Amazon EC2 Ec2 Transit Gateway Connect API

The Ec2 Transit Gateway Connect API from Amazon EC2 — 3 operation(s) for ec2 transit gateway connect.

Business capability
IT Infrastructure Management BC-600.50

Operations 3

POST /?Action=CreateTransitGatewayConnect Create Transit Gateway Connect #
POST /?Action=DeleteTransitGatewayConnect Delete Transit Gateway Connect #
POST /?Action=DescribeTransitGatewayConnects Describe Transit Gateway Connects #

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OpenAPI Specification

amazon-ec2-transit-gateway-connect-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud Transit Gateway Connect API
  version: '2016-11-15'
  description: Generated from AWS's published Smithy model for Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud. 3 operation(s).
  contact:
    name: Amazon Web Services
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/contact-us/
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    identifier: Apache-2.0
    url: https://github.com/aws/api-models-aws/blob/main/LICENSE
servers:
- url: https://ec2.{region}.amazonaws.com
  variables:
    region:
      default: us-east-1
security:
- sigv4: []
tags:
- name: Transit Gateway Connect
paths:
  /?Action=CreateTransitGatewayConnect:
    post:
      operationId: CreateTransitGatewayConnect
      summary: Create Transit Gateway Connect
      description: Creates a Connect attachment from a specified transit gateway attachment. A Connect attachment is a GRE-based tunnel attachment that you can use to establish a connection between a transit gateway and an appliance. A Connect attachment uses an existing VPC or Amazon Web Services Direct Connect attachment as the underlying transport mechanism.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            text/xml:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateTransitGatewayConnectResult'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/x-www-form-urlencoded:
            schema:
              allOf:
              - type: object
                required:
                - Action
                - Version
                properties:
                  Action:
                    type: string
                    const: CreateTransitGatewayConnect
                  Version:
                    type: string
                    const: '2016-11-15'
              - $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateTransitGatewayConnectRequest'
      tags:
      - Transit Gateway Connect
  /?Action=DeleteTransitGatewayConnect:
    post:
      operationId: DeleteTransitGatewayConnect
      summary: Delete Transit Gateway Connect
      description: Deletes the specified Connect attachment. You must first delete any Connect peers for the attachment.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            text/xml:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DeleteTransitGatewayConnectResult'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/x-www-form-urlencoded:
            schema:
              allOf:
              - type: object
                required:
                - Action
                - Version
                properties:
                  Action:
                    type: string
                    const: DeleteTransitGatewayConnect
                  Version:
                    type: string
                    const: '2016-11-15'
              - $ref: '#/components/schemas/DeleteTransitGatewayConnectRequest'
      tags:
      - Transit Gateway Connect
  /?Action=DescribeTransitGatewayConnects:
    post:
      operationId: DescribeTransitGatewayConnects
      summary: Describe Transit Gateway Connects
      description: Describes one or more Connect attachments.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            text/xml:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DescribeTransitGatewayConnectsResult'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/x-www-form-urlencoded:
            schema:
              allOf:
              - type: object
                required:
                - Action
                - Version
                properties:
                  Action:
                    type: string
                    const: DescribeTransitGatewayConnects
                  Version:
                    type: string
                    const: '2016-11-15'
              - $ref: '#/components/schemas/DescribeTransitGatewayConnectsRequest'
      tags:
      - Transit Gateway Connect
components:
  schemas:
    CreateTransitGatewayConnectRequestOptions:
      type: object
      properties:
        Protocol:
          type: string
          enum:
          - gre
          description: The tunnel protocol.
      required:
      - Protocol
    Tag:
      type: object
      properties:
        Key:
          type: string
          description: 'The key of the tag. Constraints: Tag keys are case-sensitive and accept a maximum of 127 Unicode characters. May not begin with aws:.'
        Value:
          type: string
          description: 'The value of the tag. Constraints: Tag values are case-sensitive and accept a maximum of 256 Unicode characters.'
    DeleteTransitGatewayConnectResult:
      type: object
      properties:
        TransitGatewayConnect:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/TransitGatewayConnect'
    CreateTransitGatewayConnectRequest:
      type: object
      properties:
        TransportTransitGatewayAttachmentId:
          type: string
          description: The ID of the transit gateway attachment. You can specify a VPC attachment or Amazon Web Services Direct Connect attachment.
        Options:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateTransitGatewayConnectRequestOptions'
        TagSpecifications:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/TagSpecification'
          description: The tags to apply to the Connect attachment.
        DryRun:
          type: boolean
          description: Checks whether you have the required permissions for the action, without actually making the request, and provides an error response. If you have the required permissions, the error response is DryRunOperation. Otherwise, it is UnauthorizedOperation.
      required:
      - TransportTransitGatewayAttachmentId
      - Options
    CreateTransitGatewayConnectResult:
      type: object
      properties:
        TransitGatewayConnect:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/TransitGatewayConnect'
    TransitGatewayConnectOptions:
      type: object
      properties:
        Protocol:
          type: string
          enum:
          - gre
          description: The tunnel protocol.
    DescribeTransitGatewayConnectsRequest:
      type: object
      properties:
        TransitGatewayAttachmentIds:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
          description: The IDs of the attachments.
        Filters:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Filter'
          description: 'One or more filters. The possible values are: options.protocol - The tunnel protocol (gre). state - The state of the attachment (initiating | initiatingRequest | pendingAcceptance | rollingBack | pending | available | modifying | deleting | deleted | failed | rejected | rejecting | failing). transit-gateway-attachment-id - The ID of the Connect attachment. transit-gateway-id - The ID of the transit gateway. transport-transit-gateway-attachment-id - The ID of the transit gateway attachment from which the Connect attachment was created.'
        MaxResults:
          type: integer
          description: The maximum number of results to return with a single call. To retrieve the remaining results, make another call with the returned nextToken value.
        NextToken:
          type: string
          description: The token for the next page of results.
        DryRun:
          type: boolean
          description: Checks whether you have the required permissions for the action, without actually making the request, and provides an error response. If you have the required permissions, the error response is DryRunOperation. Otherwise, it is UnauthorizedOperation.
    Filter:
      type: object
      properties:
        Name:
          type: string
          description: The name of the filter. Filter names are case-sensitive.
        Values:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
          description: The filter values. Filter values are case-sensitive. If you specify multiple values for a filter, the values are joined with an OR, and the request returns all results that match any of the specified values.
    TagSpecification:
      type: object
      properties:
        ResourceType:
          type: string
          enum:
          - capacity-reservation
          - client-vpn-endpoint
          - customer-gateway
          - carrier-gateway
          - coip-pool
          - declarative-policies-report
          - dedicated-host
          - dhcp-options
          - egress-only-internet-gateway
          - elastic-ip
          - elastic-gpu
          - export-image-task
          - export-instance-task
          - fleet
          - fpga-image
          - host-reservation
          - image
          - image-usage-report
          - import-image-task
          - import-snapshot-task
          - instance
          - instance-event-window
          - internet-gateway
          - ipam
          - ipam-pool
          - ipam-scope
          - ipv4pool-ec2
          - ipv6pool-ec2
          - key-pair
          - launch-template
          - local-gateway
          - local-gateway-route-table
          - local-gateway-virtual-interface
          - local-gateway-virtual-interface-group
          - local-gateway-route-table-vpc-association
          - local-gateway-route-table-virtual-interface-group-association
          - natgateway
          - network-acl
          - network-interface
          - network-insights-analysis
          - network-insights-path
          - network-insights-access-scope
          - network-insights-access-scope-analysis
          - outpost-lag
          - placement-group
          - prefix-list
          - replace-root-volume-task
          - reserved-instances
          - route-table
          - security-group
          - security-group-rule
          - service-link-virtual-interface
          - snapshot
          - spot-fleet-request
          - spot-instances-request
          - subnet
          - subnet-cidr-reservation
          - traffic-mirror-filter
          - traffic-mirror-session
          - traffic-mirror-target
          - transit-gateway
          - transit-gateway-attachment
          - transit-gateway-connect-peer
          - transit-gateway-multicast-domain
          - transit-gateway-policy-table
          - transit-gateway-metering-policy
          - transit-gateway-route-table
          - transit-gateway-route-table-announcement
          - volume
          - vpc
          - vpc-endpoint
          - vpc-endpoint-connection
          - vpc-endpoint-service
          - vpc-endpoint-service-permission
          - vpc-peering-connection
          - vpn-connection
          - vpn-gateway
          - vpc-flow-log
          - capacity-reservation-fleet
          - traffic-mirror-filter-rule
          - vpc-endpoint-connection-device-type
          - verified-access-instance
          - verified-access-group
          - verified-access-endpoint
          - verified-access-policy
          - verified-access-trust-provider
          - vpn-connection-device-type
          - vpc-block-public-access-exclusion
          - vpc-encryption-control
          - route-server
          - route-server-endpoint
          - route-server-peer
          - ipam-resource-discovery
          - ipam-resource-discovery-association
          - instance-connect-endpoint
          - verified-access-endpoint-target
          - ipam-external-resource-verification-token
          - capacity-block
          - mac-modification-task
          - ipam-prefix-list-resolver
          - ipam-policy
          - ipam-prefix-list-resolver-target
          - ipam-internet-registry-association
          - secondary-interface
          - secondary-network
          - secondary-subnet
          - capacity-manager-data-export
          - vpn-concentrator
          - ipam-pool-allocation
          - capacity-reservation-cancellation-quote
          - application-status-check
          - capacity-reservation-modification-quote
          description: The type of resource to tag on creation.
        Tags:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Tag'
          description: The tags to apply to the resource.
    TransitGatewayConnect:
      type: object
      properties:
        TransitGatewayAttachmentId:
          type: string
          description: The ID of the Connect attachment.
        TransportTransitGatewayAttachmentId:
          type: string
          description: The ID of the attachment from which the Connect attachment was created.
        TransitGatewayId:
          type: string
          description: The ID of the transit gateway.
        State:
          type: string
          enum:
          - initiating
          - initiatingRequest
          - pendingAcceptance
          - rollingBack
          - pending
          - available
          - modifying
          - deleting
          - deleted
          - failed
          - rejected
          - rejecting
          - failing
          description: The state of the attachment.
        CreationTime:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: The creation time.
        Options:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/TransitGatewayConnectOptions'
        Tags:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Tag'
          description: The tags for the attachment.
    DescribeTransitGatewayConnectsResult:
      type: object
      properties:
        TransitGatewayConnects:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/TransitGatewayConnect'
          description: Information about the Connect attachments.
        NextToken:
          type: string
          description: The token to use to retrieve the next page of results. This value is null when there are no more results to return.
    DeleteTransitGatewayConnectRequest:
      type: object
      properties:
        TransitGatewayAttachmentId:
          type: string
          description: The ID of the Connect attachment.
        DryRun:
          type: boolean
          description: Checks whether you have the required permissions for the action, without actually making the request, and provides an error response. If you have the required permissions, the error response is DryRunOperation. Otherwise, it is UnauthorizedOperation.
      required:
      - TransitGatewayAttachmentId
  securitySchemes:
    sigv4:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: Authorization
      description: AWS Signature Version 4. The Authorization header carries an AWS4-HMAC-SHA256 signature over the canonical request, with X-Amz-Date (and X-Amz-Security-Token for temporary credentials). Not a bearer token.
      x-aws-sigv4:
        signingName: ec2
x-provenance:
  method: harvested
  publisher: Amazon Web Services
  source: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aws/api-models-aws/582e55931c45b944739742a2c1620b6026dd2d13/models/ec2/service/2016-11-15/ec2-2016-11-15.json
  note: converted by smithy-to-openapi.py from AWS's Smithy model (roadmap#1001)