---
title: "createPlacementGroup"
slug: "compute-vserver-server-placementgroup-createplacementgroup"
updated: 2026-09-17T10:06:02Z
published: 2026-09-17T10:06:02Z
canonical: "api.ncloud-docs.com/compute-vserver-server-placementgroup-createplacementgroup"
---

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# createPlacementGroup

Available in VPC

Create a physical placement group where a server instance (VM) belongs.

## Request

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

| Method | URI |
| --- | --- |
| GET \| POST | /vserver/v2/createPlacementGroup |

              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 Server APIs, see [Server request headers](/docs/en/compute-vserver#%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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `regionCode` | String | Optional | Region code - See [getRegionList](/docs/en/compute-vserver-server-common-getregionlist). - First Region in the query results (default) |
| `placementGroupName` | String | Optional | Physical placement group name - Auto-generated on no input (default) - Enter 3 to 30 characters using a combination of lowercase English letters, numbers, and the special character "-". |
| `placementGroupTypeCode` | String | Optional | Physical placement group type code - `AA`: Anti-Affinity type (valid value) |
| `responseFormatType` | String | Optional | Format of the response data - `xml` (default) \| `json` |

### Request example

The request example is as follows:

```
curl --location --request GET 'https://ncloud.apigw.ntruss.com/vserver/v2/createPlacementGroup
?regionCode=KR
&placementGroupName=test-***
&placementGroupTypeCode=AA
&responseFormatType=json' \
--header 'x-ncp-apigw-timestamp: {Timestamp}' \
--header 'x-ncp-iam-access-key: {Access Key}' \
--header 'x-ncp-apigw-signature-v2: {API Gateway Signature}'
```

## Response

This section describes the response format.

### Response body

The response body includes the following data:

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `createPlacementGroupResponse` | Object | - | Response result - See [PlacementGroupList](/docs/en/common-vapidatatype-placementgrouplist). |
| `createPlacementGroupResponse.requestId` | String | - | ID for the request - UUID format |
| `createPlacementGroupResponse.returnCode` | String | - | Response code |
| `createPlacementGroupResponse.returnMessage` | String | - | Response message |

### Response status codes

For information about the response status codes common to all Server APIs, see [Server response status codes](/docs/en/compute-vserver#%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:

```
{
    "createPlacementGroupResponse": {
        "totalRows": 1,
        "placementGroupList": [
            {
                "placementGroupNo": "***61",
                "placementGroupName": "test-***",
                "placementGroupType": {
                    "code": "AA",
                    "codeName": "Anti-Affinity"
                }
            }
        ],
        "requestId": "ecf3470f-bb82-4843-b5d5-a606e52ecf53",
        "returnCode": "0",
        "returnMessage": "success"
    }
}
```