Detach an internet gateway from a VPC
You can detach an internet gateway from a VPC (Virtual Private Cloud) to remove its connection to the Internet.
This action also deletes the routes using the internet gateway as a target.
Permissions
This action requires the following IAM (Identity and Access Management) permissions:
- compute.internetGateway.update
Prerequisites
The VPC must not contain any VM (Virtual Machine) using public IP, nor any load balancer exposed to the Internet.
- Console
- API
- Terraform
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From the left-hand side menu, click Network → VPC → Internet Gateways.
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Identify the internet gateway you want to detach from the VPC, then from the list of actions, click Detach from VPC.
A new Detach the VPC dialog box appears.
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Confirm the dissociation by clicking Detach. The internet gateway is dissociated from the VPC.
A confirmation message "The VPC has been successfully dissociated" appears.
The PUT /compute/spaces/{spaceId}/internetGateways/{id}/vpcs/unlink command detaches an internet gateway from a VPC. This action disables and detaches an Internet service from a VPC.
Example request: Detach an internet gateway from a VPC
The command that detaches an internet gateway from a VPC returns an HTTP 204 NO CONTENT code, indicating that the operation has been performed and that no content is returned in the response.
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