---
title: "Create Network"
method: POST
path: "/v2/cloud-gateways/networks"
tags: ["Networks"]
---

# Create Network

`POST /v2/cloud-gateways/networks`

Creates a new Cloud Gateway network in the specified provider account and region. Network creation is
asynchronous — the network starts in `initializing` state and transitions to `ready` once provisioned.

## Request body

- CreateNetworkRequest — Request schema for creating a network.
  - `name` string, required — Human-readable name of the network.
  - `cloud_gateway_provider_account_id` string, uuid, required
  - `region` string, required — Region ID for cloud provider region.
  - `availability_zones` string[], required — List of availability zones that the network is attached to.
  - `cidr_block` string, required — CIDR block for the network. Must not overlap with reserved blocks for the target region. Query the Resource Availability endpoint for valid CIDR ranges per region and provider.
  - `state` 'initializing' | 'offline' — Initial state for creating a network.

## Response `201`

Response format for creating a network.

- Network — Object containing information about a network to be used in configurations.
  - `id` string, uuid, required — The network ID to operate on. For serverless.v1 kind of cloud gateways, this field should be omitted.
  - `name` string, required — Human-readable name of the network.
  - `default` boolean, required — Whether the network is a default network or not. Default networks are Networks that are created automatically by Konnect when an organization is linked to a provider account.
  - `cloud_gateway_provider_account_id` string, uuid, required
  - `region` string, required — Region ID for cloud provider region.
  - `availability_zones` string[], required — List of availability zones that the network is attached to.
  - `cidr_block` string, required — CIDR block for the network. Must not overlap with reserved blocks for the target region. Query the Resource Availability endpoint for valid CIDR ranges per region and provider.
  - `state` 'created' | 'initializing' | 'offline' | 'ready' | 'terminating' | 'terminated', required — The current state of the network. Possible values: - `created`: The network was created, but provisioning hasn't started yet. - `initializing`: The network is being provisioned in the cloud provider. - `offline`: The network was created but isn't provisioned; no data planes can be deployed. - `ready`: The network is fully provisioned and available for data plane groups. - `terminating`: The network is being deleted and is no longer accepting new resources. - `terminated`: The network has been fully deleted and is no longer available.
  - `state_metadata` NetworkStateMetadata — Metadata describing the backing state of the network and why it may be in an erroneous state.
    - `reported_status` string — Reported status of the network from backing infrastructure.
    - `reason` string — Reason why the network may be in an erroneous state, reported from backing infrastructure.
  - `provider_metadata` NetworkProviderMetadata, required — Metadata describing attributes returned by cloud-provider for the network.
    - `vpc_id` string
    - `subnet_ids` string[]
  - `transit_gateway_count` integer, required — The number of transit gateways attached to this network.
  - `configuration_reference_count` integer, required — The number of configurations that reference this network.
  - `entity_version` integer, required — Monotonically-increasing version count of the network, to indicate the order of updates to the network.
  - `created_at` string, date-time, required — An RFC-3339 timestamp representation of network creation date.
  - `updated_at` string, date-time, required — An RFC-3339 timestamp representation of network update date.

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad Request
- `401` — Unauthorized
- `403` — Forbidden
- `409` — Conflict

---

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