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Network Intelligence Service:CreateAndAnalyzeNetworkPath

Last Updated:Mar 09, 2026

Initiates a task for analyzing network reachability.

Operation description

You can call this operation to initiate a task for analyzing network reachability by specifying only the information about the source and destination. You do not need to create a network path for reachability analysis. The analysis result is not recorded in the system. If you want to record the path parameters and analysis result in the Network Intelligence Service (NIS) console, we recommend that you call the createNetworkReachableAnalysis operation.

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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

nis:CreateAndAnalyzeNetworkPath

create

*All Resource

*

None None

Request parameters

Parameter

Type

Required

Description

Example

SourceId

string

Yes

The ID of the source resource.

i-uf62y8khhbkbdrp6****

SourceIpAddress

string

No

The source IP address.

192.168.XX.XX

TargetIpAddress

string

No

The destination IP address.

172.50.XX.XX

SourceType

string

Yes

The type of the source resource. Valid values:

  • ecs: the Elastic Compute Service (ECS) instance

  • internetIp: the public IP address

  • vsw: the vSwitch

  • vpn: the VPN gateway

  • vbr: the virtual border router (VBR)

ecs

SourcePort

integer

No

The source port.

0

TargetId

string

No

The ID of the destination resource.

i-m5eactvw7wtpktv5****

TargetType

string

No

The type of the destination resource. Valid values:

  • ecs: the ECS instance

  • internetIp: the public IP address

  • vsw: the vSwitch

  • vpn: the VPN gateway

  • vbr: the VBR

  • clb: the Classic Load Balancer (CLB) instance

ecs

TargetPort

integer

No

The destination port.

80

Protocol

string

No

The protocol type. Valid values:

  • tcp: Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)

  • udp: User Datagram Protocol (UDP)

  • icmp: Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP)

tcp

RegionId

string

No

The ID of the region for which you want to initiate a task for analyzing network reachability.

cn-shanghai

Response elements

Element

Type

Description

Example

object

The response parameters.

RequestId

string

The request ID.

D5E98683-355B-5867-8D3D-A24755F6895B

NetworkReachableAnalysisId

string

The ID of the task for analyzing network reachability that you initiated.

nra-dfe9e53d2b524568****

SourceId

string

The ID of the source resource.

i-uf62y8khhbkbdrp6****

TargetId

string

The ID of the destination resource.

i-m5eactvw7wtpktv5****

SourceType

string

The type of the source resource.

ecs

TargetType

string

The type of the destination resource.

ecs

SourcePort

string

The source port.

0

TargetPort

string

The destination port.

80

Protocol

string

The protocol type.

tcp

SourceIpAddress

string

The source IP address.

192.168.XX.XX

TargetIpAddress

string

The destination IP address.

172.50.XX.XX

Examples

Success response

JSON format

{
  "RequestId": "D5E98683-355B-5867-8D3D-A24755F6895B",
  "NetworkReachableAnalysisId": "nra-dfe9e53d2b524568****",
  "SourceId": "i-uf62y8khhbkbdrp6****",
  "TargetId": "i-m5eactvw7wtpktv5****",
  "SourceType": "ecs",
  "TargetType": "ecs",
  "SourcePort": "0",
  "TargetPort": "80",
  "Protocol": "tcp",
  "SourceIpAddress": "192.168.XX.XX",
  "TargetIpAddress": "172.50.XX.XX"
}

Error codes

HTTP status code

Error code

Error message

Description

400 IllegalParam.InternetIP The specified IP address (%s) is not an internet IP address. The specified IP address (%s) is not a public IP address. The IP address must not fall within the following ranges: 10.0.0.0 to 10.255.255.255, 172.16.0.0 to 172.31.255.255, or 192.168.0.0 to 192.168.255.255.
400 IllegalParam.IP The specified IP address (%s) is invalid. The specified IP address (%s) is invalid.
400 Mismatch.SourceIdAndTargetId Reachability Analyzer does not support the scenario in which source and target Internet IP addresses and ECS instance ID (%s and %s) are bound. Reachability Analyzer does not support the scenario in which the public IP addresses of the source and destination are associated with the ECS instance (%s and %s).
400 IllegalParam.SourceAndTargetInternetIp Both source ID and target ID are IP addresses, but are not Internet IP addresses. Reachability Analyzer does not support the scenario. Both the source and destination are IP addresses, but not Alibaba Cloud public IP addresses. Reachability Analyzer supports only Alibaba Cloud public IP addresses.
400 IllegalParam.SourcePort The specified SourcePort(%s) value is invalid. The value must be within the range of (0,65536]. The value of SourcePort is invalid. Valid values: 0 to 65536.
400 IllegalParam.TargetPort The specified TargetPort(%s) value is invalid. The value must be within the range of (0,65536]. The value of TargetPort is invalid. Valid values: 0 to 65536.
400 IllegalParam.SourceId The specified SourceId(%s) may be not exist. The specified instance (%s) may not exist. Check the spelling.
400 IllegalParam.TargetId The specified TargetId(%s) may be not exist. The specified instance (%s) may not exist. Check the spelling.
400 IllegalParam.SourceIp Please enter a valid source IP. Please enter a valid source IP
400 IllegalParam.SourceType The specified source type (%s) is invalid.
400 IllegalParam.Protocol The specified Protocol(%s) is invalid. The Protocol(%s) parameter is invalid.
400 IllegalParam.TargetType The specified target type (%s) is invalid. The specified destination type () is invalid.
400 IllegalParam.TargetIp The specified target ip (%s) is invalid. The specified destination IP() is not in the correct format.
400 IllegalParam.NotSupportHaVpn The specified VPN(%s), which is not currently supported for such instances. The specified VPN(), which is not currently supported for such instances.
400 IllegalParam.SourceNotBound Elastic public network IP(%s) is not bound to resources, and analysis is not supported for the time being. Elastic public network IP() is not bound to resources, and analysis is not supported for the time being.
400 IllegalParam.TargetNotBound Elastic public network IP(%s) is not bound to resources, and analysis is not supported for the time being.
400 IllegalParam.NotPublicIp The specified (%s) is invalid. The specified parameter is illegal.
400 IllegalParam.SourceEqualTarget The specified source and destination are identical, which is not supported for analysis. The specified source and destination are the same, and analysis is not supported.
400 IllegalParam.TypeAndIdMismatch The specified instanceId (%s) and type do not match. The specified instanceId and its type do not match.
403 Forbidden.NetworkPath The current user has not activated NIS and is not authorized to use the path analysis interface. The current user has not activated NIS and is not authorized to use the path analysis interface.

See Error Codes for a complete list.

Release notes

See Release Notes for a complete list.