Method: networks.insert

HTTP request
Path parameters
Query parameters
Request body
- JSON representation
Response body
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Creates a network in the specified project using the data included in the request.

HTTP request

POST https://compute.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/{project}/global/networks

The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.

Path parameters

Parameters

Parameters
`project`	`string` Project ID for this request.

project

string

Project ID for this request.

Query parameters

Parameters

Parameters
`requestId`	`string` An optional request ID to identify requests. Specify a unique request ID so that if you must retry your request, the server will know to ignore the request if it has already been completed. For example, consider a situation where you make an initial request and the request times out. If you make the request again with the same request ID, the server can check if original operation with the same request ID was received, and if so, will ignore the second request. This prevents clients from accidentally creating duplicate commitments. The request ID must be a valid UUID with the exception that zero UUID is not supported (`00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000`).

requestId

string

An optional request ID to identify requests. Specify a unique request ID so that if you must retry your request, the server will know to ignore the request if it has already been completed.

For example, consider a situation where you make an initial request and the request times out. If you make the request again with the same request ID, the server can check if original operation with the same request ID was received, and if so, will ignore the second request. This prevents clients from accidentally creating duplicate commitments.

The request ID must be a valid UUID with the exception that zero UUID is not supported (00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000).

Request body

The request body contains data with the following structure:

JSON representation
{ "kind": string, "id": string, "creationTimestamp": string, "name": string, "description": string, "IPv4Range": string, "gatewayIPv4": string, "selfLink": string, "selfLinkWithId": string, "autoCreateSubnetworks": boolean, "subnetworks": [ string ], "peerings": [ { "name": string, "network": string, "state": enum, "stateDetails": string, "autoCreateRoutes": boolean, "exportCustomRoutes": boolean, "importCustomRoutes": boolean, "exchangeSubnetRoutes": boolean, "exportSubnetRoutesWithPublicIp": boolean, "importSubnetRoutesWithPublicIp": boolean, "peerMtu": integer, "stackType": enum } ], "routingConfig": { "routingMode": enum, "bgpBestPathSelectionMode": enum, "bgpAlwaysCompareMed": boolean, "bgpInterRegionCost": enum }, "mtu": integer, "firewallPolicy": string, "networkFirewallPolicyEnforcementOrder": enum, "enableUlaInternalIpv6": boolean, "internalIpv6Range": string, "networkProfile": string }

JSON representation

{
  "kind": string,
  "id": string,
  "creationTimestamp": string,
  "name": string,
  "description": string,
  "IPv4Range": string,
  "gatewayIPv4": string,
  "selfLink": string,
  "selfLinkWithId": string,
  "autoCreateSubnetworks": boolean,
  "subnetworks": [
    string
  ],
  "peerings": [
    {
      "name": string,
      "network": string,
      "state": enum,
      "stateDetails": string,
      "autoCreateRoutes": boolean,
      "exportCustomRoutes": boolean,
      "importCustomRoutes": boolean,
      "exchangeSubnetRoutes": boolean,
      "exportSubnetRoutesWithPublicIp": boolean,
      "importSubnetRoutesWithPublicIp": boolean,
      "peerMtu": integer,
      "stackType": enum
    }
  ],
  "routingConfig": {
    "routingMode": enum,
    "bgpBestPathSelectionMode": enum,
    "bgpAlwaysCompareMed": boolean,
    "bgpInterRegionCost": enum
  },
  "mtu": integer,
  "firewallPolicy": string,
  "networkFirewallPolicyEnforcementOrder": enum,
  "enableUlaInternalIpv6": boolean,
  "internalIpv6Range": string,
  "networkProfile": string
}

Fields
`kind`	`string` [Output Only] Type of the resource. Always `compute#network` for networks.
`id`	`string (uint64 format)` [Output Only] The unique identifier for the resource. This identifier is defined by the server.
`creationTimestamp`	`string` [Output Only] Creation timestamp in RFC3339 text format.
`name`	`string` [REQUIRED] Name of the resource. Provided by the client when the resource is created. The name must be 1-63 characters long, and comply with RFC1035. Specifically, the name must be 1-63 characters long and match the regular expression `[a-z]([-a-z0-9]*[a-z0-9])?`. The first character must be a lowercase letter, and all following characters (except for the last character) must be a dash, lowercase letter, or digit. The last character must be a lowercase letter or digit.
`description`	`string` An optional description of this resource. Provide this field when you create the resource.
`IPv4Range (deprecated)`	`string` Deprecated in favor of subnet mode networks. The range of internal addresses that are legal on this network. This range is a CIDR specification, for example: `192.168.0.0/16`. Provided by the client when the network is created.
`gatewayIPv4`	`string` [Output Only] The gateway address for default routing out of the network, selected by Google Cloud.
`selfLink`	`string` [Output Only] Server-defined URL for the resource.
`selfLinkWithId`	`string` [Output Only] Server-defined URL for this resource with the resource id.
`autoCreateSubnetworks`	`boolean` Must be set to create a VPC network. If not set, a legacy network is created. When set to true, the VPC network is created in `auto` mode. When set to false, the VPC network is created in `custom` mode. An auto mode VPC network starts with one subnet per region. Each subnet has a predetermined range as described in Auto mode VPC network IP ranges. For custom mode VPC networks, you can add subnets using the subnetworks insert method.
`subnetworks[]`	`string` [Output Only] Server-defined fully-qualified URLs for all subnetworks in this VPC network.
`peerings[]`	`object` [Output Only] A list of network peerings for the resource.
`peerings[].name`	`string` Name of this peering. Provided by the client when the peering is created. The name must comply with RFC1035. Specifically, the name must be 1-63 characters long and match regular expression `[a-z]([-a-z0-9]*[a-z0-9])?`. The first character must be a lowercase letter, and all the following characters must be a dash, lowercase letter, or digit, except the last character, which cannot be a dash.
`peerings[].network`	`string` The URL of the peer network. It can be either full URL or partial URL. The peer network may belong to a different project. If the partial URL does not contain project, it is assumed that the peer network is in the same project as the current network.
`peerings[].state`	`enum` [Output Only] State for the peering, either `ACTIVE` or `INACTIVE`. The peering is `ACTIVE` when there's a matching configuration in the peer network.
`peerings[].stateDetails`	`string` [Output Only] Details about the current state of the peering.
`peerings[].autoCreateRoutes`	`boolean` This field will be deprecated soon. Use the `exchangeSubnetRoutes` field instead. Indicates whether full mesh connectivity is created and managed automatically between peered networks. Currently this field should always be true since Google Compute Engine will automatically create and manage subnetwork routes between two networks when peering state is `ACTIVE`.
`peerings[].exportCustomRoutes`	`boolean` Whether to export the custom routes to peer network. The default value is false.
`peerings[].importCustomRoutes`	`boolean` Whether to import the custom routes from peer network. The default value is false.
`peerings[].exchangeSubnetRoutes`	`boolean` Indicates whether full mesh connectivity is created and managed automatically between peered networks. Currently this field should always be true since Google Compute Engine will automatically create and manage subnetwork routes between two networks when peering state is `ACTIVE`.
`peerings[].exportSubnetRoutesWithPublicIp`	`boolean` Whether subnet routes with public IP range are exported. The default value is true, all subnet routes are exported. IPv4 special-use ranges are always exported to peers and are not controlled by this field.
`peerings[].importSubnetRoutesWithPublicIp`	`boolean` Whether subnet routes with public IP range are imported. The default value is false. IPv4 special-use ranges are always imported from peers and are not controlled by this field.
`peerings[].peerMtu`	`integer` Maximum Transmission Unit in bytes.
`peerings[].stackType`	`enum` Which IP version(s) of traffic and routes are allowed to be imported or exported between peer networks. The default value is IPV4_ONLY.
`routingConfig`	`object` The network-level routing configuration for this network. Used by Cloud Router to determine what type of network-wide routing behavior to enforce.
`routingConfig.routingMode`	`enum` The network-wide routing mode to use. If set to `REGIONAL`, this network's Cloud Routers will only advertise routes with subnets of this network in the same region as the router. If set to `GLOBAL`, this network's Cloud Routers will advertise routes with all subnets of this network, across regions.
`routingConfig.bgpBestPathSelectionMode`	`enum` The BGP best path selection algorithm to be employed within this network for dynamic routes learned by Cloud Routers. Can be `LEGACY` (default) or `STANDARD`.
`routingConfig.bgpAlwaysCompareMed`	`boolean` Enable comparison of Multi-Exit Discriminators (MED) across routes with different neighbor ASNs when using the STANDARD BGP best path selection algorithm.
`routingConfig.bgpInterRegionCost`	`enum` Allows to define a preferred approach for handling inter-region cost in the selection process when using the `STANDARD` BGP best path selection algorithm. Can be `DEFAULT` or `ADD_COST_TO_MED`.
`mtu`	`integer` Maximum Transmission Unit in bytes. The minimum value for this field is 1300 and the maximum value is 8896. The suggested value is 1500, which is the default MTU used on the Internet, or 8896 if you want to use Jumbo frames. If unspecified, the value defaults to 1460.
`firewallPolicy`	`string` [Output Only] URL of the firewall policy the network is associated with.
`networkFirewallPolicyEnforcementOrder`	`enum` The network firewall policy enforcement order. Can be either AFTER_CLASSIC_FIREWALL or BEFORE_CLASSIC_FIREWALL. Defaults to AFTER_CLASSIC_FIREWALL if the field is not specified.
`enableUlaInternalIpv6`	`boolean` Enable ULA internal ipv6 on this network. Enabling this feature will assign a /48 from google defined ULA prefix fd20::/20. .
`internalIpv6Range`	`string` When enabling ula internal ipv6, caller optionally can specify the /48 range they want from the google defined ULA prefix fd20::/20. The input must be a valid /48 ULA IPv6 address and must be within the fd20::/20. Operation will fail if the speficied /48 is already in used by another resource. If the field is not speficied, then a /48 range will be randomly allocated from fd20::/20 and returned via this field. .
`networkProfile`	`string` A full or partial URL of the network profile to apply to this network. This field can be set only at resource creation time. For example, the following are valid URLs: `https://www.googleapis.com/compute/{apiVersion}/projects/{projectId}/global/networkProfiles/{network_profile_name}` `projects/{projectId}/global/networkProfiles/{network_profile_name}`

Response body

Represents an Operation resource.

Google Compute Engine has three Operation resources:

You can use an operation resource to manage asynchronous API requests. For more information, read Handling API responses.

Operations can be global, regional or zonal.

For global operations, use the globalOperations resource.
For regional operations, use the regionOperations resource.
For zonal operations, use the zoneOperations resource.

For more information, read Global, Regional, and Zonal Resources.

Note that completed Operation resources have a limited retention period.

If successful, the response body contains data with the following structure:

JSON representation

JSON representation
{ "kind": string, "id": string, "creationTimestamp": string, "name": string, "zone": string, "clientOperationId": string, "operationType": string, "targetLink": string, "targetId": string, "status": enum, "statusMessage": string, "user": string, "progress": integer, "insertTime": string, "startTime": string, "endTime": string, "error": { "errors": [ { "code": string, "location": string, "message": string, "errorDetails": [ { "errorInfo": { "reason": string, "domain": string, "metadatas": { string: string, ... } }, "quotaInfo": { "metricName": string, "limitName": string, "dimensions": { string: string, ... }, "limit": number, "futureLimit": number, "rolloutStatus": enum }, "help": { "links": [ { "description": string, "url": string } ] }, "localizedMessage": { "locale": string, "message": string } } ] } ] }, "warnings": [ { "code": enum, "message": string, "data": [ { "key": string, "value": string } ] } ], "httpErrorStatusCode": integer, "httpErrorMessage": string, "selfLink": string, "region": string, "description": string, "operationGroupId": string, // Union field `metadata` can be only one of the following: "setCommonInstanceMetadataOperationMetadata": { "clientOperationId": string, "perLocationOperations": { string: { "state": enum, "error": { "code": integer, "message": string, "details": [ { "@type": string, field1: ..., ... } ] } }, ... } }, "instancesBulkInsertOperationMetadata": { "perLocationStatus": { string: { "status": enum, "targetVmCount": integer, "createdVmCount": integer, "failedToCreateVmCount": integer, "deletedVmCount": integer }, ... } } // End of list of possible types for union field `metadata`. }

{
  "kind": string,
  "id": string,
  "creationTimestamp": string,
  "name": string,
  "zone": string,
  "clientOperationId": string,
  "operationType": string,
  "targetLink": string,
  "targetId": string,
  "status": enum,
  "statusMessage": string,
  "user": string,
  "progress": integer,
  "insertTime": string,
  "startTime": string,
  "endTime": string,
  "error": {
    "errors": [
      {
        "code": string,
        "location": string,
        "message": string,
        "errorDetails": [
          {
            "errorInfo": {
              "reason": string,
              "domain": string,
              "metadatas": {
                string: string,
                ...
              }
            },
            "quotaInfo": {
              "metricName": string,
              "limitName": string,
              "dimensions": {
                string: string,
                ...
              },
              "limit": number,
              "futureLimit": number,
              "rolloutStatus": enum
            },
            "help": {
              "links": [
                {
                  "description": string,
                  "url": string
                }
              ]
            },
            "localizedMessage": {
              "locale": string,
              "message": string
            }
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "warnings": [
    {
      "code": enum,
      "message": string,
      "data": [
        {
          "key": string,
          "value": string
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "httpErrorStatusCode": integer,
  "httpErrorMessage": string,
  "selfLink": string,
  "region": string,
  "description": string,
  "operationGroupId": string,

  // Union field metadata can be only one of the following:
  "setCommonInstanceMetadataOperationMetadata": {
    "clientOperationId": string,
    "perLocationOperations": {
      string: {
        "state": enum,
        "error": {
          "code": integer,
          "message": string,
          "details": [
            {
              "@type": string,
              field1: ...,
              ...
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      ...
    }
  },
  "instancesBulkInsertOperationMetadata": {
    "perLocationStatus": {
      string: {
        "status": enum,
        "targetVmCount": integer,
        "createdVmCount": integer,
        "failedToCreateVmCount": integer,
        "deletedVmCount": integer
      },
      ...
    }
  }
  // End of list of possible types for union field metadata.
}

Fields
`kind`	`string` [Output Only] Type of the resource. Always `compute#operation` for Operation resources.
`id`	`string (uint64 format)` [Output Only] The unique identifier for the operation. This identifier is defined by the server.
`creationTimestamp`	`string` [Deprecated] This field is deprecated.
`name`	`string` [Output Only] Name of the operation.
`zone`	`string` [Output Only] The URL of the zone where the operation resides. Only applicable when performing per-zone operations.
`clientOperationId`	`string` [Output Only] The value of `requestId` if you provided it in the request. Not present otherwise.
`operationType`	`string` [Output Only] The type of operation, such as `insert`, `update`, or `delete`, and so on.
`targetLink`	`string` [Output Only] The URL of the resource that the operation modifies. For operations related to creating a snapshot, this points to the disk that the snapshot was created from.
`targetId`	`string (uint64 format)` [Output Only] The unique target ID, which identifies a specific incarnation of the target resource.
`status`	`enum` [Output Only] The status of the operation, which can be one of the following: `PENDING`, `RUNNING`, or `DONE`.
`statusMessage`	`string` [Output Only] An optional textual description of the current status of the operation.
`user`	`string` [Output Only] User who requested the operation, for example: `user@example.com` or `alice_smith_identifier (global/workforcePools/example-com-us-employees)`.
`progress`	`integer` [Output Only] An optional progress indicator that ranges from 0 to 100. There is no requirement that this be linear or support any granularity of operations. This should not be used to guess when the operation will be complete. This number should monotonically increase as the operation progresses.
`insertTime`	`string` [Output Only] The time that this operation was requested. This value is in RFC3339 text format.
`startTime`	`string` [Output Only] The time that this operation was started by the server. This value is in RFC3339 text format.
`endTime`	`string` [Output Only] The time that this operation was completed. This value is in RFC3339 text format.
`error`	`object` [Output Only] If errors are generated during processing of the operation, this field will be populated.
`error.errors[]`	`object` [Output Only] The array of errors encountered while processing this operation.
`error.errors[].code`	`string` [Output Only] The error type identifier for this error.
`error.errors[].location`	`string` [Output Only] Indicates the field in the request that caused the error. This property is optional.
`error.errors[].message`	`string` [Output Only] An optional, human-readable error message.
`error.errors[].errorDetails[]`	`object` [Output Only] An optional list of messages that contain the error details. There is a set of defined message types to use for providing details.The syntax depends on the error code. For example, QuotaExceededInfo will have details when the error code is QUOTA_EXCEEDED.
`error.errors[].errorDetails[].errorInfo`	`object`
`error.errors[].errorDetails[].errorInfo.reason`	`string` The reason of the error. This is a constant value that identifies the proximate cause of the error. Error reasons are unique within a particular domain of errors. This should be at most 63 characters and match a regular expression of `[A-Z][A-Z0-9_]+[A-Z0-9]`, which represents UPPER_SNAKE_CASE.
`error.errors[].errorDetails[].errorInfo.domain`	`string` The logical grouping to which the "reason" belongs. The error domain is typically the registered service name of the tool or product that generates the error. Example: "pubsub.googleapis.com". If the error is generated by some common infrastructure, the error domain must be a globally unique value that identifies the infrastructure. For Google API infrastructure, the error domain is "googleapis.com".
`error.errors[].errorDetails[].errorInfo.metadatas`	`map (key: string, value: string)` Additional structured details about this error. Keys must match /[a-z][a-zA-Z0-9-_]+/ but should ideally be lowerCamelCase. Also they must be limited to 64 characters in length. When identifying the current value of an exceeded limit, the units should be contained in the key, not the value. For example, rather than {"instanceLimit": "100/request"}, should be returned as, {"instanceLimitPerRequest": "100"}, if the client exceeds the number of instances that can be created in a single (batch) request.
`error.errors[].errorDetails[].quotaInfo`	`object`
`error.errors[].errorDetails[].quotaInfo.metricName`	`string` The Compute Engine quota metric name.
`error.errors[].errorDetails[].quotaInfo.limitName`	`string` The name of the quota limit.
`error.errors[].errorDetails[].quotaInfo.dimensions`	`map (key: string, value: string)` The map holding related quota dimensions.
`error.errors[].errorDetails[].quotaInfo.limit`	`number` Current effective quota limit. The limit's unit depends on the quota type or metric.
`error.errors[].errorDetails[].quotaInfo.futureLimit`	`number` Future quota limit being rolled out. The limit's unit depends on the quota type or metric.
`error.errors[].errorDetails[].quotaInfo.rolloutStatus`	`enum` Rollout status of the future quota limit.
`error.errors[].errorDetails[].help`	`object`
`error.errors[].errorDetails[].help.links[]`	`object` URL(s) pointing to additional information on handling the current error.
`error.errors[].errorDetails[].help.links[].description`	`string` Describes what the link offers.
`error.errors[].errorDetails[].help.links[].url`	`string` The URL of the link.
`error.errors[].errorDetails[].localizedMessage`	`object`
`error.errors[].errorDetails[].localizedMessage.locale`	`string` The locale used following the specification defined at https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/bcp/bcp47.txt. Examples are: "en-US", "fr-CH", "es-MX"
`error.errors[].errorDetails[].localizedMessage.message`	`string` The localized error message in the above locale.
`warnings[]`	`object` [Output Only] If warning messages are generated during processing of the operation, this field will be populated.
`warnings[].code`	`enum` [Output Only] A warning code, if applicable. For example, Compute Engine returns `NO_RESULTS_ON_PAGE` if there are no results in the response.
`warnings[].message`	`string` [Output Only] A human-readable description of the warning code.
`warnings[].data[]`	`object` [Output Only] Metadata about this warning in `key: value` format. For example: "data": [ { "key": "scope", "value": "zones/us-east1-d" }
`warnings[].data[].key`	`string` [Output Only] A key that provides more detail on the warning being returned. For example, for warnings where there are no results in a list request for a particular zone, this key might be `scope` and the key value might be the zone name. Other examples might be a key indicating a deprecated resource and a suggested replacement, or a warning about invalid network settings (for example, if an instance attempts to perform IP forwarding but is not enabled for IP forwarding).
`warnings[].data[].value`	`string` [Output Only] A warning data value corresponding to the key.
`httpErrorStatusCode`	`integer` [Output Only] If the operation fails, this field contains the HTTP error status code that was returned. For example, a `404` means the resource was not found.
`httpErrorMessage`	`string` [Output Only] If the operation fails, this field contains the HTTP error message that was returned, such as `NOT FOUND`.
`selfLink`	`string` [Output Only] Server-defined URL for the resource.
`region`	`string` [Output Only] The URL of the region where the operation resides. Only applicable when performing regional operations.
`description`	`string` [Output Only] A textual description of the operation, which is set when the operation is created.
`operationGroupId`	`string` [Output Only] An ID that represents a group of operations, such as when a group of operations results from a `bulkInsert` API request.
Union field `metadata`. [Output Only] Service-specific metadata attached to this operation. `metadata` can be only one of the following:
`setCommonInstanceMetadataOperationMetadata`	`object` [Output Only] If the operation is for projects.setCommonInstanceMetadata, this field will contain information on all underlying zonal actions and their state.
`setCommonInstanceMetadataOperationMetadata.clientOperationId`	`string` [Output Only] The client operation id.
`setCommonInstanceMetadataOperationMetadata.perLocationOperations[]`	`map (key: string, value: object)` [Output Only] Status information per location (location name is key). Example key: zones/us-central1-a
`setCommonInstanceMetadataOperationMetadata.perLocationOperations[].state`	`enum` [Output Only] Status of the action, which can be one of the following: `PROPAGATING`, `PROPAGATED`, `ABANDONED`, `FAILED`, or `DONE`.
`setCommonInstanceMetadataOperationMetadata.perLocationOperations[].error`	`object` [Output Only] If state is `ABANDONED` or `FAILED`, this field is populated.
`setCommonInstanceMetadataOperationMetadata.perLocationOperations[].error.code`	`integer` The status code, which should be an enum value of `google.rpc.Code`.
`setCommonInstanceMetadataOperationMetadata.perLocationOperations[].error.message`	`string` A developer-facing error message, which should be in English. Any user-facing error message should be localized and sent in the `google.rpc.Status.details` field, or localized by the client.
`setCommonInstanceMetadataOperationMetadata.perLocationOperations[].error.details[]`	`object` A list of messages that carry the error details. There is a common set of message types for APIs to use. An object containing fields of an arbitrary type. An additional field `"@type"` contains a URI identifying the type. Example: `{ "id": 1234, "@type": "types.example.com/standard/id" }`.
`instancesBulkInsertOperationMetadata`	`object`
`instancesBulkInsertOperationMetadata.perLocationStatus[]`	`map (key: string, value: object)` Status information per location (location name is key). Example key: zones/us-central1-a
`instancesBulkInsertOperationMetadata.perLocationStatus[].status`	`enum` [Output Only] Creation status of BulkInsert operation - information if the flow is rolling forward or rolling back.
`instancesBulkInsertOperationMetadata.perLocationStatus[].targetVmCount`	`integer` [Output Only] Count of VMs originally planned to be created.
`instancesBulkInsertOperationMetadata.perLocationStatus[].createdVmCount`	`integer` [Output Only] Count of VMs successfully created so far.
`instancesBulkInsertOperationMetadata.perLocationStatus[].failedToCreateVmCount`	`integer` [Output Only] Count of VMs that started creating but encountered an error.
`instancesBulkInsertOperationMetadata.perLocationStatus[].deletedVmCount`	`integer` [Output Only] Count of VMs that got deleted during rollback.

Authorization scopes

Requires one of the following OAuth scopes:

https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform

For more information, see the Authentication Overview.

IAM Permissions

In addition to any permissions specified on the fields above, authorization requires one or more of the following IAM permissions:

compute.networks.create

To find predefined roles that contain those permissions, see Compute Engine IAM Roles.