Creates a resource group.

Note A maximum of 30 resource groups can be created within an Alibaba Cloud account.

Request parameters

Parameter Type Required Example Description
Action String Yes CreateResourceGroup

The operation that you want to perform. Set the value to CreateResourceGroup.
DisplayName String Yes my-project

The display name of the resource group.

The name must be 1 to 30 characters in length and can contain letters, digits, and hyphens (-).

Name String Yes my-project

The unique identifier of the resource group.

The identifier must be 3 to 12 characters in length and can contain letters, digits, and hyphens (-). The identifier must start with a letter.

Response parameters

Parameter Type Example Description
RequestId String 04F0F334-1335-436C-A1D7-6C044FE73368

The ID of the request.
ResourceGroup Struct

The information of the resource group.
AccountId String 123456789****

The ID of the Alibaba Cloud account to which the resource group belongs.
CreateDate String 2015-01-23T12:33:18Z

The time when the resource group was created.
DisplayName String my-project

The display name of the resource group.
Id String rg-9gLOoK****

The ID of the resource group.
Name String my-project

The unique identifier of the resource group.
RegionStatuses Array of RegionStatus

The status of the resource group in all regions.
RegionStatus
RegionId String cn-qingdao

The region ID.
Status String Creating

The status of the resource group. Valid values:

  • Creating: The resource group is being created.
  • OK: The resource group is created.
  • Deleted: The resource group is deleted.
  • Deleting: The resource group is being deleted.
  • PendingDelete: The resource group is waiting to be deleted.
Status String Creating

The status of the resource group. Valid values:

  • Creating: The resource group is being created.
  • OK: The resource group is created.
  • Deleted: The resource group is deleted.
  • Deleting: The resource group is being deleted.
  • PendingDelete: The resource group is waiting to be deleted.

Examples

Sample requests

https://resourcemanager.aliyuncs.com/?Action=CreateResourceGroup
&Name=my-project
&DisplayName=my-project
&<Common request parameters>

Sample success responses

XML format 

<CreateResourceGroupResponse>
      <RequestId>04F0F334-1335-436C-A1D7-6C044FE73368</RequestId>
      <ResourceGroup>
            <Id>rg-9gLOoK****</Id>
            <AccountId>123456789****</AccountId>
            <Name>my-project</Name>
            <DisplayName>my-project</DisplayName>
            <Status>Creating</Status>
            <RegionStatuses>
                  <RegionStatus>
                        <RegionId>cn-hangzhou</RegionId>
                        <Status>OK</Status>
                  </RegionStatus>
                  <RegionStatus>
                        <RegionId>cn-qingdao</RegionId>
                        <Status>Creating</Status>
                  </RegionStatus>
            </RegionStatuses>
            <CreateDate>2015-01-23T12:33:18Z</CreateDate>
      </ResourceGroup>
</CreateResourceGroupResponse>

JSON format 

{
    "RequestId": "04F0F334-1335-436C-A1D7-6C044FE73368",
    "ResourceGroup": {
        "Id": "rg-9gLOoK****",
        "AccountId": "123456789****",
        "Name": "my-project",
        "DisplayName": "my-project",
        "Status": "Creating",
        "RegionStatuses":{
           "RegionStatus":[
               {
                 "RegionId":"cn-hangzhou",
                 "Status":"OK"
               },
               {
                 "RegionId":"cn-qingdao",
                 "Status":"Creating"
               }
           ]
        },
        "CreateDate": "2015-01-23T12:33:18Z"
    }
}

Error codes

HTTP status code Error code Error message Description
400 InvalidParameter.Name.InvalidChars The specified resource group name is invalid. The name must be 1 to 30 characters in length and can contain letters and digits. The error message returned because the resource group name is invalid. The name must be 1 to 30 characters in length and can contain letters and digits.
400 InvalidParameter.Name.Length The maximum length of Name is exceeded. The error message returned because the length of the value specified for the Name parameter has exceeded the upper limit.
400 InvalidParameter.DisplayName.Length The maximum length of DisplayName is exceeded. The error message returned because the length of the value specified for the DisplayName parameter has exceeded the upper limit.
409 LimitExceeded.ResourceGroup Failed to create the resource group because the maximum number of resource groups is exceeded. You can create a maximum of 30 resource groups. The error message returned because the number of resource groups has exceeded the upper limit. A maximum of 30 resource groups can be created.
400 MissingParameter.DisplayName You must specify DisplayName. The error message returned because the DisplayName parameter is not specified.
400 InvalidParameter.DisplayName The DisplayName is invalid. The error message returned because the value of the DisplayName parameter is invalid.

For a list of error codes, visit the API Error Center.