either this parameter or cidr must be specified. Minimum: 36 Maximum: 36
description	No	String	Provides supplementary information about the SNAT rule. Minimum: 0 Maximum: 255
transit_ip_ids	Yes	Array of strings	Specifies the ID list of transit IP addresses. Minimum: 36 Maximum: 36

Response Parameters

Status code: 201

**Table 5** Response body parameters
Parameter	Type	Description
snat_rule	PrivateSnat object	Specifies the response body of the SNAT rule.
request_id	String	Specifies the request ID. Minimum: 1 Maximum: 36

**Table 6** PrivateSnat
Parameter	Type	Description
id	String	Specifies the SNAT rule ID. Minimum: 36 Maximum: 36
project_id	String	Specifies the project ID. Minimum: 36 Maximum: 36
gateway_id	String	Specifies the private NAT gateway ID. Minimum: 36 Maximum: 36
cidr	String	Specifies the CIDR block that matches the SNAT rule. Constraints: Either this parameter or virsubnet_id must be specified. The CIDR block cannot be the same as that of an existing SNAT rule. Minimum: 9 Maximum: 18
virsubnet_id	String	Specifies the ID of the subnet that matches the SNAT rule. Constraint: Either this parameter or cidr must be specified. Minimum: 36 Maximum: 36
description	String	Provides supplementary information about the SNAT rule. Minimum: 1 Maximum: 36
transit_ip_associations	Array of AssociatedTransitIp objects	Specifies the list of details of associated transit IP addresses.
created_at	String	Specifies when the SNAT rule was created. It is a UTC time in the yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ssZ format. Minimum: 1 Maximum: 36
updated_at	String	Specifies when the SNAT rule was updated. It is a UTC time in the yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ssZ format. Minimum: 1 Maximum: 36
enterprise_project_id	String	Specifies the enterprise project ID. Minimum: 1 Maximum: 36

**Table 7** AssociatedTransitIp
Parameter	Type	Description
transit_ip_id	String	Specifies the ID of the transit IP address. Minimum: 36 Maximum: 36
transit_ip_address	String	Specifies the transit IP address. Minimum: 7 Maximum: 35

Example Requests

Specifies the request body for creating an SNAT rule.

https://{Endpoint}/v3/cfa563efb77d4b6d9960781d82530fd8/private-nat/snat-rules

{
  "snat_rule" : {
    "description" : "my_snat_rule01",
    "gateway_id" : "80da6f26-94eb-4537-97f0-5a56f4d04cfb",
    "virsubnet_id" : "5b9ea497-727d-4ad0-a99e-3984b3f5aaed",
    "transit_ip_ids" : [ "36a3049a-1682-48b3-b1cf-cb986a3350ef" ]
  }
}

Example Responses

Status code: 201

SNAT rule created.

{
  "snat_rule" : {
    "id" : "af4dbb83-7ca0-4ed1-b28b-668c1f9c6b81",
    "project_id" : "cfa563efb77d4b6d9960781d82530fd8",
    "description" : "snat rule description",
    "gateway_id" : "80da6f26-94eb-4537-97f0-5a56f4d04cfb",
    "cidr" : "",
    "virsubnet_id" : "5b9ea497-727d-4ad0-a99e-3984b3f5aaed",
    "transit_ip_associations" : [ {
      "transit_ip_id" : "36a3049a-1682-48b3-b1cf-cb986a3350ef",
      "transit_ip_address" : "172.20.1.10"
    } ],
    "created_at" : "2019-10-22T03:31:19",
    "updated_at" : "2019-10-22T03:31:19"
  },
  "request_id" : "2937502e-73f9-4ba5-ae75-2293a0b35fb8"
}