DescribeVSwitches - Virtual Private Cloud - Alibaba Cloud Documentation Center

Queries the information about available vSwitches that are used for an internal network.

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Authorization information

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Operation: the value that you can use in the Action element to specify the operation on a resource.
Access level: the access level of each operation. The levels are read, write, and list.
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- If the permissions cannot be granted at the resource level, All Resources is used in the Resource type column of the operation.
Condition Key: the condition key that is defined by the cloud service.
Associated operation: other operations that the RAM user or the RAM role must have permissions to perform to complete the operation. To complete the operation, the RAM user or the RAM role must have the permissions to perform the associated operations.

Operation	Access level	Resource type	Condition key	Associated operation
vpc:DescribeVSwitches	list	VSwitch acs:vpc:{#regionId}:{#accountId}:vswitch/*	vpc:VPC	none

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description	Example
VpcId	string	No	The ID of the virtual private cloud (VPC) to which the vSwitches belong. Note You must set at least one of RegionId and VpcId.	vpc-25cdvfeq58pl****
VSwitchId	string	No	The ID of the vSwitch that you want to query.	vsw-23dscddcffvf3****
ZoneId	string	No	The ID of the zone to which the vSwitches belong. You can call the DescribeZones operation to query the most recent zone list.	cn-hangzhou-d
RegionId	string	No	The region ID of the vSwitch. You can call the DescribeRegions operation to query the most recent region list. Note You must set at least one of RegionId and VpcId.	cn-hangzhou
VSwitchName	string	No	The vSwitch name. The name must be 1 to 128 characters in length, and cannot start with `http://` or `https://`.	vSwitch
DryRun	boolean	No	Specifies whether to perform a dry run, without performing the actual request. Valid values: true: performs only a dry run. The system checks the request for potential issues, including missing parameter values, incorrect request syntax, and service limits. If the request fails the dry run, an error message is returned. If the request passes the dry run, the `DryRunOperation` error code is returned. false (default): performs a dry run and performs the actual request. If the request passes the dry run, a 2xx HTTP status code is returned and the operation is performed.	true
IsDefault	boolean	No	Specifies whether to query the default vSwitches in the specified region. Valid values: true false If you do not set this parameter, the system queries all vSwitches in the specified region by default.	true
RouteTableId	string	No	The ID of the route table.	vtb-bp145q7glnuzdvzu2****
ResourceGroupId	string	No	The ID of the resource group to which the vSwitch belongs.	rg-bp67acfmxazb4ph****
PageNumber	integer	No	The page number. Default value: 1.	1
PageSize	integer	No	The number of entries per page. Maximum value: 50. Default value: 10.	10
VSwitchOwnerId	long	No	The ID of the Alibaba Cloud account to which the vSwitch belongs.	2546073170691****
EnableIpv6	boolean	No	Specifies whether to query vSwitches with IPv6 enabled in the region. Valid values: true false If you do not set this parameter, the system queries all vSwitches in the specified region by default.	false
Tag	array<object>	No	The tags.
	object	No
Key	string	No	The tag key. You can specify at most 20 tag keys. The tag key cannot be an empty string. The tag key can be up to 128 characters in length. It cannot start with `aliyun` or `acs:`, and cannot contain `http://` or `https://`.	FinanceDept
Value	string	No	The tag value. You can specify at most 20 tag values. The tag value can be an empty string. The tag value can be up to 128 characters in length, and cannot contain `http://` or `https://`. The tag value cannot start with `aliyun` or `acs:`.	FinanceJoshua

Response parameters

Parameter	Type	Description	Example
	object	The response parameters.
PageSize	integer	The number of entries returned per page.	10
RequestId	string	The request ID.	9A572171-4E27-40D1-BD36-D26C9E71E29E
PageNumber	integer	The number of the returned page.	1
TotalCount	integer	The total number of entries returned.	1
VSwitches	array<object>	The details about the vSwitch.
	object
VpcId	string	The ID of the VPC to which the vSwitch belongs.	vpc-257gcdcdq64****
Status	string	The status of the vSwitch. Valid values: Pending Available	Available
CreationTime	string	The time when the vSwitch was created.	2022-01-18T12:43:57Z
IsDefault	boolean	Indicates whether the vSwitch is the default vSwitch. Valid values: true false	true
AvailableIpAddressCount	long	The number of available IP addresses in the vSwitch.	1
NetworkAclId	string	The ID of the network access control list (ACL).	nacl-a2do9e413e0spzasx****
OwnerId	long	The ID of the Alibaba Cloud account to which the resource belongs.	25346073170691****
VSwitchId	string	The vSwitch ID.	vsw-25bcdxs7pv1****
CidrBlock	string	The IPv4 CIDR block of the vSwitch.	172.16.0.0/24
Description	string	The description of the vSwitch.	VSwitchDescription
ResourceGroupId	string	The ID of the resource group to which the vSwitch belongs.	rg-acfmxazb4ph6aiy****
ZoneId	string	The ID of the zone to which the vSwitch belongs.	cn-hangzhou-d
Ipv6CidrBlock	string	The IPv6 CIDR block of the vSwitch.	2408:4002:10c4:4e03::/64
VSwitchName	string	The vSwitch name.	vSwitch
ShareType	string	Indicates whether the vSwitch is shared. If no value is returned, the vSwitch is a regular vSwitch. If Shared is returned, the vSwitch is shared. If Sharing is returned, the vSwitch is being shared.	Shared
EnabledIpv6	boolean	Indicates whether IPv6 is enabled for the vSwitch. If you enable IPv6, you must configure an IPv6 CIDR block for the vSwitch. Valid values: true false	true
Tags	array<object>	The tags of the vSwitch.
	object
Key	string	The tag key.	department
Value	string	The tag value.	dev
RouteTable	object	The information about the route table.
RouteTableId	string	The ID of the route table that is associated with the vSwitch.	vrt-bp145q7glnuzdv****
RouteTableType	string	The type of the route table. Valid values: System Custom	System

Examples

Sample success responses

JSONformat

{
  "PageSize": 10,
  "RequestId": "9A572171-4E27-40D1-BD36-D26C9E71E29E",
  "PageNumber": 1,
  "TotalCount": 1,
  "VSwitches": {
    "VSwitch": [
      {
        "VpcId": "vpc-257gcdcdq64****",
        "Status": "Available",
        "CreationTime": "2022-01-18T12:43:57Z",
        "IsDefault": true,
        "AvailableIpAddressCount": 1,
        "NetworkAclId": "nacl-a2do9e413e0spzasx****",
        "OwnerId": 0,
        "VSwitchId": "vsw-25bcdxs7pv1****",
        "CidrBlock": "172.16.0.0/24",
        "Description": "VSwitchDescription",
        "ResourceGroupId": "rg-acfmxazb4ph6aiy****",
        "ZoneId": "cn-hangzhou-d",
        "Ipv6CidrBlock": "2408:4002:10c4:4e03::/64",
        "VSwitchName": "vSwitch",
        "ShareType": "Shared",
        "EnabledIpv6": true,
        "Tags": {
          "Tag": [
            {
              "Key": "department",
              "Value": "dev"
            }
          ]
        },
        "RouteTable": {
          "RouteTableId": "vrt-bp145q7glnuzdv****",
          "RouteTableType": "System"
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

Error codes

HTTP status code	Error code	Error message	Description
400	Forbidden.VpcNotFound	Specified VPC can not found.	The specified VPC does not exist.
400	InvalidTagKey	The tag keys are not valid.	The tag index is invalid.
400	InvalidTagValue	The tag values are not valid.	The tag value is invalid.
400	IellgalParameter.OwnerAccount	The specified parameter OwnerAccount is not valid.	-
400	IllegalParam.OwnerId	The specified parameter VSwitchOwnerId is not valid.	-
404	InvalidVSwitchId.NotFound	VSwitch not exist.	The error message returned because the specified vSwitch does not exist. Check whether the specified vSwitch ID is valid.
404	InvalidVpcIdNumber.NotSupported	The number of vpcIds exceeds the limit.	The value of the vpcId parameter has reached the upper limit.
404	InvalidVSwitchIdNumber.NotSupported	The number of vSwitchIds exceeds the limit.	-

For a list of error codes, visit the Service error codes.

Change history

Change time	Summary of changes	Operation
2024-05-16	The Error code has changed. The request parameters of the API has changed	View Change Details
2023-07-26	The Error code has changed	View Change Details
2023-07-26	The Error code has changed. The request parameters of the API has changed	View Change Details
2023-07-05	The Error code has changed. The response structure of the API has changed	View Change Details
2023-05-22	The Error code has changed. The response structure of the API has changed	View Change Details