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Virtual Private Cloud:CheckCanAllocateVpcPrivateIpAddress

Last Updated:Aug 28, 2026

Checks whether a private IP address in a specified vSwitch is available.

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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

vpc:CheckCanAllocateVpcPrivateIpAddress

none

*vSwitch

acs:vpc:{#regionId}:{#accountId}:vswitch/{#VSwitchId}

None None

Request parameters

Parameter

Type

Required

Description

Example

RegionId

string

Yes

The region ID of the vSwitch to which the private IP address belongs.

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

cn-qingdao

VSwitchId

string

Yes

The ID of the vSwitch to which the private IP address belongs.

vsw-m5ew3t46z2drmifnt****

PrivateIpAddress

string

Yes

The private IP address to check. The address must belong to the vSwitch specified by the VSwitchId parameter.

10.0.0.7

IpVersion

string

No

The version of the private IP address. Valid values:

  • ipv4: Optional for IPv4 address queries.

  • ipv6: Required for IPv6 address queries.

ipv4

Response elements

Element

Type

Description

Example

object

Schema object

CanAllocate

boolean

Indicates whether the private IP address is available. Valid values:

  • true

  • false

true

RequestId

string

The request ID.

93360B0-2969-40BF-8542-EBB34FD358AB

Examples

Success response

JSON format

{
  "CanAllocate": true,
  "RequestId": "93360B0-2969-40BF-8542-EBB34FD358AB"
}

Error codes

HTTP status code

Error code

Error message

Description

400 PARAMETER_ILLEGAL Parameter illegal.Parameter is ipVersion
400 ResourceNotFound.VSwitchId The specified resource vswitch is not found.
400 Mismatch.VSwitchAndPrivateIpAddress The vswitch and privateIpAddress are mismatched. The specified private IP address does not match the vSwitch.
400 IllegalParam.PrivateIpAddress The specified PrivateIpAddress is illegal. The specified PrivateIpAddress is invalid. Check the parameter constraints and try again after modification.

See Error Codes for a complete list.

Release notes

See Release Notes for a complete list.