Request Parameters Response Elements Errors Examples See Also

CreateVpnGateway

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 is UnauthorizedOperation.

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.1

Required: 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
&AUTHPARAMS

Sample 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
&AUTHPARAMS

Sample 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>