Updated on 2024-04-18 GMT+08:00

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 Parameters

Table 2 Request parameter

Name

Mandatory

Type

Description

vpc

Yes

vpc object

Specifies the VPC objects.

Table 3 VPC objects

Name

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.
  • 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

  • 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"
        }
    }

Response Parameters

Table 4 Response parameter

Name

Type

Description

vpc

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 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.
  • 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",
     }
}

Status Code

See Status Codes.

Error Code

See Error Codes.