Updated on 2024-03-30 GMT+08:00

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.

Calling Method

For details, see Calling APIs.

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. The description can contain up to 255 characters and cannot contain angle brackets (<>).

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 255

transit_ip_ids

Yes

Array of strings

Specifies the ID list of transit IP addresses.

Minimum: 36

Maximum: 36

Array Length: 1 - 1

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. The description can contain up to 255 characters and cannot contain angle brackets (<>).

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 36

transit_ip_associations

Array of AssociatedTransitIp objects

Specifies the list of details of associated transit IP addresses.

Array Length: 1 - 1

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

Creating an SNAT rule (Setting description to my_snat_rule01, gateway_id to 80da6f26-94eb-4537-97f0-5a56f4d04cfb, and virsubnet_id to 5b9ea497-727d-4ad0-a99e-3984b3f5aaed)

POST 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"
}

Status Codes

Status Code

Description

201

SNAT rule created.

Error Codes

See Error Codes.