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Example 2: Creating a Customer Gateway

Scenario

This section describes how to create a customer gateway by calling APIs.

Prerequisites

You have obtained a user token if you need to use token authentication. In addition, you need to add X-Auth-Token to the request header when calling an API. For details about token authentication, see Authentication.

The token obtained through IAM is valid for only 24 hours. When using a token for authentication, cache it to avoid frequent calling.

Data Preparation

Table 1 Key parameters in the request for creating a customer gateway

Parameter

Description

Example Value

name

Specifies a customer gateway name.

stub-customer-gateway-id-1

route_mode

Specifies the gateway routing mode.

static

ip

Specifies the IP address of the customer gateway.

10.12.13.21

Procedure

  1. Create a customer gateway.
    1. Send POST https://{endpoint}/v5/{project_id}/customer-gateways.
    2. Add X-Auth-Token to the request header.
    3. Specify the following parameters in the request body:
      {
          "customer_gateway": {
              "name": "cgw-3ebf",
              "id_type": "ip",
              "id_value": "10.***.***.21"
          }
      }
    4. Check the response.
      • The request is successful if the following response is displayed. In the response, id indicates a customer gateway ID.
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        {
            "customer_gateway": {
                "id": "03c0aa3d-****-****-****-9d82473765d4",
                "name": "cgw-3ebf",
                "id_type": "ip",
                "id_value": "10.***.***.21",
                "created_at": "2021-12-21T16:49:28.108+08:00",
                "updated_at": "2021-12-21T16:49:28.108+08:00"
            },
            "request_id": "e55783ba-5cc8-40c1-ad81-12cce6f773d2"
        }
        
  2. Query details about the customer gateway.
    1. Send GET https://{endpoint}/v5/{project_id}/customer-gateways/{customer_gateway_id}.
    2. Add X-Auth-Token to the request header.
    3. Check the response.
      • The request is successful if the following response is displayed. In the response, id indicates a customer gateway ID.
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        {
            "customer_gateway": {
                "id": "03c0aa3d-****-****-****-9d82473765d4",
                "name": "cgw-3ebf",
                "id_type": "ip",
                "id_value": "10.***.***.21",
                "created_at": "2021-12-21T16:49:28.108+08:00",
                "updated_at": "2021-12-21T16:49:28.108+08:00"
            },
            "request_id": "8cf476c4-c3d4-4516-bfbc-01e2473e549b"
        }