---
title: "createNasVolumeInstance"
slug: "compute-server-createnasvolumeinstance"
updated: 2026-09-17T10:12:27Z
published: 2026-09-17T10:12:27Z
canonical: "api.ncloud-docs.com/compute-server-createnasvolumeinstance"
---

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# createNasVolumeInstance

Available in Classic

Creates NAS volume instances.

## Request

This section describes the request format. The method and URI are as follows:

| Method | URI |
| --- | --- |
| GET \| POST | /server/v2/createNasVolumeInstance |

              Note

              

This guide is based on the GET method. POST method call tests can be performed through Swagger in the API Gateway service of the NAVER Cloud Platform console.

### Request headers

For information about the headers common to all NAS APIs, see [NAS request headers](/docs/en/nas-overview-classic#%EC%9A%94%EC%B2%AD%ED%97%A4%EB%8D%94).

### Request query parameters

You can use the following query parameters with your request:

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `volumeName` | String | Required | NAS volume name - Enter 3-20 characters using a combination of only English letters and numbers. - It is granted automatically if not entered. - Entered name is prefixed with "nMemberID_"for customer identification. |
| `volumeSize` | Long | Required | Volume size - 500-20,000 - Enter in increments of 100 GB. |
| `volumeAllotmentProtocolTypeCode` | String | Required | Volume allocation protocol type code - `NFS` \| `CIFS` - `NFS`: It can be mounted on Linux servers such as CentOS and Ubuntu. - `CIFS`: It can be mounted on Windows Servers. |
| `accessControlRuleList.N.serverInstanceNo` | String | Conditional | Number of server instance to set with access control - See [getServerInstanceList](/docs/en/compute-server-getserverinstancelist). - Only either `serverInstanceNo` or `customIp` can be entered in a single rule. - `serverInstanceNo` or `customIp` is required when entering `accessControlRuleList.N.writeAccess`. |
| `accessControlRuleList.N.customIp` | String | Conditional | Custom IP to set with access control - See [getServerInstanceList](/docs/en/compute-server-getserverinstancelist). - Public IPs can't be set; only private IPs can be set. - Only either `serverInstanceNo` or `customIp` can be entered in a single rule. - `serverInstanceNo` or `customIp` is required when entering `accessControlRuleList.N.writeAccess`. |
| `accessControlRuleList.N.writeAccess` | Boolean | Optional | Set writing permissions - `true` (default) \| `false` - `true`: Set - `false`: Not set |
| `cifsUserName` | String | Conditional | CIFS username - Required when creating a CIFS-type volume for the first time. - It can't be changed after setup. - Enter 6 to 19 characters with a combination of English letters and numbers. |
| `cifsUserPassword` | String | Conditional | CIFS user password - Required when creating a CIFS-type volume for the first time. - Enter 8 to 14 characters with a combination of letters, numbers, and special characters "!", "@", "^", "&", and "*". - Passwords similar to the CIFS username are not allowed. |
| `nasVolumeDescription` | String | Optional | Description of the volume (bytes) - 0-1000 |
| `regionNo` | String | Optional | Region code where the NAS volume instance will be created - 1-5 (default: `1` (KR)) - See [getRegionList](/docs/en/compute-server-getregionlist). |
| `zoneNo` | String | Optional | Zone number where the NAS volume instance will be created - See [getZoneList](/docs/en/compute-server-getzonelist). (Default: `3` (KR-2)) |
| `isReturnProtection` | Boolean | Optional | Set termination protection - `true` \| `false` (default) - `true`: Set - `false`: Not set |
| `isAsync` | Boolean | Optional | Set async - `true` \| `false` (default) - `true`: Set - `false`: Not set |

### Request example

The request example is as follows:

```
curl --location --request GET 'https://ncloud.apigw.ntruss.com/server/v2/createNasVolumeInstance
?volumeName=volume05
&volumeSize=500
&volumeAllotmentProtocolTypeCode=CIFS
&accessControlRuleList.1.serverInstanceNo=23500000
&accessControlRuleList.1.writeAccess=true
&cifsUserName=user******
&cifsUserPassword=*********
&nasVolumeDescription=test
&regionNo=1
&zoneNo=3
&isReturnProtection=false
&isAsync=true' \
--header 'x-ncp-apigw-timestamp: {Timestamp}' \
--header 'x-ncp-iam-access-key: {Sub Account Access Key}' \
--header 'x-ncp-apigw-signature-v2: {API Gateway Signature}'
```

## Response

This section describes the response format.

### Response body

See [NasVolumeInstance](/docs/en/common-apidatatype-nasvolumeinstance#%ED%95%84%EB%93%9C) for the response body.

### Response status codes

For information about the HTTP status codes common to all NAS APIs, see [NAS response status codes](/docs/en/nas-overview-classic#%EC%9D%91%EB%8B%B5%EC%83%81%ED%83%9C%EC%BD%94%EB%93%9C).

### Response example

The response example is as follows:

```
{
    "createNasVolumeInstanceResponse": {
        "totalRows": 1,
        "nasVolumeInstanceList": [
            {
                "nasVolumeInstanceNo": "23500000",
                "nasVolumeInstanceStatus": {
                    "code": "INIT",
                    "codeName": "NAS INIT state"
                },
                "nasVolumeInstanceOperation": {
                    "code": "CREAT",
                    "codeName": "NAS CREAT OP"
                },
                "nasVolumeInstanceStatusName": "creating",
                "createDate": "2024-04-08T11:40:50+0900",
                "nasVolumeDescription": "test",
                "mountInformation": "\\\\10.250.00.00\\n2768364_volume05",
                "volumeAllotmentProtocolType": {
                    "code": "CIFS",
                    "codeName": "CIFS"
                },
                "volumeName": "n2768364_volume05",
                "volumeTotalSize": 536870912000,
                "volumeSize": 536870912000,
                "snapshotVolumeConfigurationRatio": 0.0,
                "snapshotVolumeSize": 0,
                "isSnapshotConfiguration": false,
                "isEventConfiguration": false,
                "region": {
                    "regionNo": "1",
                    "regionCode": "KR",
                    "regionName": "Korea"
                },
                "zone": {
                    "zoneNo": "3",
                    "zoneName": "KR-2",
                    "zoneCode": "KR-2",
                    "zoneDescription": "Pyeongchon zone",
                    "regionNo": "1"
                },
                "isReturnProtection": false,
                "nasVolumeInstanceCustomIpList": [],
                "nasVolumeServerInstanceList": []
            }
        ],
        "requestId": "",
        "returnCode": "0",
        "returnMessage": "success"
    }
}
```