---
title: "Create Integration Instance"
method: POST
path: "/v1/integration-instances"
tags: ["Integration Instances"]
---

# Create Integration Instance

`POST /v1/integration-instances`

Creates an integration instance.

## Request body

- CreateIntegrationInstance
  - `integration_name` string, required — The type of integration instance to create.
  - `name` string, required — The machine name of the integration instance that uniquely identifies it within the catalog.
  - `display_name` string, required — The display name of the integration instance.
  - `description` string, nullable — Optionally provide a description of the integration instance.
  - `labels` Labels — Labels store metadata of an entity that can be used for filtering an entity list or for searching across entity types. Keys must be of length 1-63 characters, and cannot start with "kong", "konnect", "mesh", "kic", or "_".
  - `config` IntegrationInstanceConfig, required — JSON object representing configuration specific to the integration instance. The expected schema depends on the integration type and is dynamically registered at runtime.

## Response `201`

A response containing a single integration instance object.

- IntegrationInstance — Information about an integration instance.
  - `id` string, uuid, required — The integration instance ID.
  - `name` string, required — The machine name of the integration instance that uniquely identifies it within the catalog.
  - `display_name` string, required — The display name of the integration instance.
  - `description` string, nullable, required — The description of the integration instance.
  - `integration` IntegrationRefWithoutInstance, required — Short-hand descriptor of an integration that omits instance metadata.
    - `name` string, required
    - `display_name` string, required
  - `authorized` boolean, required — Denotes whether the integration instance has been authorized within the catalog.
  - `labels` Labels — Labels store metadata of an entity that can be used for filtering an entity list or for searching across entity types. Keys must be of length 1-63 characters, and cannot start with "kong", "konnect", "mesh", "kic", or "_".
  - `config` IntegrationInstanceConfig, required — JSON object representing configuration specific to the integration instance. The expected schema depends on the integration type and is dynamically registered at runtime.
  - `created_at` string, date-time, required — An ISO-8601 timestamp representation of entity creation date.
  - `updated_at` string, date-time, required — An ISO-8601 timestamp representation of entity update date.

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad Request
- `401` — Unauthorized
- `403` — Forbidden

## Changes

> 52 revisions in range; 1 could not be searched.

- **2026-02-16** `2b2a72c67bd2` — 2 info
  - added the new optional request property `labels`
  - added the optional property `labels` to the response with the `201` status
- **2025-10-29** `19e869275e28` — 1 warning
  - added the new `type` enum value to the `allOf[subschema #2]/invalid_parameters/items/oneOf[#/components/schemas/InvalidParameterStandard]/rule` response property for the response status `400`
- **2025-08-22** `96118a9cd7f4` — 9 breaking
  - the response property `allOf[subschema #2]/invalid_parameters/items/oneOf[#/components/schemas/InvalidParameterChoiceItem]/source` became nullable for the status `400`
  - the response property `allOf[subschema #2]/invalid_parameters/items/oneOf[#/components/schemas/InvalidParameterDependentItem]/source` became nullable for the status `400`
  - the response property `allOf[subschema #2]/invalid_parameters/items/oneOf[#/components/schemas/InvalidParameterMaximumLength]/source` became nullable for the status `400`
  - the response property `allOf[subschema #2]/invalid_parameters/items/oneOf[#/components/schemas/InvalidParameterMinimumLength]/source` became nullable for the status `400`
  - …5 more
- **2025-08-12** `9ca62eba4eca` — 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/kong/apis/konnect-api/changes/v1/integration-instances/post.md)

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