--- layout: "alicloud" page_title: "Alicloud: alicloud_vpc" sidebar_current: "docs-alicloud-resource-vpc" description: |- Provides a Alicloud VPC resource. --- # alicloud\_vpc Provides a VPC resource. ~> **NOTE:** Terraform will auto build a router and a route table while it uses `alicloud_vpc` to build a vpc resource. ## Example Usage Basic Usage ```hcl resource "alicloud_vpc" "vpc" { name = "tf_test_foo" cidr_block = "172.16.0.0/12" } ``` ## Argument Reference The following arguments are supported: * `cidr_block` - (Required, Forces new resource) The CIDR block for the VPC. * `name` - (Optional) The name of the VPC. Defaults to null. * `description` - (Optional) The VPC description. Defaults to null. ## Attributes Reference The following attributes are exported: * `id` - The ID of the VPC. * `cidr_block` - The CIDR block for the VPC. * `name` - The name of the VPC. * `description` - The description of the VPC. * `router_id` - The ID of the router created by default on VPC creation.