---
title: "Create tier in application"
method: POST
path: "/groups/applications/{id}/tiers"
tags: ["Applications"]
---

# Create tier in application

`POST /groups/applications/{id}/tiers`

Create a tier of an application by with specified membership criteria. The membership criteria id defined in terms of
virtual machines or ip addresses/subnet. Please refer to API Guide on how to construct membership criteria.

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required

## Request body

- TierRequest
  - `group_membership_criteria` GroupMembershipCriteria[]
    - `ip_address_membership_criteria` IpAddressMembershipCriteria — Ip Address membership definition
      - `ip_addresses` string[]
    - `membership_type` 'SearchMembershipCriteria' | 'IPAddressMembershipCriteria'
    - `search_membership_criteria` SearchMembershipCriteria
      - `entity_type` 'Group' | 'BaseSecurityGroup' | 'BaseEvent' | 'BaseVirtualMachine' | 'BaseFirewallRule' | 'BaseIPSet' | 'BaseL2Network' | 'BaseFirewall' | 'BaseService' | 'BaseServiceGroup' | 'BaseVnic' | 'VirtualMachine' | 'EC2Instance' | 'Host' | 'Vnic' | 'Vmknic' | 'VxlanLayer2Network' | 'VlanL2Network' | 'Cluster' | 'SecurityTag' | 'ResourcePool' | 'NSXIPSet' | 'EC2IPSet' | 'NSXSecurityGroup' | 'EC2SecurityGroup' | 'Flow' | 'ProblemEvent' | 'Application' | 'Tier' | 'NSXFirewallRule' | 'EC2SGFirewallRule' | 'NSXRedirectRule' | 'VCenterManager' | 'NSXVManager' | 'BaseManager' | 'BaseNSXManager' | 'NSXService' | 'EC2Service' | 'VPC' | 'NSXDistributedFirewall' | 'EC2Firewall' | 'NSXServiceGroup' | 'DistributedVirtualSwitch' | 'DistributedVirtualPortgroup' | 'VCDatacenter' | 'Datastore' | 'Folder'
      - `filter` string — As defined in search end point
  - `name` string

## Response `201`

OK

- Tier
  - `entity_id` string
  - `entity_type` 'VirtualMachine' | 'EC2Instance' | 'Host' | 'Vnic' | 'Vmknic' | 'VxlanLayer2Network' | 'VlanL2Network' | 'Cluster' | 'SecurityTag' | 'ResourcePool' | 'NSXIPSet' | 'EC2IPSet' | 'NSXSecurityGroup' | 'EC2SecurityGroup' | 'Flow' | 'ProblemEvent' | 'Application' | 'Tier' | 'NSXFirewallRule' | 'EC2SGFirewallRule' | 'NSXRedirectRule' | 'VCenterManager' | 'NSXVManager' | 'NSXService' | 'EC2Service' | 'VPC' | 'NSXDistributedFirewall' | 'EC2Firewall' | 'NSXServiceGroup' | 'DistributedVirtualSwitch' | 'DistributedVirtualPortgroup' | 'VCDatacenter' | 'Datastore' | 'Folder'
  - `name` string
  - `application` Reference
    - `entity_id` string
    - `entity_type` 'VirtualMachine' | 'EC2Instance' | 'Host' | 'Vnic' | 'Vmknic' | 'VxlanLayer2Network' | 'VlanL2Network' | 'Cluster' | 'SecurityTag' | 'ResourcePool' | 'NSXIPSet' | 'EC2IPSet' | 'NSXSecurityGroup' | 'EC2SecurityGroup' | 'Flow' | 'ProblemEvent' | 'Application' | 'Tier' | 'NSXFirewallRule' | 'EC2SGFirewallRule' | 'NSXRedirectRule' | 'VCenterManager' | 'NSXVManager' | 'NSXService' | 'EC2Service' | 'VPC' | 'NSXDistributedFirewall' | 'EC2Firewall' | 'NSXServiceGroup' | 'DistributedVirtualSwitch' | 'DistributedVirtualPortgroup' | 'VCDatacenter' | 'Datastore' | 'Folder'
  - `group_membership_criteria` GroupMembershipCriteria[]
    - `ip_address_membership_criteria` IpAddressMembershipCriteria — Ip Address membership definition
      - `ip_addresses` string[]
    - `membership_type` 'SearchMembershipCriteria' | 'IPAddressMembershipCriteria'
    - `search_membership_criteria` SearchMembershipCriteria
      - `entity_type` 'Group' | 'BaseSecurityGroup' | 'BaseEvent' | 'BaseVirtualMachine' | 'BaseFirewallRule' | 'BaseIPSet' | 'BaseL2Network' | 'BaseFirewall' | 'BaseService' | 'BaseServiceGroup' | 'BaseVnic' | 'VirtualMachine' | 'EC2Instance' | 'Host' | 'Vnic' | 'Vmknic' | 'VxlanLayer2Network' | 'VlanL2Network' | 'Cluster' | 'SecurityTag' | 'ResourcePool' | 'NSXIPSet' | 'EC2IPSet' | 'NSXSecurityGroup' | 'EC2SecurityGroup' | 'Flow' | 'ProblemEvent' | 'Application' | 'Tier' | 'NSXFirewallRule' | 'EC2SGFirewallRule' | 'NSXRedirectRule' | 'VCenterManager' | 'NSXVManager' | 'BaseManager' | 'BaseNSXManager' | 'NSXService' | 'EC2Service' | 'VPC' | 'NSXDistributedFirewall' | 'EC2Firewall' | 'NSXServiceGroup' | 'DistributedVirtualSwitch' | 'DistributedVirtualPortgroup' | 'VCDatacenter' | 'Datastore' | 'Folder'
      - `filter` string — As defined in search end point

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad Request
- `401` — Unauthorized
- `403` — Forbidden
- `404` — Not Found
- `500` — Internal Error

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