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aws_direct_connect_connection - Creates, deletes, modifies a DirectConnect connection

New in version 2.4.

Synopsis

  • Create, update, or delete a Direct Connect connection between a network and a specific AWS Direct Connect location. Upon creation the connection may be added to a link aggregation group or established as a standalone connection. The connection may later be associated or disassociated with a link aggregation group.

Options

parameter required default choices comments
bandwidth
 no
  • 1Gbps
  • 10Gbps
The bandwidth of the Direct Connect connection. Required when state=present.
connection_id
 no
The ID of the Direct Connect connection. name or connection_id is required to recreate or delete a connection. Modifying attributes of a connection with force_update will result in a new Direct Connect connection ID.
force_update
 no
To modify bandwidth or location the connection will need to be deleted and recreated. By default this will not happen - this option must be set to True.
link_aggregation_group
 no
The ID of the link aggregation group you want to associate with the connection. This is optional in case a stand-alone connection is desired.
location
 no
Where the Direct Connect connection is located. Required when state=present.
name
 no
The name of the Direct Connect connection. This is required to create a new connection. To recreate or delete a connection name or connection_id is required.
state
 no
  • present
  • absent
The state of the Direct Connect connection.

Examples

# create a Direct Connect connection
aws_direct_connect_connection:
  name: ansible-test-connection
  state: present
  location: EqDC2
  link_aggregation_group: dxlag-xxxxxxxx
  bandwidth: 1Gbps
register: dc

# disassociate the LAG from the connection
aws_direct_connect_connection:
  state: present
  connection_id: dc.connection.connection_id
  location: EqDC2
  bandwidth: 1Gbps

# replace the connection with one with more bandwidth
aws_direct_connect_connection:
  state: present
  name: ansible-test-connection
  location: EqDC2
  bandwidth: 10Gbps
  force_update: True

# delete the connection
aws_direct_connect_connection:
  state: absent
  name: ansible-test-connection

Return Values

Common return values are documented here Return Values, the following are the fields unique to this module:

name description returned type sample
connection
The attributes of the Direct Connect connection
 I(state=present) complex
contains:
name description returned type sample
owner_account
The owner of the connection.
aws_device
The endpoint which the physical connection terminates on.
location
Where the connection is located.
region
The region in which the connection exists.
bandwidth
The bandwidth of the connection.
connection_state
The state of the connection.
connection_id
ID of the Direct Connect connection.


Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

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