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Virtual Private Cloud:ModifyVpcAttribute

Last Updated:Mar 27, 2026

Modifies the attributes of a VPC.

Operation description

Description

Concurrent calls to ModifyVpcAttribute for the same VPC are not supported.

Debugging

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Authorization information

The following table shows the authorization information corresponding to the API. The authorization information can be used in the Action policy element to grant a RAM user or RAM role the permissions to call this API operation. Description:

  • Operation: the value that you can use in the Action element to specify the operation on a resource.
  • Access level: the access level of each operation. The levels are read, write, and list.
  • Resource type: the type of the resource on which you can authorize the RAM user or the RAM role to perform the operation. Take note of the following items:
    • For mandatory resource types, indicate with a prefix of * .
    • If the permissions cannot be granted at the resource level, All Resources is used in the Resource type column of the operation.
  • Condition Key: the condition key that is defined by the cloud service.
  • Associated operation: other operations that the RAM user or the RAM role must have permissions to perform to complete the operation. To complete the operation, the RAM user or the RAM role must have the permissions to perform the associated operations.
Operation Access level Resource type Condition key Associated operation
vpc:ModifyVpcAttribute update
*VPC
acs:vpc:{#regionId}:{#accountId}:vpc/{#VpcId}
  • vpc:tag
none

Request parameters

Parameter Type Required Description Example
VpcId string Yes

The ID of the VPC that you want to modify.

vpc-bp1qtbach57ywecf****
Description string No

The new description of the VPC.

The description must be 1 to 256 characters in length, and cannot start with http:// or https://.

This is my VPC.
VpcName string No

The new name of the VPC.

The name must be 1 to 128 characters in length and cannot start with http:// or https://.

Vpc-1
CidrBlock string No

The new IPv4 CIDR block of the VPC.

You can specify a larger or smaller IPv4 CIDR block than the IPv4 CIDR block of the VPC. The subnet mask must be 8 to 28 bits in length. If you specify a smaller IPv4 CIDR block and existing IP addresses do not fall within the CIDR block, the modification fails.

Note If you modify the CIDR block of a VPC, your existing services are not affected.
192.168.0.0/24
RegionId string No

The region ID of the VPC.

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

cn-hangzhou
EnableIPv6 boolean No

Specifies whether to enable IPv6 CIDR blocks. Valid values:

  • true
  • false (default)
false
Ipv6CidrBlock string No

The IPv6 CIDR block of the VPC.

2408:XXXX:0:6a::/56
Ipv6Isp string No

The type of IPv6 CIDR block. Valid values:

  • BGP (default)
  • ChinaMobile
  • ChinaUnicom
  • ChinaTelecom
Note If your Alibaba Cloud account is allowed to activate single-ISP bandwidth, you can set this parameter to ChinaTelecom, ChinaUnicom, or ChinaMobile.
BGP
EnableDnsHostname boolean No

Indicates whether the DNS hostname feature is enabled. Valid values:

  • false (default): disabled.
  • true: enabled.
false

Response parameters

Parameter Type Description Example
object

The request ID.

RequestId string

The request ID.

43B72D30-25E1-4FA3-96A8-89374A521D1A

Examples

Sample success responses

JSONformat

{
  "RequestId": "43B72D30-25E1-4FA3-96A8-89374A521D1A"
}

Error codes

HTTP status code Error code Error message Description
400 Forbidden.VpcNotFound Specified VPC does not exist. -
400 InvalidDescription.Malformed description not valid.. -
400 InvalidVpcName.Malformed Specified VPC name is not valid. The format of the VPC name is invalid. Enter a valid VPC name and try again.
400 InvalidVpcDiscription.Malformed Specified VPC description is not valid. The format of the VPC description is invalid.
400 InvalidParameter Specified UserCidr invalid format. The format of the user CIDR block is invalid.
400 InvalidParameter Specified UserCidr Subnet mask is not valid . The subnet mask of the user CIDR block is invalid.
400 InvalidUserCidr.Quota Specified UserCidr number is greater than 3. The number of user CIDR blocks that you specify has reached the upper limit.
400 InvalidUserCidr.Malformed Specified UserCidr overlapping in of 100.64.0.0/10. The user CIDR block that you specify overlaps with 100.64.0.0/10.
400 InvalidUserCidr.Malformed Specified UserCidr status is wrong, do not allow operation -
400 InvalidVpcId.NotFound Specified VPC name is not valid. -
400 IncorrectVpcStatus Current VPC status does not support this operation. This operation cannot be performed when the VPC is in the current state.
400 IllegalCidrBlock Some subnet cidrBlock is not in the cidrBlock. -
400 InvalidRegion.Malformed Specified RegionId is not vaild. -
400 InvalidCidrBlock.Malformed Specified CIDR block is not valid. The format of the CIDR block is invalid.
400 OperationUnsupported.DisableIpv6 %s -
400 OperationUnsupported.Ipv6Feature %s -
400 ParamExclusive.EnableIpv6AndCidrBlock EnableIpv6 and CidrBlock is mutually exclusive. -
400 OperationFailed.ClassicLinkEnabled Operation failed because classicLink is enabled. -
400 OperationFailed.IpV6VSwitchInuse %s -
400 OperationFailed.Ipv6GatewayInUse The IPv6 gateway is in use. You cannot modify the VPC attributes because the IPv6 gateway is in use.
400 OperationFailed.QueryCenIpv6Status Failed to query the IPv6 status of the specified VPC in CEN. The operation failed because the system failed to query the IPv6 status of the VPC that is attached to the CEN instance.
400 OperationUnsupported.CenIpv6Enabled The IPv6 feature is enabled in CEN. The IPv6 feature is already enabled for CEN.
400 UnsupportedFeature.Ipv6Isp The Ipv6Isp feature is not supported. The specified IPv6 ISP is not supported.
400 ResourceNotEnough.Ipv6Cidr The specified resource ipv6 cidr is not enough. Insufficient IPv6 CIDR block resources.
400 OperationFailed.IPv6CidrNotReserved The IPv6 CIDR block is not reserved. -
400 OperationUnsupported.Ipv6Feature The IPv6 feature is not supported in the region. This region does not support IPv6.
400 IllegalParam.Ipv6Cidr The specified Ipv6CidrBlock is invalid. Ipv6CidrBlock is set to an invalid value.
400 InvalidIpv6Instance.NotFound The specified resource of InvalidIpv6Instance is not found. The error message returned because the IPv6 resource is not found.
400 ExclusiveParam.EnableIpv6AndCidrBlock The param of EnableIpv6 and CidrBlock are mutually exclusive. The param of EnableIpv6 and CidrBlock are mutually exclusive.
404 InvalidVpcId.NotFound Specified VPC does not exist. The specified VPC does not exist.

For a list of error codes, visit the Service error codes.

Change history

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