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The Create Affinity Group operation creates a new affinity group for the specified subscription.
Request
The Create Affinity Group request may be specified as follows. Replace <subscription-id> with the subscription ID.
Method |
Request URI |
|---|---|
POST |
https://management.core.windows.net/<subscription-id>/affinitygroups |
URI Parameters
None.
Request Headers
The following table describes the request headers.
Request Header |
Description |
|---|---|
content_type |
Required. Set this header to application/xml. |
x-ms-version |
Required. Specifies the version of the operation to use for this request. This header should be set to 2011-02-25 or higher. |
Request Body
The format of the request body is as follows:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<CreateAffinityGroup xmlns="https://schemas.microsoft.com/windowsazure">
<Name>affinity-group-name</Name>
<Label>base64-encoded-affinity-group-label</Label>
<Description>affinity-group-description</Description>
<Location>location</Location>
</CreateAffinityGroup>
The following table describes the elements of the request body.
Element Name |
Description |
|---|---|
Name |
Required. A name for the affinity group that is unique to the subscription. |
Label |
Required. A base-64 encoded name for the affinity group. The name can be up to 100 characters in length. |
Description |
Optional. A description for the affinity group. The description can be up to 1024 characters in length. |
Location |
Required. The data center location where the affinity group will be created. To list available locations, use the List Locations operation. |
Response
The response includes an HTTP status code, a set of response headers, and a response body.
Status Code
A successful operation returns status code 201 (Created).
Response Headers
The response for this operation includes the following headers. The response may also include additional standard HTTP headers.
Response Header |
Description |
|---|---|
x-ms-request-id |
A value that uniquely identifies a request made against the management service. |
Response Body
None.
Remarks
If the value of x-ms-version is 2012-03-01 or later, an affinity group cannot be created in the Anywhere US, Anywhere Europe, or Anywhere Asia regions.