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CreateVpnGateway

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Last updated: 2026-04-02 16:07:07

1. API Description

Domain name for API request: vpc.intl.tencentcloudapi.com.

This API (CreateVpnGateway) is used to create a VPN gateway.

A maximum of 20 requests can be initiated per second for this API.

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2. Input Parameters

The following request parameter list only provides API request parameters and some common parameters. For the complete common parameter list, see Common Request Parameters.

Parameter Name Required Type Description
Action Yes String Common Params. The value used for this API: CreateVpnGateway.
Version Yes String Common Params. The value used for this API: 2017-03-12.
Region No String Common Params. This parameter is not required.
VpcId Yes String VPC instance ID, which can be obtained from the VpcId field in the response of the DescribeVpcs API.
VpnGatewayName Yes String The VPN gateway name. The maximum length is 60 bytes.
InternetMaxBandwidthOut Yes Integer The public network bandwidth configuration. Available bandwidth specifications: 5, 10, 20, 50, and 100. Unit: Mbps
InstanceChargeType No String The VPN gateway billing mode. PREPAID: prepaid means yearly/monthly subscription. POSTPAID_BY_HOUR: postpaid means pay-as-you-go. Default: POSTPAID_BY_HOUR. If prepaid mode is specified, the InstanceChargePrepaid parameter must be entered.
InstanceChargePrepaid No InstanceChargePrepaid Parameter settings for prepaid billing mode, also known as yearly/monthly subscription. This parameter can specify the purchase period and other attributes such as auto-renewal. This parameter is mandatory for prepaid instances.
Zone No String The availability zone, such as ap-guangzhou-2.
Type No String VPN gateway type. Values: CCN (CCN VPN gateway), SSL (SSL VPN gateway)
Tags.N No Array of Tag Bound tags, such as [{"Key": "city", "Value": "shanghai"}].
CdcId No String CDC instance ID
MaxConnection No Integer Maximum number of connected clients allowed for the SSL VPN gateway. Valid values: [5, 10, 20, 50, 100]. This parameter is only required for SSL VPN gateways.
BgpAsn No Integer

3. Output Parameters

Parameter Name Type Description
VpnGateway VpnGateway VPN gateway object.
RequestId String The unique request ID, generated by the server, will be returned for every request (if the request fails to reach the server for other reasons, the request will not obtain a RequestId). RequestId is required for locating a problem.

4. Example

Example1 Creating a VPN gateway

Input Example

https://vpc.intl.tencentcloudapi.com/?Action=CreateVpnGateway
&VpcId="vpc-xxxx"
&VpnGatewayName="test"
&InstanceChargeType="POSTPAID_BY_HOUR"
&InternetMaxBandwidthOut=5
&<Common request parameters>

Output Example

{
    "Response": {
        "VpnGateway": {
            "VpnGatewayQuotaSet": [
                {
                    "Bandwidth": 1,
                    "Cname": "xx",
                    "Name": "xx"
                }
            ],
            "MaxConnection": 1,
            "VpcId": "xx",
            "RenewFlag": "xx",
            "Zone": "xx",
            "VpnGatewayName": "xx",
            "InstanceChargeType": "xx",
            "CdcId": "xx",
            "IsAddressBlocked": true,
            "InternetMaxBandwidthOut": 1,
            "State": "xx",
            "Version": "xx",
            "VpnGatewayId": "xx",
            "PublicIpAddress": "xx",
            "CreatedTime": "2020-09-22 00:00:00",
            "NewPurchasePlan": "xx",
            "ExpiredTime": "2020-09-22 00:00:00",
            "Type": "xx",
            "NetworkInstanceId": "xx",
            "RestrictState": "xx"
        },
        "RequestId": "xx"
    }
}

5. Developer Resources

SDK

TencentCloud API 3.0 integrates SDKs that support various programming languages to make it easier for you to call APIs.

Command Line Interface

6. Error Code

The following only lists the error codes related to the API business logic. For other error codes, see Common Error Codes.

Error Code Description
FailedOperation.CreateVpnGatewayFailed
InvalidParameterValue The parameter value is invalid.
InvalidParameterValue.AccessSubnetMask
InvalidParameterValue.AccessSubnetPrefix
InvalidParameterValue.Duplicate The input parameter already exists.
InvalidParameterValue.Empty Missing parameters.
InvalidParameterValue.Malformed Invalid input parameter format.
InvalidParameterValue.TagDuplicateKey Duplicate tag keys.
InvalidParameterValue.TagDuplicateResourceType Duplicate tag resource type.
InvalidParameterValue.TagInvalidKey Invalid tag key.
InvalidParameterValue.TagInvalidKeyLen Invalid tag key length.
InvalidParameterValue.TagInvalidVal Invalid tag key.
InvalidParameterValue.TagKeyNotExists The tag key does not exist.
InvalidParameterValue.TagNotAllocatedQuota Tags are not assigned quotas.
InvalidParameterValue.TagNotExisted The Tag does not exist.
InvalidParameterValue.TagNotSupportTag Unsupported tag.
InvalidParameterValue.TagResourceFormatError Tag resource format error.
InvalidParameterValue.TagTimestampExceeded Exceeded the quota of tag timestamp.
InvalidParameterValue.TagValNotExists The tag value does not exist.
InvalidParameterValue.TooLong Invalid parameter value. The parameter value is too long.
InvalidParameterValue.VpnConnCidrConflict Destination IP address range conflicts with CIDR block of the current VPC tunnel.
InvalidVpcId.Malformed Invalid VPC. The VPC instance ID is invalid.
InvalidVpcId.NotFound Invalid VPC. The VPC resource does not exist.
LimitExceeded Quota limit is reached.
LimitExceeded.TagKeyExceeded Reached the upper limit of tag keys.
LimitExceeded.TagKeyPerResourceExceeded Reached the upper limit of tags keys per resource.
LimitExceeded.TagNotEnoughQuota Insufficient tag quota.
LimitExceeded.TagQuota Exceeded the tag quota. Unable to create resources.
LimitExceeded.TagQuotaExceeded Reached the upper limit of tag quota.
LimitExceeded.TagTagsExceeded Reached the number limit of tag keys.
ResourceNotFound The resource does not exist.
UnauthorizedOperation.NoRealNameAuthentication Identity verification has not been completed for the account.
UnsupportedOperation Unsupported operation.
UnsupportedOperation.InsufficientFunds Insufficient account balance.
UnsupportedOperation.NotSupportCreateIpv6VpnGateway
UnsupportedOperation.PrivateBgpVpnGateway
UnsupportedOperation.PrivateSslVpnGateway
UnsupportedOperation.PrivateVpnGateway
UnsupportedOperation.TagAllocate Tags are being assigned.
UnsupportedOperation.TagFree Tags are being released.
UnsupportedOperation.TagNotPermit Unauthorized for this tag.
UnsupportedOperation.TagSystemReservedTagKey The specified tag key is reserved for system usage.
UnsupportedOperation.VpnGatewayVpcNoIpv6Subnet
UnsupportedOperation.VpnGwVpcIdMustHave A VPC-type VPN gateway must specify VpcId.
UnsupportedOperation.VpnGwVpcIdNotHave
UnsupportedOperation.VpnUnsupportedBgp VPN does not support BGP.

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