Updated on 2025-08-15 GMT+08:00

Creating an Instance

Function

This API is used to create an instance.

This API is out-of-date and may not be maintained in the future. Please use the API described in Creating an Instance.

URI

POST /v2/{engine}/{project_id}/instances

Table 1 URI parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

engine

Yes

String

Message engine.

project_id

Yes

String

Project ID. For details, see Obtaining a Project ID.

Request

Table 2 Request body parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

name

Yes

String

Instance name.

An instance name starts with a letter, consists of 4 to 64 characters, and can contain only letters, digits, underscores (_), and hyphens (-).

description

No

String

Description of an instance.

0 to 1024 characters.

NOTE:

The backslash (\) and quotation mark (") are special characters for JSON messages. When using these characters in a parameter value, add the escape character (\) before the characters, for example, \\ and \".

engine

Yes

String

Message engine. Set the value to kafka.

engine_version

Yes

String

Version of the engine. Values:

  • 1.1.0
  • 2.3.0
  • 2.7
  • 3.x

broker_num

Yes

Integer

Number of brokers.

storage_space

Yes

Integer

Message storage space, in GB.

  • 300–300,000 GB for c6.2u4g.cluster Kafka instances
  • 300–600,000 GB for c6.4u8g.cluster Kafka instances
  • 300–1,500,000 GB for c6.8u16g.cluster Kafka instances
  • 300–1,500,000 GB for c6.12u24g.cluster Kafka instances
  • 300–1,500,000 GB for c6.16u32g.cluster Kafka instances

access_user

No

String

This parameter is mandatory when ssl_enable is set to true. This parameter is invalid when ssl_enable is set to false.

A username must start with a letter and only letters, digits, hyphens (-), and underscores (_) are allowed. It can contain 4 to 64 characters.

password

No

String

This parameter is mandatory when ssl_enable is set to true. This parameter is invalid when ssl_enable is set to false.

Instance password.

The password must meet the following complexity requirements:

  • Can contain 8 to 32 characters.
  • Must contain at least three of the following character types:
    • Lowercase letters
    • Uppercase letters
    • Digits
    • Special characters include `~!@#$%^&*()-_=+|[{}]:',"<.>/? and spaces, and cannot start with a hyphen (-).

vpc_id

Yes

String

VPC ID.

You can call the API for querying VPCs to obtain the VPC ID. The VPC ID is in the response body. For details, see Virtual Private Cloud API Reference.

security_group_id

Yes

String

Security group which the instance belongs to.

You can call the API for querying security groups to obtain the security group ID. The security group ID is in the response body. For details, see Virtual Private Cloud API Reference.

subnet_id

Yes

String

Subnet information.

You can call the API for querying subnets to obtain the subnet ID. The subnet ID is in the response body. For details, see Virtual Private Cloud API Reference.

available_zones

Yes

Array of strings

ID of the AZ where instance brokers reside and which has available resources. Obtain the AZ ID by referring to Listing AZ Information.

This parameter cannot be empty or null.

When creating a Kafka instance, you can select either 1 AZ or at least 3 AZ. When specifying AZs for brokers, use commas (,) to separate multiple AZs.

product_id

Yes

String

Product ID.

You can obtain the product ID from Querying Product Specifications.

maintain_begin

No

String

Time at which the maintenance time window starts. Format: HH:mm.

maintain_end

No

String

Time at which the maintenance time window ends. Format: HH:mm.

enable_publicip

No

Boolean

Whether to enable public access.

  • true: enable
  • false (default): disable

publicip_id

No

String

ID of the elastic IP address (EIP) bound to an instance.

Use commas (,) to separate multiple EIP IDs.

This parameter is mandatory if public access is enabled (that is, enable_publicip is set to true).

ssl_enable

No

Boolean

Whether to enable SSL-encrypted access.

This setting is fixed once the instance is created.

  • true: enable
  • false: disable

kafka_security_protocol

No

String

Security protocol to use after SASL is enabled. This parameter is mandatory if SASL authentication is enabled (that is, when ssl_enable is set to true).

If this parameter is left blank, SASL_SSL authentication is enabled by default.

This setting is fixed once the instance is created.

  • SASL_SSL: Data is encrypted with SSL certificates for high-security transmission.
  • SASL_PLAINTEXT: Data is transmitted in plaintext with username and password authentication. This protocol uses the SCRAM-SHA-512 mechanism to deliver better performance.

sasl_enabled_mechanisms

No

Array of strings

Authentication mechanism to use after SASL is enabled. This parameter is mandatory if SASL authentication is enabled (that is, when ssl_enable is set to true).

If this parameter is left blank, PLAIN authentication is enabled by default.

Select both or either of the following mechanisms.

Options:

  • PLAIN: simple username and password verification.
  • SCRAM-SHA-512: user credential verification, which is more secure than PLAIN.

retention_policy

No

String

Action to be taken when the memory usage reaches the disk capacity threshold.

Values:

  • produce_reject: New messages cannot be created.
  • time_base: The earliest messages are deleted.

ipv6_enable

No

Boolean

Indicates whether IPv6 is enabled. This parameter is available only when the VPC supports IPv6.

disk_encrypted_enable

No

Boolean

Indicates whether to enable disk encryption.

disk_encrypted_key

No

String

Disk encryption key. If disk encryption is not enabled, this parameter is left blank.

enable_auto_topic

No

Boolean

Indicates whether to enable automatic topic creation.

  • true: enable
  • false: disable

If automatic topic creation is enabled, a topic will be automatically created with 3 partitions and 3 replicas when a message is produced to or consumed from a topic that does not exist.

The default value is false.

storage_spec_code

Yes

String

Storage I/O specification.

Values:

  • dms.physical.storage.high.v2: high I/O
  • dms.physical.storage.ultra.v2: ultra-high I/O

For details about selecting a disk type, see "Disk Types and Disk Performance" in Elastic Volume Service User Guide.

enterprise_project_id

No

String

Enterprise project ID. This parameter is mandatory for an enterprise project account.

tags

No

Array of TagEntity objects

List of tags.

arch_type

No

String

CPU architecture.

Values:

  • x86

vpc_client_plain

No

Boolean

Private plaintext access in a VPC.

bss_param

No

BssParam object

Parameter related to the yearly/monthly billing mode.

If this parameter is left blank, the billing mode is pay-per-use by default. If this parameter is not left blank, the billing mode is yearly/monthly.

Table 3 TagEntity

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

key

No

String

Tag key, which:

  • Cannot be left blank.
  • Must be unique for the same instance.
  • Can contain 1 to 128 characters.
  • Can contain letters, digits, spaces, and special characters _.:=+-@
  • Cannot start or end with a space.

value

No

String

Tag value.

  • Can contain 0 to 255 characters.
  • Can contain letters, digits, spaces, and special characters _.:=+-@
  • Cannot start or end with a space.
Table 4 BssParam

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

is_auto_renew

No

Boolean

Indicates whether auto-renewal is enabled.

Values:

  • true: Yes
  • false: No

By default, auto renewal is disabled.

charging_mode

No

String

Billing mode.

Values:

  • prePaid: yearly/monthly
  • postPaid: pay-per-use

The default value is postPaid.

is_auto_pay

No

Boolean

Specifies whether the order is automatically or manually paid.

Values:

  • true: Yes. The order will be automatically paid.
  • false: No. The order needs to be paid manually.

The default value is false.

period_type

No

String

Subscription period

Values:

  • month
  • year

This parameter is valid and mandatory when chargingMode is set to prePaid.

period_num

No

Integer

Number of subscription periods.

Values:

  • If periodType is month, the value ranges from 1 to 9.
  • If periodType is year, the value ranges from 1 to 3.

This parameter is valid and mandatory when chargingMode is set to prePaid.

Response

Status code: 200

Table 5 Response body parameter

Parameter

Type

Description

instance_id

String

Instance ID.

Example Request

Creating a pay-per-use Kafka instance whose version is 2.7, specifications are 2 vCPUs | 4 GB × 3, and storage space is 300 GB

POST https://{endpoint}/v2/{engine}/{project_id}/instances

{
  "name" : "kafka-test",
  "description" : "",
  "engine" : "kafka",
  "engine_version" : "2.7,3.x",
  "storage_space" : 300,
  "vpc_id" : "********-9b4a-44c5-a964-************",
  "subnet_id" : "********-8fbf-4438-ba71-************",
  "security_group_id" : "********-e073-4aad-991f-************",
  "available_zones" : [ "********706d4c1fb0eb72f0********" ],
  "product_id" : "c6.2u4g.cluster",
  "ssl_enable" : true,
  "kafka_security_protocol" : "SASL_SSL",
  "sasl_enabled_mechanisms" : [ "SCRAM-SHA-512" ],
  "storage_spec_code" : "dms.physical.storage.ultra.v2",
  "broker_num" : 3,
  "arch_type" : "X86",
  "enterprise_project_id" : "0",
  "access_user" : "********",
  "password" : "********",
  "enable_publicip" : true,
  "tags" : [ {
    "key" : "aaa",
    "value" : "111"
  } ],
  "retention_policy" : "time_base",
  "disk_encrypted_enable" : true,
  "disk_encrypted_key" : "********-b953-4875-a743-************",
  "publicip_id" : "********-88fc-4a8c-86d0-************,********-16af-455d-8d54-************,********-3d69-4367-95ab-************",
  "vpc_client_plain" : true,
  "enable_auto_topic" : true
}

Example Response

Status code: 200

Instance created successfully.

{
  "instance_id" : "8959ab1c-7n1a-yyb1-a05t-93dfc361b32d"
}

Status Code

Status Code

Description

200

Instance created successfully.

Error Code

See Error Codes.