---
title: "setNatGatewayDescription"
slug: "networking-vpc-natgateway-setnatgatewaydescription"
updated: 2026-09-17T10:12:33Z
published: 2026-09-17T10:12:33Z
canonical: "api.ncloud-docs.com/networking-vpc-natgateway-setnatgatewaydescription"
---

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# setNatGatewayDescription

Available in VPC

Edit the NAT Gateway instance description by specifying the NAT Gateway instance number.

## Request

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

| Method | URI |
| --- | --- |
| GET \| POST | /vpc/v2/setNatGatewayDescription |

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 VPC APIs, see [VPC common headers](/docs/en/networking-vpc#%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 of the NAT Gateway instance whose description you want to edit - First Region of the query result (default) - See [getRegionList](/docs/en/compute-vserver-server-common-getregionlist). |
| `natGatewayInstanceNo` | String | Required | Number of NAT Gateway instance whose description you want to edit - See [getNatGatewayInstanceList](/docs/en/networking-vpc-natgateway-getnatgatewayinstancelist). |
| `natGatewayDescription` | String | Optional | Description of NAT Gateway you want to edit (byte) - 0-1000 |
| `output` | String | Optional | Format of the response result - `xml` \| `json` (default) |

### Request example

The request example is as follows:

```
curl --location 'https://ncloud.apigw.ntruss.com/vpc/v2/setNatGatewayDescription
?regionCode=KR
&natGatewayInstanceNo=***38
&natGatewayDescription=test-description' \
--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

See [NatGatewayInstanceList](/docs/en/common-vapidatatype-natgatewayinstancelist) for the response body.

### Response status codes

For information about the HTTP status codes common to all VPC APIs, see [VPC response status codes](/docs/en/networking-vpc#%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:

```
<setNatGatewayDescriptionResponse>
  <requestId>664d591b-3089-4df8-b962-ef00a5171165</requestId>
  <returnCode>0</returnCode>
  <returnMessage>success</returnMessage>
  <totalRows>1</totalRows>
  <natGatewayInstanceList>
    <natGatewayInstance>
      <vpcNo>***36</vpcNo>
      <vpcName>normal-***</vpcName>
      <natGatewayInstanceNo>*****9288</natGatewayInstanceNo>
      <natGatewayName>public-***</natGatewayName>
      <publicIp>***.***.153.178</publicIp>
      <natGatewayInstanceStatus>
        <code>RUN</code>
        <codeName>RUN status</codeName>
      </natGatewayInstanceStatus>
      <natGatewayInstanceStatusName>Running</natGatewayInstanceStatusName>
      <natGatewayInstanceOperation>
        <code>NULL</code>
        <codeName>NULL OP</codeName>
      </natGatewayInstanceOperation>
      <createDate>2025-04-25T14:19:32+0900</createDate>
      <natGatewayDescription>test-description</natGatewayDescription>
      <zoneCode>KR-1</zoneCode>
      <natGatewayType>
        <code>PBLIP</code>
        <codeName>Public</codeName>
      </natGatewayType>
      <subnetName>public-***</subnetName>
      <subnetNo>***29</subnetNo>
      <privateIp>10.0.1.6</privateIp>
      <publicIpInstanceNo>****290</publicIpInstanceNo>
      <natGatewayIpList>
        <natGatewayIp>
          <type>PRIMARY</type>
          <privateIp>10.0.1.6</privateIp>
          <publicIp>***.***.153.178</publicIp>
          <publicIpInstanceNo>****290</publicIpInstanceNo>
        </natGatewayIp>
        <natGatewayIp>
          <type>SECONDARY</type>
          <privateIp>10.0.1.7</privateIp>
          <publicIp>***.***.109.24</publicIp>
          <publicIpInstanceNo>****805</publicIpInstanceNo>
        </natGatewayIp>
      </natGatewayIpList>
    </natGatewayInstance>
  </natGatewayInstanceList>
</setNatGatewayDescriptionResponse>
```