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. For details about how to obtain a project ID, see Obtaining a Project ID.

Request Message

Request parameter

**Table 2** Request parameter
Name	Mandatory	Type	Description
vpc	Yes	Object	Specifies the VPC objects.

**Table 3** VPC objects
Name	Mandatory	Type	Description
name	No	String	Specifies the VPC name. The value is a string of no more than 64 characters that can contain 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 is a string of 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.

Example request

POST https://{Endpoint}/v1/{project_id}/vpcs

{
    "vpc": {
        "name": "vpc",
        "description": "test",
        "cidr": "192.168.0.0/16"
      
    }
}

Response Message

Response parameter

**Table 4** Response parameter
Name	Type	Description
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 is a string of no more than 64 characters that can contain 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 is a string of 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.

Example response

{
 "vpc": 
     {
     "id": "99d9d709-8478-4b46-9f3f-2206b1023fd3",
     "name": "vpc",
     "description": "test",
     "cidr": "192.168.0.0/16",
     "status": "CREATING",
     
     }
}