Creates a virtual private gateway. A virtual private gateway is the endpoint on the VPC side of your VPN connection. You can create a virtual private gateway before creating the VPC itself.
For more information, see AWS Site-to-Site VPN in the AWS Site-to-Site VPN User Guide.
Request Parameters
The following parameters are for this specific action. For more information about required and optional parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Query Parameters.
- AmazonSideAsn
-
A private Autonomous System Number (ASN) for the Amazon side of a BGP session. If you're using a 16-bit ASN, it must be in the 64512 to 65534 range. If you're using a 32-bit ASN, it must be in the 4200000000 to 4294967294 range.
Default: 64512
Type: Long
Required: No
- AvailabilityZone
-
The Availability Zone for the virtual private gateway.
Type: String
Required: No
- DryRun
-
Checks whether you have the required permissions for the action, without actually making the request, and provides an error response. If you have the required permissions, the error response is
DryRunOperation. Otherwise, it isUnauthorizedOperation.Type: Boolean
Required: No
- TagSpecification.N
-
The tags to apply to the virtual private gateway.
Type: Array of TagSpecification objects
Required: No
- Type
-
The type of VPN connection this virtual private gateway supports.
Type: String
Valid Values:
ipsec.1Required: Yes
Response Elements
The following elements are returned by the service.
- requestId
-
The ID of the request.
Type: String
- vpnGateway
-
Information about the virtual private gateway.
Type: VpnGateway object
Errors
For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common client error codes.
Examples
Example 1
This example creates a virtual private gateway.
Sample Request
https://ec2.amazonaws.com/?Action=CreateVpnGateway
&Type=ipsec.1
&AUTHPARAMSSample Response
<CreateVpnGatewayResponse xmlns="http://ec2.amazonaws.com/doc/2016-11-15/">
<requestId>7a62c49f-347e-4fc4-9331-6e8eEXAMPLE</requestId>
<vpnGateway>
<vpnGatewayId>vgw-fe4aa197</vpnGatewayId>
<state>available</state>
<type>ipsec.1</type>
<amazonSideAsn>64512</amazonSideAsn>
<attachments/>
</vpnGateway>
</CreateVpnGatewayResponse>Example 2
This example creates a virtual private gateway and specifies a private ASN of 65001 for the Amazon side of the gateway.
Sample Request
https://ec2.amazonaws.com/?Action=CreateVpnGateway
&Type=ipsec.1
&AmazonSideAsn=65001
&AUTHPARAMSSample Response
<CreateVpnGatewayResponse xmlns="http://ec2.amazonaws.com/doc/2016-11-15/">
<requestId>fe90b404-d4e5-4153-8677-31dexample</requestId>
<vpnGateway>
<vpnGatewayId>vgw-f74aa19e</vpnGatewayId>
<state>available</state>
<type>ipsec.1</type>
<amazonSideAsn>65001</amazonSideAsn>
<attachments/>
</vpnGateway>
</CreateVpnGatewayResponse>See Also
For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
