CreateInternetGateway
Creates an internet gateway for use with a VPC. After creating the internet gateway, you attach it to a VPC using AttachInternetGateway.
For more information, see Internet gateways in the Amazon VPC User Guide.
Request Parameters
The following parameters are for this specific action. For more information about required and optional parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Query Parameters.
- DryRun
-
Checks whether you have the required permissions for the action, without actually making the request, and provides an error response. If you have the required permissions, the error response is
DryRunOperation
. Otherwise, it isUnauthorizedOperation
.Type: Boolean
Required: No
- TagSpecification.N
-
The tags to assign to the internet gateway.
Type: Array of TagSpecification objects
Required: No
Response Elements
The following elements are returned by the service.
- internetGateway
-
Information about the internet gateway.
Type: InternetGateway object
- requestId
-
The ID of the request.
Type: String
Errors
For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common client error codes.
Examples
Example
This example creates an internet gateway.
Sample Request
https://ec2.amazonaws.com/?Action=CreateInternetGateway
&AUTHPARAMS
Sample Response
<CreateInternetGatewayResponse xmlns="http://ec2.amazonaws.com/doc/2016-11-15/">
<requestId>59dbff89-35bd-4eac-99ed-be587EXAMPLE</requestId>
<internetGateway>
<internetGatewayId>igw-eaad4883</internetGatewayId>
<attachmentSet/>
<tagSet/>
</internetGateway>
</CreateInternetGatewayResponse>
See Also
For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific Amazon SDKs, see the following: