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# Create IPSec Gateway

The full IPSec Gateway needs to be provided to create the object. Optional data will be filled with defaults or left empty.

To create a IPSec Gateway, perform a `POST` request.

## Endpoint

Use the following endpoint to create IPSec Gateway: `https://vpn.de-fra.ionos.com/ipsecgateways`.

## Request

```bash
curl --location \
--request POST 'https://vpn.de-fra.ionos.com/ipsecgateways' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJraWQiO' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
    "metadata": {},
    "properties": {
        "name": "My Company IPSec Gateway",
        "description": "This gateway connects site A to VDC X.",
        "gatewayIP": "81.173.1.2",
        "connections": [
            {
                "datacenterId": "5a029f4a-72e5-11ec-90d6-0242ac120003",
                "lanId": "2",
                "ipv4CIDR": "192.168.1.100/24",
                "ipv6CIDR": "2001:0db8:85a3::/24"
            }
        ],
        "version": "IKEv2"
    }
}'

```

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Request Body Parameters" %}
Below is the list of mandatory body parameters for creating an IPSec Gateway:

| Body Parameters          | Required | Type   | Description                                                              | Example                                                                                                                                           |
| ------------------------ | -------- | ------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `metadata`               | no       | object | Metadata                                                                 | `{}`                                                                                                                                              |
| `properties`             | yes      | object | Properties with all data needed to create a new IPSec Gateway.           |                                                                                                                                                   |
| `properties.name`        | yes      | string | The human readable name of your IPSec Gateway.                           | `My Company IPSec Gateway`                                                                                                                        |
| `properties.description` | no       | string | Human readable description of the IPSec Gateway.                         | `This gateway connects site A to VDC X.`                                                                                                          |
| `properties.gatewayIP`   | yes      | string | Public IP address to be assigned to the gateway.                         | `81.173.1.2`                                                                                                                                      |
| `properties.connections` | yes      | array  | The network connection for your gateway.                                 | `[ { "datacenterId": "5a029f4a-72e5-11ec-90d6-0242ac120003", "lanId": "2", "ipv4CIDR": "192.168.1.100/24", "ipv6CIDR": "2001:0db8:85a3::/24" } ]` |
| `properties.version`     | no       | string | The IKE version that is permitted for the VPN tunnels. Default: "IKEv2". | `IKEv2`                                                                                                                                           |
| {% endtab %}             |          |        |                                                                          |                                                                                                                                                   |

{% tab title="Request Header Parameters" %}
To make authenticated requests to the API, the following fields are mandatory in the request header:

| Header Parameters | Required | Type   | Description                                                                     |
| ----------------- | -------- | ------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `Authorization`   | yes      | string | The Bearer token enables requests to authenticate using a JSON Web Token (JWT). |
| `Content-Type`    | yes      | string | Set this to `application/json`.                                                 |
| {% endtab %}      |          |        |                                                                                 |
| {% endtabs %}     |          |        |                                                                                 |

## Response

**201 Successful operation**

```json
{
  "id": "66a114c7-2ddd-5119-9ddf-5a789f5a5a44",
  "type": "ipsecgateway",
  "href": "/ipsecgateways/66a114c7-2ddd-5119-9ddf-5a789f5a5a44",
  "metadata": {
    "createdDate": "2020-12-10T13:37:50+01:00",
    "createdBy": "ionos:identity:::users/87f9a82e-b28d-49ed-9d04-fba2c0459cd3",
    "createdByUserId": "87f9a82e-b28d-49ed-9d04-fba2c0459cd3",
    "lastModifiedDate": "2020-12-11T13:37:50+01:00",
    "lastModifiedBy": "ionos:identity:::users/87f9a82e-b28d-49ed-9d04-fba2c0459cd3",
    "lastModifiedByUserId": "87f9a82e-b28d-49ed-9d04-fba2c0459cd3",
    "resourceURN": "ionos:<product>:<location>:<contract>:<resource-path>",
    "status": "AVAILABLE",
    "statusMessage": null
  },
  "properties": {
    "name": "My Company Gateway",
    "description": "This gateway connects site A to VDC X.",
    "gatewayIP": "81.173.1.2",
    "connections": [
      {
        "datacenterId": "5a029f4a-72e5-11ec-90d6-0242ac120003",
        "lanId": "2",
        "ipv4CIDR": "192.168.1.100/24",
        "ipv6CIDR": "2001:0db8:85a3::/24"
      }
    ],
    "version": "IKEv2"
  }
}
```

{% hint style="success" %}
**Result:** The IPSec Gateway is successfully created. the `id` and other details of the created IPSec Gateway are provided in the response.
{% endhint %}


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