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Creating a Virtual Gateway

Function

This API is used to create a virtual gateway.

Calling Method

For details, see Calling APIs.

URI

POST /v3/{project_id}/dcaas/virtual-gateways

Table 1 Path Parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

project_id

Yes

String

Specifies the project ID.

Request Parameters

Table 2 Request header parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

X-Auth-Token

Yes

String

Specifies the user token. To obtain the token, see section "Obtaining the User Token" in the Identity and Access Management API Reference. The token is the value of X-Subject-Token in the response header.

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 10240

Table 3 Request body parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

virtual_gateway

No

CreateVirtualGateway object

Specifies parameters for creating a virtual gateway.

Table 4 CreateVirtualGateway

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

vpc_id

Yes

String

Specifies the ID of the VPC that the virtual gateway is associated with.

name

No

String

Specifies the virtual gateway name.

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 64

description

No

String

Provides supplementary information about the virtual gateway.

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 128

local_ep_group

Yes

Array of strings

Lists the IPv4 subnets that can be accessed over the virtual gateway. Generally, the list contains the subnet CIDR blocks of the associated VPC.

local_ep_group_ipv6

No

Array of strings

Specifies the IPv6 subnets connected by the virtual gateway, which is usually the CIDR blocks of a VPC. This is a reserved field.

bgp_asn

No

Integer

Specifies the local BGP autonomous system number (ASN) of the virtual gateway.

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 4294967295

enterprise_project_id

No

String

Specifies the ID of the enterprise project that the virtual gateway belongs to.

Minimum: 36

Maximum: 36

Response Parameters

Status code: 201

Table 5 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

virtual_gateway

VirtualGateway object

Specifies parameters for creating a virtual gateway.

request_id

String

Specifies the request ID.

Table 6 VirtualGateway

Parameter

Type

Description

id

String

Specifies the virtual gateway ID.

vpc_id

String

Specifies the ID of the VPC connected by the virtual gateway.

tenant_id

String

Specifies the ID of the project that the instance belongs to.

Minimum: 32

Maximum: 32

name

String

Specifies the virtual gateway name.

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 64

description

String

Provides supplementary information about the virtual gateway.

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 128

type

String

Specifies the virtual gateway type. The value can only be default.

Default: default

local_ep_group

Array of strings

Specifies the IPv4 subnets connected by the virtual gateway, which is usually the CIDR blocks of a VPC.

local_ep_group_ipv6

Array of strings

Specifies the IPv6 subnets connected by the virtual gateway, which is usually the CIDR blocks of a VPC. This is a reserved field.

admin_state_up

Boolean

Specifies the administrative status, which can be true or false.

Default: true

status

String

Specifies the virtual gateway status, which can be ACTIVE, DOWN, BUILD, ERROR, PENDING_CREATE, PENDING_UPDATE, or PENDING_DELETE.

bgp_asn

Integer

Specifies the local BGP ASN of the virtual gateway.

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 4294967295

enterprise_project_id

String

Specifies the ID of the enterprise project that the virtual gateway belongs to.

Minimum: 36

Maximum: 36

device_id

String

Specifies the ID of the device that the virtual interface belongs to.

redundant_device_id

String

Specifies the ID of the redundant device.

public_border_group

String

Specifies the public border group of the AZ, indicating whether the site is a HomeZones site.

Example Requests

  • Creating a virtual gateway that will be used to access a VPC, with the local BGP ASN set to 64512 and the IPv4 subnet to 192.168.1.0/24
    POST https://{dc_endpoint}/v3/0605768a3300d5762f82c01180692873/dcaas/virtual-gateways
    
    {
      "virtual_gateway" : {
        "name" : "vgw-c7b22",
        "description" : "",
        "vpc_id" : "6592c28e-95d7-4b0a-9f61-004fdf03420c",
        "bgp_asn" : 64512,
        "local_ep_group" : [ "192.168.1.0/24" ]
      }
    }

Example Responses

Status code: 201

Created

  • The virtual gateway for accessing the VPC is created
    {
      "virtual_gateway" : {
        "id" : "20082c1b-3c99-48d8-8e8c-116af5d7e9f0",
        "name" : "vgw-c7b22",
        "description" : "",
        "tenant_id" : "0605768a3300d5762f82c01180692873",
        "vpc_id" : "6592c28e-95d7-4b0a-9f61-004fdf03420c",
        "device_id" : "26.151.63.100",
        "redundant_device_id" : "26.152.128.20",
        "type" : "default",
        "status" : "ACTIVE",
        "admin_state_up" : true,
        "bgp_asn" : 64512,
        "local_ep_group" : [ "192.168.1.0/24" ],
        "enterprise_project_id" : "0",
        "public_border_group" : "center"
      }
    }

Status Codes

Status Code

Description

201

Created

Error Codes

See Error Codes.