# CreateEgressOnlyInternetGateway


[IPv6 only] Creates an egress-only internet gateway for your VPC. An egress-only internet gateway is used to enable outbound communication over IPv6 from instances in your VPC to the internet, and prevents hosts outside of your VPC from initiating an IPv6 connection with your instance.

## Request Parameters


The following parameters are for this specific action. For more information about required and optional parameters that are common to all actions, see [Common Query Parameters](CommonParameters.md).

 **ClientToken**   
Unique, case-sensitive identifier that you provide to ensure the idempotency of the request. For more information, see [Ensuring idempotency](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/devguide/ec2-api-idempotency.html).  
Type: String  
Required: No

 **DryRun**   
Checks 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 `DryRunOperation`. Otherwise, it is `UnauthorizedOperation`.  
Type: Boolean  
Required: No

 **TagSpecification.N**   
The tags to assign to the egress-only internet gateway.  
Type: Array of [TagSpecification](API_TagSpecification.md) objects  
Required: No

 **VpcId**   
The ID of the VPC for which to create the egress-only internet gateway.  
Type: String  
Required: Yes

## Response Elements


The following elements are returned by the service.

 **clientToken**   
Unique, case-sensitive identifier that you provide to ensure the idempotency of the request.  
Type: String

 **egressOnlyInternetGateway**   
Information about the egress-only internet gateway.  
Type: [EgressOnlyInternetGateway](API_EgressOnlyInternetGateway.md) object

 **requestId**   
The ID of the request.  
Type: String

## Errors


For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see [Common client error codes](errors-overview.md#CommonErrors).

## Examples


### Example


This example creates an egress-only internet gateway in VPC vpc-1a2b3c4d.

#### Sample Request


```
https://ec2.amazonaws.com/?Action=CreateEgressOnlyInternetGateway
&VpcId=vpc-1a2b3c4d
&AUTHPARAMS
```

#### Sample Response


```
<CreateEgressOnlyInternetGatewayResponse xmlns="http://ec2.amazonaws.com/doc/2016-11-15/">
    <requestId>c617595f-6c29-4a00-a941-example</requestId>
    <egressOnlyInternetGateway>
        <attachmentSet>
            <item>
                <state>attached</state>
                <vpcId>vpc-1a2b3c4d</vpcId>
            </item>
        </attachmentSet>
        <egressOnlyInternetGatewayId>eigw-01eadbd45ecd7943f</egressOnlyInternetGatewayId>
    </egressOnlyInternetGateway>
</CreateEgressOnlyInternetGatewayResponse>
```

## See Also


For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS Command Line Interface V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/cli2/ec2-2016-11-15/CreateEgressOnlyInternetGateway) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/ec2-2016-11-15/CreateEgressOnlyInternetGateway) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/ec2-2016-11-15/CreateEgressOnlyInternetGateway) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/ec2-2016-11-15/CreateEgressOnlyInternetGateway) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/ec2-2016-11-15/CreateEgressOnlyInternetGateway) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/ec2-2016-11-15/CreateEgressOnlyInternetGateway) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/ec2-2016-11-15/CreateEgressOnlyInternetGateway) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/ec2-2016-11-15/CreateEgressOnlyInternetGateway) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/ec2-2016-11-15/CreateEgressOnlyInternetGateway) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/ec2-2016-11-15/CreateEgressOnlyInternetGateway)