Creates a CEN instance.

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Request parameters

Parameter Type Required? Example value Description
Action String No CreateCen

The name of this action. Value: CreateCen.

ClientToken String No 123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426655440000

The client token that guarantees the idempotence of the request. The value of this parameter is generated by the client. The value is unique among different requests and is 1 to 64 ASCII characters in length.

Name String No test

The ID of the CEN instance. The name must be 2 to 128 characters in length and can contain letters, numbers, periods (.), underscores (_), and hyphens (-). The name must start with a letter, but cannot start with http:// or https://.

Description String No CEN

The description of the CEN instance. The description must be 2 to 256 characters in length. It must start with a letter, and cannot start with http:// or https://.

ProtectionLevel String No FULL

Indicates the allowed level of CIDR block overlapping. Valid values:

  • FULL: No overlapping CIDR blocks are allowed.
  • REDUCE: Overlapping CIDR blocks are allowed. However, the overlapping CIDR blocks cannot be identical.

Response parameters

Parameter Type Example value Description
RequestId String 455AC20C-7061-446A-BDBD-B3BEE0856304

The ID of the request.
CenId String cen-7qthudw0ll6jmc****

The ID of the created CEN instance.

Examples

Request example

http(s)://[Endpoint]/? Action=CreateCen
&<CommonParameters>

Response example

JSON format 

{
    "CenId": "Cen-dc4vwznpwbobrl****",
    "RequestId": "0C2EE7A8-74D4-4081-8236-CEBDE3BBCF50"
}

XML format 

<CreateCenResponse>
       <CenId> Cen-dc4vwznpwbobrl**** </CenId>
       <RequestId>0C2EE7A8-74D4-4081-8236-CEBDE3BBCF50</RequestId>
</CreateCenResponse>

Errors

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