Request Parameters Response Elements Errors Examples See Also

CreateDefaultVpc

Creates a default VPC with a size /16 IPv4 CIDR block and a default subnet in each Availability Zone. For more information about the components of a default VPC, see Default VPCs in the Amazon VPC User Guide. You cannot specify the components of the default VPC yourself.

If you deleted your previous default VPC, you can create a default VPC. You cannot have more than one default VPC per Region.

Request Parameters

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 is UnauthorizedOperation.

Type: Boolean

Required: No

Response Elements

The following elements are returned by the service.

requestId

The ID of the request.

Type: String

vpc

Information about the VPC.

Type: Vpc object

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common client error codes.

Examples

Example

This example creates a default VPC.

Sample Request


https://ec2.amazonaws.com/?Action=CreateDefaultVpc
&AUTHPARAMS

Sample Response


<CreateDefaultVpcResponse xmlns="http://ec2.amazonaws.com/doc/2016-11-15/">
    <requestId>056298f3-5f3e-48fb-9221-7c0example</requestId>
    <vpc>
        <cidrBlock>172.31.0.0/16</cidrBlock>
        <dhcpOptionsId>dopt-61079b07</dhcpOptionsId>
        <instanceTenancy>default</instanceTenancy>
        <ipv6CidrBlockAssociationSet/>
        <isDefault>true</isDefault>
        <state>pending</state>
        <tagSet/>
        <vpcId>vpc-3f139646</vpcId>
    </vpc>
</CreateDefaultVpcResponse>