**To create a new virtual gateway** The following ``create-virtual-gateway`` example uses a JSON input file to create a virtual gateway with a listener for HTTP using port 9080. :: aws appmesh create-virtual-gateway \ --mesh-name meshName \ --virtual-gateway-name virtualGatewayName \ --cli-input-json file://create-virtual-gateway.json Contents of ``create-virtual-gateway.json``:: { "spec": { "listeners": [ { "portMapping": { "port": 9080, "protocol": "http" } } ] } } Output:: { "virtualGateway": { "meshName": "meshName", "metadata": { "arn": "arn:aws:appmesh:us-west-2:123456789012:mesh/meshName/virtualGateway/virtualGatewayName", "createdAt": "2022-04-06T10:42:42.015000-05:00", "lastUpdatedAt": "2022-04-06T10:42:42.015000-05:00", "meshOwner": "123456789012", "resourceOwner": "123456789012", "uid": "a1b2c3d4-5678-90ab-cdef-11111EXAMPLE", "version": 1 }, "spec": { "listeners": [ { "portMapping": { "port": 9080, "protocol": "http" } } ] }, "status": { "status": "ACTIVE" }, "virtualGatewayName": "virtualGatewayName" } } For more information, see `Virtual Gateways <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/app-mesh/latest/userguide/virtual_gateways.html>`__ in the *AWS App Mesh User Guide*.