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ENS:CreateVSwitch

Last Updated:Jun 04, 2026

Creates a VSwitch.

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RAM authorization

The table below describes the authorization required to call this API. You can define it in a Resource Access Management (RAM) policy. The table's columns are detailed below:

  • Action: The actions can be used in the Action element of RAM permission policy statements to grant permissions to perform the operation.

  • API: The API that you can call to perform the action.

  • Access level: The predefined level of access granted for each API. Valid values: create, list, get, update, and delete.

  • Resource type: The type of the resource that supports authorization to perform the action. It indicates if the action supports resource-level permission. The specified resource must be compatible with the action. Otherwise, the policy will be ineffective.

    • For APIs with resource-level permissions, required resource types are marked with an asterisk (*). Specify the corresponding Alibaba Cloud Resource Name (ARN) in the Resource element of the policy.

    • For APIs without resource-level permissions, it is shown as All Resources. Use an asterisk (*) in the Resource element of the policy.

  • Condition key: The condition keys defined by the service. The key allows for granular control, applying to either actions alone or actions associated with specific resources. In addition to service-specific condition keys, Alibaba Cloud provides a set of common condition keys applicable across all RAM-supported services.

  • Dependent action: The dependent actions required to run the action. To complete the action, the RAM user or the RAM role must have the permissions to perform all dependent actions.

Action

Access level

Resource type

Condition key

Dependent action

ens:CreateVSwitch

create

*All Resource

*

None None

Request parameters

Parameter

Type

Required

Description

Example

EnsRegionId

string

Yes

The ID of the ENS node.

cn-xian-unicom

CidrBlock

string

Yes

The CIDR block of the VSwitch. The following requirements apply:

  • The prefix length must be an integer from 16 to 29.

  • The CIDR block of the VSwitch must be a subset of the CIDR block of the VPC to which the VSwitch belongs.

  • The CIDR block of the VSwitch cannot be the same as the destination CIDR block of an existing route in the VPC, but it can be a subset of the destination CIDR block.

172.16.0.0/24

VSwitchName

string

No

The name of the VSwitch. The following requirements apply:

  • The name must be 2 to 128 characters in length.

  • The name must start with a letter or a Chinese character, and cannot start with http:// or https://. The name can contain digits, colons (:), underscores (_), and hyphens (-).

Default value: an empty string.

Test vSwitch

Description

string

No

The description of the VSwitch.

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

This is my vswitch.

NetworkId

string

No

The ID of the network to which the VSwitch belongs.

n-257gqcdfvx6n****

Tag

array<object>

No

The tags of the resource. You can specify up to 20 tags.

object

No

A resource tag.

Key

string

No

The key of the tag.

  • The tag key cannot start with aliyun, acs:, http://, or https://.

  • The tag key can be up to 64 characters long.

  • The tag key cannot be an empty string.

team

Value

string

No

The value of the tag. It can be up to 128 characters long, can be an empty string, and cannot start with acs: or contain http:// or https://.

Deep

Response elements

Element

Type

Description

Example

object

The response parameters.

VSwitchId

string

The ID of the VSwitch.

vsw-5****

RequestId

string

The request ID.

CEF72CEB-54B6-4AE8-B225-F876FF7BA984

Examples

Success response

JSON format

{
  "VSwitchId": "vsw-5****",
  "RequestId": "CEF72CEB-54B6-4AE8-B225-F876FF7BA984"
}

Error codes

HTTP status code

Error code

Error message

Description

400 NoPermission Permission denied.
400 CallInterface Call Interface Happen Error. An error occurred when you call the operation.
400 Invalid%s The specified parameter %s is invalid.
400 Missing%s You must specify the parameter %s.
400 NetworkNotFound The specified network is not found. Network not found, please check network id.
400 IncorrectStatus.Network The status of the network is incorrect. The status of the network is incorrect.
400 QuotaExceeded The number of resources has reached the quota limit. The number of resources has reached the quota limit.
400 Network.SecondaryCidrNotFound The network secondary CIDR is not found.
400 VSwitch.Ipv6CidrBlockOverlapped The specified IPv6 CIDR block overlaps with existing vSwitches.
400 VSwitch.CidrBlockOverlapped The specified CIDR block overlaps with existing vswitches.
400 VSwitch.InvalidIpv6CidrBlock Invalid IPv6 CIDR value.

See Error Codes for a complete list.

Release notes

See Release Notes for a complete list.