Accounts-accountId-dedicatedServers-serverId-ipAddresses-ipaddress-natRules:POST
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				POST /accounts/{accountId}/dedicatedServers/{serverId}/ipAddresses/{ipAddress}/natRules
Create NAT rule, which is assigned to a specific IP address of a dedicated server
Contents | 
Request
POST /accounts/{accountId}/dedicatedServers/{serverId}/ipAddresses/{ipAddress}/natRules
Request Parameters
- accountId - string
 - The user account owning the dedicated server
 - serverId - string
 - The specified dedicated server Id
 - ipAddress - string
 - The specified IP address of the dedicated server
 
Request Headers
- Authorization - HTTP Authorization header [1]
 - The Authentication credentials of the client application.
 
- Content-Type
 - application/json
 
Request Body
{
    "priority": {priority},
    "protocol": "{protocol}",
    "externalPort": {externalPort},
    "port": {port}
}
 
Parameters
- priority - integer
 - rule priority, starting from 0 lowest priority
 
- protocol - string
 - TCP, UDP, AH, ESP, GRE, AH+ESP or ALL
 - AH, ESP, GRE, AH+ESP, ALL protocols don't support port/externalPort - both should be 0
 
- port - integer
 - internal port
 
- externalPort - integer
 - external port
 
Note: When both port and externalPort are set to zero, this means - map all external ports to the same internal ports
Response
Response Headers
- Location
 - Link to the created resource
 
Status Code
- 201 Created
 - Success.
 
- 400 Bad Request
 - Invalid request body.
 
- 401 Unauthorized
 - The supplied credentials are invalid or do not provide permissions for this operation.
 
- 403 Forbidden
 - The authorized user does not have permissions to access the resource.
 
- 404 Not Found
 - The IP address, dedicated server or account does not exist.
 
- 409 Conflict
 - Resource already exist.
 
- 415 Unsupported Media Type
 - The Content-Type header was not specified or the specified type is not supported. Use application/json.
 
Examples
Assign NAT rule to a specific dedicated server IP
Request
POST /accounts/test-acount/dedicatedServers/test-server-213/ipAddresses/1.1.1.1/natRules
{
    "priority": 0,
    "protocol": "TCP",
    "externalPort": 1234,
    "port": 4321,
}
 
Response
Location: https://api.hostway.com/accounts/test-acount/dedicatedServers/test-server-213/ipAddresses/1.1.1.1/natRules/test-rule-1 201 Created
Reassign existing NAT rule for a specific dedicated server IP
Request
POST /accounts/test-acount/dedicatedServers/test-server-213/ipAddresses/1.1.1.1/natRules
{
    "priority": 0,
    "protocol": "TCP",
    "externalPort": 1234,
    "port": 4321,
}
 
Response
409 Conflict
{"conflict": {"message": "Cannot create rule: The same rule test-rule-1 already exists", "code": 409}}
 
Request with invalid parameters
Request
POST /accounts/test-acount/dedicatedServers/test-server-213/ipAddresses/1.1.1.1/natRules
{
    "priority": -1,
    "protocol": "invalidProtocol",
    "externalPort": -100,
    "port": -100,
}
 
Response
400 Bad Request