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Create an IPAM. Amazon VPC IP Address Manager (IPAM) is a VPC feature that you can use to automate your IP address management workflows including assigning, tracking, troubleshooting, and auditing IP addresses across Amazon Web Services Regions and accounts throughout your Amazon Web Services Organization.

For more information, see Create an IPAM in the Amazon VPC IPAM User Guide.

get/#Action=CreateIpam

Query parameters

DryRunboolean

A check for 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 <code>DryRunOperation</code>. Otherwise, it is <code>UnauthorizedOperation</code>.

Descriptionstring

A description for the IPAM.

RegionNamestring

The name of the operating Region.

<p>The operating Regions for the IPAM. Operating Regions are Amazon Web Services Regions where the IPAM is allowed to manage IP address CIDRs. IPAM only discovers and monitors resources in the Amazon Web Services Regions you select as operating Regions. </p> <p>For more information about operating Regions, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/vpc/latest/ipam/create-ipam.html">Create an IPAM</a> in the <i>Amazon VPC IPAM User Guide</i>. </p>
ResourceType'capacity-reservation' | 'client-vpn-endpoint' | 'customer-gateway' | 'carrier-gateway' | 'coip-pool' | 'dedicated-host' | 'dhcp-options' | 'egress-only-internet-gateway' | 'elastic-ip' | 'elastic-gpu' | 'export-image-task' | 'export-instance-task' | 'fleet' | 'fpga-image' | 'host-reservation' | 'image' | 'import-image-task' | 'import-snapshot-task' | 'instance' | 'instance-event-window' | 'internet-gateway' | 'ipam' | 'ipam-pool' | 'ipam-scope' | 'ipv4pool-ec2' | 'ipv6pool-ec2' | 'key-pair' | 'launch-template' | 'local-gateway' | 'local-gateway-route-table' | 'local-gateway-virtual-interface' | 'local-gateway-virtual-interface-group' | 'local-gateway-route-table-vpc-association' | 'local-gateway-route-table-virtual-interface-group-association' | 'natgateway' | 'network-acl' | 'network-interface' | 'network-insights-analysis' | 'network-insights-path' | 'network-insights-access-scope' | 'network-insights-access-scope-analysis' | 'placement-group' | 'prefix-list' | 'replace-root-volume-task' | 'reserved-instances' | 'route-table' | 'security-group' | 'security-group-rule' | 'snapshot' | 'spot-fleet-request' | 'spot-instances-request' | 'subnet' | 'subnet-cidr-reservation' | 'traffic-mirror-filter' | 'traffic-mirror-session' | 'traffic-mirror-target' | 'transit-gateway' | 'transit-gateway-attachment' | 'transit-gateway-connect-peer' | 'transit-gateway-multicast-domain' | 'transit-gateway-policy-table' | 'transit-gateway-route-table' | 'transit-gateway-route-table-announcement' | 'volume' | 'vpc' | 'vpc-endpoint' | 'vpc-endpoint-connection' | 'vpc-endpoint-service' | 'vpc-endpoint-service-permission' | 'vpc-peering-connection' | 'vpn-connection' | 'vpn-gateway' | 'vpc-flow-log' | 'capacity-reservation-fleet' | 'traffic-mirror-filter-rule' | 'vpc-endpoint-connection-device-type' | 'verified-access-instance' | 'verified-access-group' | 'verified-access-endpoint' | 'verified-access-policy' | 'verified-access-trust-provider' | 'vpn-connection-device-type' | 'vpc-block-public-access-exclusion' | 'ipam-resource-discovery' | 'ipam-resource-discovery-association'

The type of resource to tag on creation.

The key/value combination of a tag assigned to the resource. Use the tag key in the filter name and the tag value as the filter value. For example, to find all resources that have a tag with the key <code>Owner</code> and the value <code>TeamA</code>, specify <code>tag:Owner</code> for the filter name and <code>TeamA</code> for the filter value.

ClientTokenstring

A unique, case-sensitive identifier that you provide to ensure the idempotency of the request. For more information, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/APIReference/Run_Instance_Idempotency.html">Ensuring Idempotency</a>.

Action'CreateIpam' required
Version'2016-11-15' required

Response

Success