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Cloud Enterprise Network:GrantInstanceToTransitRouter

Last Updated:Jun 17, 2025

Grants a transit router permissions on network instances that belong to another Alibaba Cloud account. To connect a transit router of Account B to a network instance of Account A, you must use Account A to grant permissions to the transit router of Account B.

Operation description

  • The GrantInstanceToTransitRouter operation can be used to grant transit routers permissions on network instances that belong to other Alibaba Cloud accounts, including virtual private clouds (VPCs), virtual border routers (VBRs), IPsec-VPN connections, and Express Connect Router (ECRs).

    To grant transit routers permissions on Cloud Connect Network (CCN) instances, call the GrantInstanceToCbn operation.

  • Before you call GrantInstanceToTransitRouter, take note of the billing rules, permission limits, and prerequisites on permission management of transit routers. For more information, see Acquire permissions to connect to a network instance that belongs to another account.

  • Before you grant a transit router permissions on a network instance, make sure that the following requirements are met:

    The account to which the network instance belongs and the account to which the transit router belongs are of the same type.

    The ID of the Alibaba Cloud account to which the transit router belongs is obtained.

    The ID of the Cloud Enterprise Network (CEN) instance to which the Enterprise Edition transit router belongs is obtained.

    Before you grant a transit router permissions on a VBR, contact your account manager to acquire permissions on the VBR.

    Before you grant a transit router permissions on an IPsec-VPN connection, make sure that the IPsec-VPN connection is not associated with a resource.

    If the IPsec-VPN connection is attached to a VPN gateway, the IPsec-VPN connection cannot be attached to transit routers within the same account or different accounts.

    If the IPsec-VPN connection is attached to a transit router, detach the IPsec-VPN connection from the transit router. For more information, see Delete a network instance connection.

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Test

RAM authorization

No authorization for this operation. If you encounter issues with this operation, contact your account manager.

Request parameters

Parameter

Type

Required

Description

Example

CenId

string

Yes

Enter the ID of the Cloud Enterprise Network (CEN) instance to which the transit router belongs.

cen-44m0p68spvlrqq****

InstanceId

string

Yes

The ID of the network instance.

vpc-bp1h8vbrbcgohcju5****

InstanceType

string

Yes

The type of network instance. Valid values:

  • VPC: VPC

  • ExpressConnect: VBR

  • VPN: IPsec-VPN connection

  • ECR: ECR

VPC

RegionId

string

No

The ID of the region where the network instance is deployed.

You can call the DescribeChildInstanceRegions operation to query the most recent region list.

cn-hangzhou

CenOwnerId

integer

Yes

The ID of the Alibaba Cloud account to which the CEN instance belongs.

1250123456123456

OrderType

string

No

The entity that pays the fees of the network instance. Valid values:

  • PayByCenOwner: the Alibaba Cloud account that owns the CEN instance.

  • PayByResourceOwner: the Alibaba Cloud account that owns the network instance.

PayByCenOwner

Response parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

Example

object

The response.

RequestId

string

The ID of the request.

C6E5992C-A57B-5A6C-9B26-568074DC68BA

Examples

Success response

JSON format

{
  "RequestId": "C6E5992C-A57B-5A6C-9B26-568074DC68BA"
}

Error codes

HTTP status code

Error code

Error message

Description

400 Forbbiden.TransitRouterServiceNotOpen The user has not open transit router service. The error message returned because the transit router is disabled. Enable the transit router and try again.
400 NoPermission.AliyunServiceRoleForCEN You are not authorized to create the service linked role. Role Name: AliyunServiceRoleForCEN. Service Name: cen.aliyuncs.com. Make sure that the user has been granted the ram:CreateServiceLinkedRole permission. The error message because you do not have the permissions to create the service-linked role whose role name is AliyunServiceRoleForCEN and service name is cen.aliyuncs.com. You must acquire the ram:CreateServiceLinkedRole permission before you can create the service-linked role.
400 IllegalParam.CenId The specified CenId is invalid. The error message returned because the ID of the CEN instance is invalid.
400 OperationFailed.TaskConflict The operation is too frequent, please wait a moment and try again. The error message returned because this operation is performed at a high frequency. Try again later.
400 InvalidVbr.NotFound vbr is not found.
400 OperationFailed.GrantCrossAccountExist Cross-account authorization already exists. Cross-account authorization already exists.
400 Forbidden.TransitRouterServiceExpired The transit router service is out of service. The transit router service has been suspended due for payment. Please renew the service and try again.
400 Forbidden.OperateShareResource You cannot operate shared resources. You cannot operate shared resources.
400 InvalidParameter Invalid parameter. The error message returned because the parameter is set to an invalid value.
400 Unauthorized The AccessKeyId is unauthorized. The error message returned because you do not have the permissions to perform this operation.
404 InvalidInstanceId.NotFound InstanceId is not found.

See Error Codes for a complete list.

Release notes

See Release Notes for a complete list.