# CreateDBSubnetGroup
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Creates a new subnet group. subnet groups must contain at least one subnet in at least two Availability Zones in the AWS Region.

## Request Parameters
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 For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see [Common Parameters](CommonParameters.md).

 ** DBSubnetGroupDescription **   
The description for the subnet group.  
Type: String  
Required: Yes

 ** DBSubnetGroupName **   
The name for the subnet group. This value is stored as a lowercase string.  
Constraints: Must contain no more than 255 letters, numbers, periods, underscores, spaces, or hyphens. Must not be default.  
Example: `mySubnetgroup`   
Type: String  
Required: Yes

 **SubnetIds.SubnetIdentifier.N**   
The Amazon EC2 subnet IDs for the subnet group.  
Type: Array of strings  
Required: Yes

 **Tags.Tag.N**   
The tags to be assigned to the subnet group.  
Type: Array of [Tag](API_Tag.md) objects  
Required: No

## Response Elements
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The following element is returned by the service.

 ** DBSubnetGroup **   
Detailed information about a subnet group.   
Type: [DBSubnetGroup](API_DBSubnetGroup.md) object

## Errors
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For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see [Common Error Types](CommonErrors.md).

 ** DBSubnetGroupAlreadyExists **   
 `DBSubnetGroupName` is already being used by an existing subnet group.   
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** DBSubnetGroupDoesNotCoverEnoughAZs **   
Subnets in the subnet group should cover at least two Availability Zones unless there is only one Availability Zone.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** DBSubnetGroupQuotaExceeded **   
The request would cause you to exceed the allowed number of subnet groups.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** DBSubnetQuotaExceededFault **   
The request would cause you to exceed the allowed number of subnets in a subnet group.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** InvalidSubnet **   
The requested subnet is not valid, or multiple subnets were requested that are not all in a common virtual private cloud (VPC).  
HTTP Status Code: 400

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS Command Line Interface V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/cli2/docdb-2014-10-31/CreateDBSubnetGroup) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/docdb-2014-10-31/CreateDBSubnetGroup) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/docdb-2014-10-31/CreateDBSubnetGroup) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/docdb-2014-10-31/CreateDBSubnetGroup) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/docdb-2014-10-31/CreateDBSubnetGroup) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/docdb-2014-10-31/CreateDBSubnetGroup) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/docdb-2014-10-31/CreateDBSubnetGroup) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/docdb-2014-10-31/CreateDBSubnetGroup) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/docdb-2014-10-31/CreateDBSubnetGroup) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/docdb-2014-10-31/CreateDBSubnetGroup)