AWS::DirectConnect::Connection

DirectConnect Connection

Resource Type definition for AWS::DirectConnect::Connection

Properties

7 configurable properties. 3 required. Click a row to see details.

Filter:

Property	Type	Flags
`Bandwidth`	`string`	RequiredCreate-only
`ConnectionName`	`string`	Required
`Location`	`string`	RequiredCreate-only
`LagId`	`Any \| Any`
`ProviderName`	`string`	Create-only
`RequestMACSec`	`boolean`	Create-onlyWrite-only
`Tags`	`Array<Tag>`

Return Values

Values returned after the resource is created. Access these with Fn::GetAtt.

Attribute	Type	Description
`ConnectionArn`	`string`	The ARN of the connection.
`ConnectionId`	`string`	The ID of the connection.
`ConnectionState`	`string`	The state of the connection.

Sample CloudFormation Template

A minimal template with required properties and common optional ones.

template.yaml

AWSTemplateFormatVersion: "2010-09-09"
Description: Sample template for AWS::DirectConnect::Connection

Resources:
  MyResource:
    Type: AWS::DirectConnect::Connection
    Properties:
      Bandwidth: "my-bandwidth"
      ConnectionName: "my-connectionname"
      Location: "value"
      Tags:
        - Key: Environment
          Value: Production

Required IAM Permissions

Permissions CloudFormation needs in your IAM role to manage this resource.

read

directconnect:DescribeConnections

create

directconnect:DescribeConnectionsdirectconnect:CreateConnectiondirectconnect:TagResource

update

directconnect:AssociateConnectionWithLagdirectconnect:DisassociateConnectionFromLagdirectconnect:DescribeConnectionsdirectconnect:TagResourcedirectconnect:UntagResourcedirectconnect:UpdateConnection

list

directconnect:DescribeConnections

delete

directconnect:DescribeConnectionsdirectconnect:DeleteConnection

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Quick Facts

ServiceDirectConnect

Properties10

Required3

TaggingSupported

Primary IDConnectionArn

Supported Operations

ReadCreateUpdateListDelete

Immutable After Creation

These properties cannot be changed after the resource is created. Updating them triggers a replacement.

BandwidthLocationProviderNameRequestMACSec

Related Resources

External Links

AWS Documentation