---
name: "euca-create-customer-gateway"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "euca2ools"
version: "3.3.1-2"
release: "Debian 10 (Buster)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/euca-create-customer-gateway"
---

# euca-create-customer-gateway(1)

Create a VPN customer gateway

## NAME

euca-create-customer-gateway - Create a VPN customer gateway

## SYNOPSIS

euca-create-customer-gateway **-t** ipsec.1 **-i** ADDRESS \[-b ASN\]

- \[--show-empty-fields\] \[-U URL\]

  \[--region USER@REGION\] \[-I KEY\_ID\] \[-S KEY\] \[--security-token TOKEN\] \[--debug\] \[--debugger\] \[--version\] \[-h\]

## DESCRIPTION

Create a VPN customer gateway

## DESCRIPTION

This is the external side of a VPN connection.  You will also need to create a virtual private gateway with [euca-create-vpn-gateway(1)](/euca-create-vpn-gateway/1.md).

### optional arguments:

- **-t** ipsec.1, **--type** ipsec.1

  the type of VPN connection to use (required)

- **-i** ADDRESS, **--ip** ADDRESS

  the new customer gateway's cloud-facing IP address (required)

- **-b** ASN, **--bgp-asn** ASN

  the new customer gateway's BGP AS number

- **--show-empty-fields**

  show empty values as "(nil)"

- **-U** URL, **--url** URL

  compute service endpoint URL

- **--region** USER@REGION

  region and/or user names to search when looking up config file data

**-I** KEY\_ID, **--access-key-id** KEY\_ID

**-S** KEY, **--secret-key** KEY

**--security-token** TOKEN

- **--debug**

  show debugging output

- **--debugger**

  launch interactive debugger on error

- **--version**

  show the program's version and exit

- **-h**, **--help**

  show this help message and exit