CreateNetworkInterface - API Reference| Alibaba Cloud Documentation Center

Creates an elastic network interface (ENI).

Description

An ENI enters the Available (Available) state after it is created.
An ENI can be bound only to a single instance of the Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) type within the same zone.
An ENI can be bound only to a single instance. Before you can bind an ENI to another instance, you must unbind the ENI from the current instance.
When an ENI is bound to another instance, the attributes of the ENI remain unchanged and the data traffic is redirected to that instance.
If you want to assign IPv6 addresses when you create an ENI, make sure that IPv6 has been enabled for the vSwitch with which to associate the ENI. For more information, see What is an IPv6 gateway?
By default, up to 100 ENIs can be created per region per Alibaba Cloud account. To increase this quota, submit a ticket.

Debugging

OpenAPI Explorer automatically calculates the signature value. For your convenience, we recommend that you call this operation in OpenAPI Explorer. OpenAPI Explorer dynamically generates the sample code of the operation for different SDKs.

Request parameters


Parameter	Type	Required	Example	Description
Action	String	Yes	CreateNetworkInterface	The operation that you want to perform. Set the value to CreateNetworkInterface.
RegionId	String	Yes	cn-hangzhou	The ID of the region in which to create the ENI. You can call the DescribeRegions operation to query the most recent region list.
ResourceGroupId	String	No	rg-bp67acfmxazb4ph****	The ID of the resource group to which to assign the ENI. You can call the ListResourceGroups operation to query the most recent resource group list.
VSwitchId	String	Yes	vsw-bp1s5fnvk4gn2tws03****	The ID of the vSwitch with which to associate the ENI. Private IP addresses are assigned to the ENI from within the CIDR block of the vSwitch.
PrimaryIpAddress	String	No	172.17..	The primary private IP address to assign to the ENI. The specified IP address must be an idle IP address within the CIDR block of the vSwitch with which to associate the ENI. If this parameter is not specified, an idle IP address is assigned from within the vSwitch CIDR block at random.
SecurityGroupId	String	No	sg-bp1fg655nh68xyz9i****	The ID of the security group to which to assign the ENI. The security group and the ENI must belong to the same VPC. Note You must specify `SecurityGroupId` or `SecurityGroupIds.N` but not both.
NetworkInterfaceName	String	No	testNetworkInterfaceName	The name of the ENI. The name must be 2 to 128 characters in length. It must start with a letter and cannot start with `http://` or `https://`. It can contain letters, digits, colons (.), underscores (_), and hyphens (-). This parameter is empty by default.
Description	String	No	testDescription	The description of the ENI. The description must be 2 to 256 characters in length and cannot start with `http://` or `https://`. This parameter is empty by default.
SecondaryPrivateIpAddressCount	Integer	No	1	The number of private IP addresses to be automatically created by ECS.
QueueNumber	Integer	No	1	The number of queues supported by the ENI. Valid values: 1 to 2048. When you bind an ENI to an instance, make sure that the value of this parameter for the ENI is smaller than the maximum number of queues per ENI allowed for the instance type. To view the maximum number of queues per ENI allowed for an instance type, you can call the DescribeInstanceTypes operation to query the `MaximumQueueNumberPerEni` parameter. By default, this parameter is empty. If you do not specify this parameter for the ENI, the default number of queues per ENI for the instance type of an instance is used when you bind the ENI to the instance. To view the default number of queues per ENI for an instance type, you can call the DescribeInstanceTypes operation to query the `SecondaryEniQueueNumber` parameter.
ClientToken	String	No	123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426655440000	The client token that is used to ensure the idempotence of the request. You can use the client to generate the value, but you must make sure that it is unique among different requests. The ClientToken value can contain only ASCII characters and cannot exceed 64 characters in length. For more information, see How to ensure idempotence.
NetworkInterfaceTrafficMode	String	No	Standard	The communication mode of the ENI. Valid values: Standard: uses the TCP communication mode. HighPerformance: enables the Elastic RDMA Interface (ERI) and uses the remote direct memory access (RDMA) communication mode. Note A value of HighPerformance supports only the c7re RDMA-enhanced instance family. The maximum number of ENIs in RDMA mode that can be bound to a c7re instance is determined based on the instance type. The c7re instance family is in invitational preview in Beijing Zone K. For more information, see Instance families. Default value: Standard.
Ipv6AddressCount	Integer	No	1	The number of IPv6 addresses to generate at random for the ENI. Valid values: 1 to 10. Note To assign IPv6 addresses to the ENI, you must specify `Ipv6Addresses.N` or `Ipv6AddressCount` but not both.
Tag.N.Key	String	No	TestKey	The key of tag N to add to the ENI. Valid values of N: 1 to 20. The tag key cannot be an empty string. It can be up to 128 characters in length and cannot start with acs: or aliyun. It cannot contain `http://` or `https://`.
Tag.N.Value	String	No	TestValue	The value of tag N to add to the ENI. Valid values of N: 1 to 20. The tag value can be an empty string. It can be up to 128 characters in length. It cannot start with acs: or contain `http://` or `https://`.
SecurityGroupIds.N	String	No	sg-bp1fg655nh68xyz9i****	The ID of security group N to which to assign the ENI. The security group and the ENI must belong to the same VPC. The valid values of N are determined based on the maximum number of security groups to which an ENI can be assigned. For more information, see Limits. Note You must specify `SecurityGroupId` or `SecurityGroupIds.N` but not both.
PrivateIpAddress.N	String	No	172.17..	Secondary private IP address N to assign to the ENI. This IP address must be an idle IP address within the CIDR block of the vSwitch with which to associate the ENI. Valid values of N: 0 to 10. Note To assign secondary private IP addresses to the ENI, you must specify `PrivateIpAddress.N` or `SecondaryPrivateIpAddressCount` parameters but not both.
Ipv6Address.N	String	No	2001:db8:1234:1a00::****	IPv6 address N to assign to the ENI. Valid values of N: 1 to 10. Example: Ipv6Address.1=2001:db8:1234:1a00::** Note** To assign IPv6 addresses to the ENI, you must specify `Ipv6Addresses.N` or `Ipv6AddressCount` but not both.

Response parameters


Parameter	Type	Example	Description
Status	String	Available	The state of the ENI.
Type	String	Secondary	The type of the ENI.
VpcId	String	vpc-bp1j7w3gc1cexjqd****	The ID of the VPC to which the ENI belongs.
NetworkInterfaceName	String	my-eni-name	The name of the ENI.
MacAddress	String	00:16:3e:12::	The media access control (MAC) address of the ENI.
NetworkInterfaceId	String	eni-bp14v2sdd3v8htln****	The ID of the ENI.
ServiceID	Long	12345678910	The ID of the distributor to which the ENI belongs.
OwnerId	String	123456****	The ID of the account to which the ENI belongs.
ServiceManaged	Boolean	true	Indicates whether the user is an Alibaba Cloud service or a distributor.
VSwitchId	String	vsw-bp16usj2p27htro3****	The ID of the vSwitch with which the ENI is associated.
RequestId	String	473469C7-AA6F-4DC5-B3DB-A3DC0DE3C83E	The ID of the request.
Description	String	testDescription	The description of the ENI.
ResourceGroupId	String	rg-2ze88m67qx5z****	The ID of the resource group to which the ENI belongs.
ZoneId	String	cn-hangzhou-e	The zone ID of the ENI.
PrivateIpAddress	String	172.17..	The private IP address of the ENI.
SecurityGroupIds	Array of String	sg-bp18kz60mefsicfg****	The IDs of the security groups to which the ENI belongs.
PrivateIpSets	Array of PrivateIpSet		Private IP addresses of the ENI.
PrivateIpSet
PrivateIpAddress	String	172.17..	The private IP address of the instance to which the ENI is bound.
Primary	Boolean	true	Indicates whether the IP address is the primary private IP address.
Tags	Array of Tag		The tags of the ENI.
Tag
TagValue	String	TestValue	The tag value of the ENI.
TagKey	String	TestKey	The tag key of the ENI.
Ipv6Sets	Array of Ipv6Set		The IPv6 addresses of the ENI.
Ipv6Set
Ipv6Address	String	2001:db8:1234:1a00::****	The IPv6 address.

Examples

Sample requests

https://ecs.aliyuncs.com/?Action=CreateNetworkInterface
&RegionId=cn-hangzhou
&SecurityGroupIds.1=sg-bp18kz60mefsicfg****
&VSwitchId=vsw-bp1s5fnvk4gn2tws03****
&Tag.1.Key=TestKey
&Tag.1.Value=TestValue
&ResourceGroupId=rg-bp67acfmxazb4ph****
&PrimaryIpAddress=172.17.**.**
&NetworkInterfaceName=testNetworkInterfaceName
&Description=testDescription
&ClientToken=123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426655440000
&Ipv6AddressCount=1
&<Common request parameters>

Sample success responses

XML format

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type:application/xml

<CreateNetworkInterfaceResponse>
    <Description>testDescription</Description>
    <Status>Available</Status>
    <PrivateIpAddress>172.17.**.**</PrivateIpAddress>
    <ServiceManaged>false</ServiceManaged>
    <RequestId>473469C7-AA6F-4DC5-B3DB-A3DC0DE3C83E</RequestId>
    <ResourceGroupId>rg-2ze88m67qx5z****</ResourceGroupId>
    <ZoneId>cn-hangzhou-e</ZoneId>
    <VSwitchId>vsw-bp16usj2p27htro3****</VSwitchId>
    <NetworkInterfaceName>my-eni-name</NetworkInterfaceName>
    <MacAddress>00:16:3e:12:**:**</MacAddress>
    <NetworkInterfaceId>eni-bp14v2sdd3v8htln****</NetworkInterfaceId>
    <SecurityGroupIds>
        <SecurityGroupId>sg-bp18kz60mefsicfg****</SecurityGroupId>
    </SecurityGroupIds>
    <Type>Secondary</Type>
    <Ipv6Sets>
        <Ipv6Set>
            <Ipv6Address>2001:db8:1234:1a00::****</Ipv6Address>
        </Ipv6Set>
    </Ipv6Sets>
    <VpcId>vpc-bp1j7w3gc1cexjqd****</VpcId>
    <OwnerId>123456****</OwnerId>
    <Tags>
        <Tag>
            <TagKey>TestKey</TagKey>
            <TagValue>TestValue</TagValue>
        </Tag>
    </Tags>
    <PrivateIpSets>
        <PrivateIpSet>
            <PrivateIpAddress>172.17.**.**</PrivateIpAddress>
            <Primary>true</Primary>
        </PrivateIpSet>
    </PrivateIpSets>
</CreateNetworkInterfaceResponse>

JSON format

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type:application/json

{
  "Description" : "testDescription",
  "Status" : "Available",
  "PrivateIpAddress" : "172.17.**.**",
  "ServiceManaged" : false,
  "RequestId" : "473469C7-AA6F-4DC5-B3DB-A3DC0DE3C83E",
  "ResourceGroupId" : "rg-2ze88m67qx5z****",
  "ZoneId" : "cn-hangzhou-e",
  "VSwitchId" : "vsw-bp16usj2p27htro3****",
  "NetworkInterfaceName" : "my-eni-name",
  "MacAddress" : "00:16:3e:12:**:**",
  "NetworkInterfaceId" : "eni-bp14v2sdd3v8htln****",
  "SecurityGroupIds" : {
    "SecurityGroupId" : [ "sg-bp18kz60mefsicfg****" ]
  },
  "Type" : "Secondary",
  "Ipv6Sets" : {
    "Ipv6Set" : [ {
      "Ipv6Address" : "2001:db8:1234:1a00::****"
    } ]
  },
  "VpcId" : "vpc-bp1j7w3gc1cexjqd****",
  "OwnerId" : "123456****",
  "Tags" : {
    "Tag" : [ {
      "TagKey" : "TestKey",
      "TagValue" : "TestValue"
    } ]
  },
  "PrivateIpSets" : {
    "PrivateIpSet" : [ {
      "PrivateIpAddress" : "172.17.**.**",
      "Primary" : true
    } ]
  }
}

Error codes


HTTP status code	Error code	Error message	Description
400	MissingParameter	%s	The error message returned because a required parameter is not specified.
400	UnsupportedParameter	%s	The error message returned because a specified parameter is not supported.
400	InvalidParameter	%s	The error message returned because a specified parameter is invalid.
400	InvalidInstanceID.Malformed	%s	The error message returned because the specified InstanceId parameter is invalid.
400	InvalidOperation.InvalidEcsState	%s	The error message returned because the operation is not supported while the instance is in the current state.
400	InvalidOperation.InvalidEniState	%s	The error message returned because the operation is not supported while the ENI is in the current state.
400	InvalidOperation.DetachPrimaryEniNotAllowed	%s	The error message returned because the primary ENI cannot be unbound from the instance.
400	Forbidden.RegionId	%s	The error message returned because the service is unavailable in the current region for the moment.
400	Duplicate.TagKey	The Tag.N.Key contain duplicate key.	The error message returned because the specified tag key already exists. Tag keys must be unique.
400	InvalidTagKey.Malformed	The specified Tag.n.Key is not valid.	The error message returned because the specified Tag.N.Key parameter is invalid.
400	InvalidTagValue.Malformed	The specified Tag.n.Value is not valid.	The error message returned because the specified Tag.N.Value parameter is invalid.
400	JoinedGroupLimitExceed	%s	The error message returned because the maximum number of security groups to which the specified resource can be assigned has been exceeded. For more information, see the return value of the %s placeholder in the error message.
400	InvalidPrivateIpAddress.Duplicated	Specified private IP address is duplicated.	The error message returned because the specified private IP address is already in use. Try another IP address.
400	InvalidParameter.Conflict	%s	The error message returned because a specified parameter is invalid. Check whether parameter conflicts exist.
403	InvalidUserType.NotSupported	%s	The error message returned because your account does not support this operation.
403	Abs.InvalidAccount.NotFound	%s	The error message returned because your Alibaba Cloud account does not exist or because your AccessKey pair has expired.
403	Forbidden.NotSupportRAM	%s	The error message returned because RAM users are not authorized to perform this operation.
403	Forbidden.SubUser	%s	The error message returned because you are not authorized to manage this resource. Contact the owner of the Alibaba Cloud account for authorization.
403	MaxEniCountExceeded	%s	The error message returned because the maximum number of ENIs that can be managed has been reached.
403	EniPerInstanceLimitExceeded	%s	The error message returned because the maximum number of ENIs that can be bound to the specified instance has been reached.
403	InvalidOperation.AvailabilityZoneMismatch	%s	The error message returned because the operation is invalid.
403	InvalidOperation.VpcMismatch	%s	The error message returned because the operation is invalid. Check whether the VPC in the operation corresponds to other parameters.
403	SecurityGroupInstanceLimitExceed	%s	The error message returned because the maximum number of instances in the specified security group has been reached.
403	InvalidSecurityGroupId.NotVpc	%s	The error message returned because the specified SecurityGroupId parameter is invalid and the network type of the security group is not VPC.
403	InvalidOperation.InvalidEniType	%s	The error message returned because the operation is not supported while the ENI is of the current type.
403	InvalidVSwitchId.IpNotEnough	%s	The error message returned because available IP addresses within the CIDR block of the specified vSwitch are insufficient.
403	InvalidVSwitchId.IpInvalid	%s	The error message returned because the specified private IP address is invalid.
403	QuotaExceed.Tags	%s	The error message returned because the maximum number of tags has been reached.
403	InvalidIp.Address	%s	The error message returned because the specified IPv6 address is invalid.
403	InvalidIp.IpRepeated	%s	The error message returned because the specified IP address already exists.
403	MaxEniPrivateIpsCountExceeded	%s	The error message returned because the maximum number of secondary private IP addresses that can be assigned to the ENI has been reached. For more information, see the return value of the %s placeholder in the error message.
403	InvalidOperation.ResourceManagedByCloudProduct	%s	The error message returned because you cannot modify security groups managed by cloud services.
403	InvalidParameter.InvalidEniQueueNumber	%s	The error message returned because the specified NetworkInterfaceQueueNumber parameter is invalid. For more information, see the return value of the %s placeholder in the error message.
403	InvalidOperation.MaxEniQueueNumberExceeded	%s	The error message returned because the maximum number of queues per ENI has been reached. For more information, see the return value of the %s placeholder in the error message.
403	InvalidOperation.ExceedInstanceTypeQueueNumber	%s	The error message returned because the maximum number of queues for all ENIs on an instance has been reached. For more information, see the return value of the %s placeholder in the error message.
404	InvalidEcsId.NotFound	%s	The error message returned because the specified instance ID does not exist.
404	InvalidEniId.NotFound	%s	The error message returned because the specified ENI ID does not exist.
404	InvalidVSwitchId.NotFound	%s	The error message returned because the specified vSwitch ID does not exist.
404	InvalidSecurityGroupId.NotFound	%s	The error message returned because the specified security group ID does not exist.
404	InvalidResourceGroup.NotFound	The ResourceGroup provided does not exist in our records.	The error message returned because the specified resource group does not exist.
500	InternalError	The request processing has failed due to some unknown error, exception or failure.	The error message returned because an internal error has occurred. Try again later. If the error persists, submit a ticket.

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