---
title: "Create traffic policy"
slug: "policy-create"
tags: ["Global Traffic Manager"]
updated: 2026-09-17T10:12:30Z
published: 2026-09-17T10:12:30Z
canonical: "api.ncloud-docs.com/policy-create"
---

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# Create traffic policy

Available in Classic and VPC

Create a traffic policy according to the specified conditions.

## Request

The following describes the request format for the endpoint. The request format is as follows:

| Method | URI |
| --- | --- |
| POST | /gtm/v1/policies |

### Request headers

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

### Request syntax

The request syntax is as follows.

```
{
    "geoMapId": 0,
    "lbType": "lbType",
    "monitor": {
        "hostHeader": "header",
        "path": "/path",
        "period": 0,
        "port": 0,
        "protocol": "HTTP",
        "thresholdFail": 1,
        "thresholdNormal": 1
    },
    "name": "name",
    "resourceGroups": [
        {
            "active": [
                {
                    "content": "x.x.x.x",
                    "healthCheckRegionId": 1,
                    "type": "A"
                }
            ],
            "geoMapDetailId": 0,
            "sid": 0,
            "standby": [
                {
                    "content": "naver.com",
                    "healthCheckRegionId": 1,
                    "type": "CNAME"
                }
            ],
            "weighted": 0
        }
    ]
}
```

### Request body

See [PolicyRequest](/docs/en/policy-request#%ED%95%84%EB%93%9C) for the request body.

### Request example

The following is a sample request.

```
curl --location --request POST 'https://globaltrafficmanager.apigw.ntruss.com/gtm/v1/policies' \
--header 'x-ncp-apigw-timestamp: {Timestamp}' \
--header 'x-ncp-iam-access-key: {Access Key}' \
--header 'x-ncp-apigw-signature-v2: {API Gateway Signature}' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{
    "lbType": "ROUND_ROBIN",
    "monitor": {
        "hostHeader": "",
        "path": "/path",
        "period": 30,
        "port": 80,
        "protocol": "HTTP",
        "thresholdFail": 1,
        "thresholdNormal": 1
    },
    "name": "policy002",
    "resourceGroups": [
        {
            "active": [
                {
                    "content": "***.65.**.1",
                    "healthCheckRegionId": 1,
                    "type": "PUBLIC_IP"
                }
            ],
            "sid": null,
            "standby": [
                {
                    "content": "***.0.**.0",
                    "healthCheckRegionId": 1,
                    "type": "PUBLIC_IP"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}'
```

## Response

The following describes the response format.

### Response status codes

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

### Response example

The following is a sample response.

```
****
```

### Error code example

The following is a sample error code.

```
{
  "result": "FAIL",
  "error": {
    "errorCode": "05X000",
    "message": "Invalid value.<br>Hover your mouse over the displayed area to see the details in a tooltip.",
    "devMessage": "Invalid value.",
    "moreInfo": {
      "validationInfo": [
        {
          "fieldPath": "monitor.hostHeader",
          "msg": "hostHeader can't be entered unless the protocol is HTTP/HTTPS."
        },
        {
          "fieldPath": "geoMapId",
          "msg": "geoMapId can't be entered unless the load balancer type is Geo/CIDR."
        },
        {
          "fieldPath": "resourceGroups[0].geoMapDetailId",
          "msg": "geoMapDetailId can't be entered unless the load balancer type is Geo/CIDR."
        },
        {
          "fieldPath": "resourceGroups[0].sid",
          "msg": "sid can only be a minimum of 1 and a maximum of 9,223,372,036,854,775,807."
        },
        {
          "fieldPath": "resourceGroups[0].weighted",
          "msg": "weighted can't be entered unless the load balancer type is Weighted RR."
        }
      ],
      "timestamp": "2022-11-16T10:54:47.191+09:00"
    }
  }
}
```