Azure ExpressRoute Express Route Circuit Connections API

The ExpressRouteCircuitConnections API from Azure ExpressRoute — 2 operation(s) for expressroutecircuitconnections.

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Operations 4

GET /subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Network/expressRouteCircuits/{circuitName}/peerings/{peeringName}/connections Express route circuit connections list #

PUT /subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Network/expressRouteCircuits/{circuitName}/peerings/{peeringName}/connections/{connectionName} Express route circuit connections create or update #

DELETE /subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Network/expressRouteCircuits/{circuitName}/peerings/{peeringName}/connections/{connectionName} Express route circuit connections delete #

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https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/expressroute/

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https://artifacts.apis.io/microsoft-azure-express-route/openapi/microsoft-azure-express-route-expressroutecircuitconnections-api-openapi.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Microsoft Azure Express Route Express Route Circuit…
  version: '2026-03-01'
  x-refined-note:
  - x-source differs across the merged source definitions and was not carried
  x-typespec-generated:
  - emitter: '@azure-tools/typespec-autorest'
  description: 'Operations tagged ExpressRouteCircuitConnections across 2 of this provider''s published API definitions: microsoft-azure-express-route-expressroute-swagger.json, microsoft-azure-express-route-expressroute-openapi.json. Each path carries the servers of the definition it was published in.'
servers:
- url: https://management.azure.com
security:
- azure_auth:
  - user_impersonation
tags:
- name: ExpressRouteCircuitConnections
paths:
  ? /subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Network/expressRouteCircuits/{circuitName}/peerings/{peeringName}/connections
  : get:
      operationId: ExpressRouteCircuitConnections_List
      tags:
      - ExpressRouteCircuitConnections
      description: Gets all global reach connections associated with a private peering in an express route circuit.
      parameters:
      - $ref: ../../../../../../common-types/resource-management/v5/types.json#/parameters/ApiVersionParameter
      - $ref: ../../../../../../common-types/resource-management/v5/types.json#/parameters/SubscriptionIdParameter
      - $ref: ../../../../../../common-types/resource-management/v5/types.json#/parameters/ResourceGroupNameParameter
      - name: circuitName
        in: path
        description: The name of express route circuit.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: peeringName
        in: path
        description: The name of the peering.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Azure operation completed successfully.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ExpressRouteCircuitConnectionListResult'
        default:
          description: An unexpected error response.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: ./common.json#/definitions/CloudError
      x-ms-examples:
        List ExpressRouteCircuit Connection:
          $ref: ./examples/ExpressRouteCircuitConnectionList.json
      x-ms-pageable:
        nextLinkName: nextLink
      summary: Express route circuit connections list
      x-summary-source: derived
    servers:
    - url: https://management.azure.com
  ? /subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Network/expressRouteCircuits/{circuitName}/peerings/{peeringName}/connections/{connectionName}
  : get:
      operationId: ExpressRouteCircuitConnections_Get
      tags:
      - ExpressRouteCircuitConnections
      description: Gets the specified Express Route Circuit Connection from the specified express route circuit.
      parameters:
      - $ref: ../../../../../../common-types/resource-management/v5/types.json#/parameters/ApiVersionParameter
      - $ref: ../../../../../../common-types/resource-management/v5/types.json#/parameters/SubscriptionIdParameter
      - $ref: ../../../../../../common-types/resource-management/v5/types.json#/parameters/ResourceGroupNameParameter
      - name: circuitName
        in: path
        description: The name of express route circuit.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: peeringName
        in: path
        description: The name of the peering.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: connectionName
        in: path
        description: The name of the express route circuit connection.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Azure operation completed successfully.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ExpressRouteCircuitConnection'
        default:
          description: An unexpected error response.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: ./common.json#/definitions/CloudError
      x-ms-examples:
        ExpressRouteCircuitConnectionGet:
          $ref: ./examples/ExpressRouteCircuitConnectionGet.json
      summary: Express route circuit connections get
      x-summary-source: derived
    put:
      operationId: ExpressRouteCircuitConnections_CreateOrUpdate
      tags:
      - ExpressRouteCircuitConnections
      description: Creates or updates a Express Route Circuit Connection in the specified express route circuits.
      parameters:
      - $ref: ../../../../../../common-types/resource-management/v5/types.json#/parameters/ApiVersionParameter
      - $ref: ../../../../../../common-types/resource-management/v5/types.json#/parameters/SubscriptionIdParameter
      - $ref: ../../../../../../common-types/resource-management/v5/types.json#/parameters/ResourceGroupNameParameter
      - name: circuitName
        in: path
        description: The name of express route circuit.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: peeringName
        in: path
        description: The name of the peering.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: connectionName
        in: path
        description: The name of the express route circuit connection.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Resource 'ExpressRouteCircuitConnection' update operation succeeded
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ExpressRouteCircuitConnection'
        '201':
          description: Resource 'ExpressRouteCircuitConnection' create operation succeeded
          headers:
            Azure-AsyncOperation:
              description: A link to the status monitor
              schema:
                type: string
            Retry-After:
              description: The Retry-After header can indicate how long the client should wait before polling the operation status.
              schema:
                type: integer
                format: int32
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ExpressRouteCircuitConnection'
        default:
          description: An unexpected error response.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: ./common.json#/definitions/CloudError
      x-ms-examples:
        ExpressRouteCircuitConnectionCreate:
          $ref: ./examples/ExpressRouteCircuitConnectionCreate.json
      x-ms-long-running-operation-options:
        final-state-via: azure-async-operation
        final-state-schema: '#/definitions/ExpressRouteCircuitConnection'
      x-ms-long-running-operation: true
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/ExpressRouteCircuitConnection'
        description: Parameters supplied to the create or update express route circuit connection operation.
        required: true
      summary: Express route circuit connections create or update
      x-summary-source: derived
    delete:
      operationId: ExpressRouteCircuitConnections_Delete
      tags:
      - ExpressRouteCircuitConnections
      description: Deletes the specified Express Route Circuit Connection from the specified express route circuit.
      parameters:
      - $ref: ../../../../../../common-types/resource-management/v5/types.json#/parameters/ApiVersionParameter
      - $ref: ../../../../../../common-types/resource-management/v5/types.json#/parameters/SubscriptionIdParameter
      - $ref: ../../../../../../common-types/resource-management/v5/types.json#/parameters/ResourceGroupNameParameter
      - name: circuitName
        in: path
        description: The name of express route circuit.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: peeringName
        in: path
        description: The name of the peering.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: connectionName
        in: path
        description: The name of the express route circuit connection.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Resource deleted successfully.
        '202':
          description: Resource deletion accepted.
          headers:
            Location:
              description: The Location header contains the URL where the status of the long running operation can be checked.
              schema:
                type: string
            Retry-After:
              description: The Retry-After header can indicate how long the client should wait before polling the operation status.
              schema:
                type: integer
                format: int32
        '204':
          description: Resource does not exist.
        default:
          description: An unexpected error response.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: ./common.json#/definitions/CloudError
      x-ms-examples:
        Delete ExpressRouteCircuit:
          $ref: ./examples/ExpressRouteCircuitConnectionDelete.json
      x-ms-long-running-operation-options:
        final-state-via: location
      x-ms-long-running-operation: true
      summary: Express route circuit connections delete
      x-summary-source: derived
    servers:
    - url: https://management.azure.com
components:
  schemas:
    ExpressRouteCircuitConnectionPropertiesFormat:
      type: object
      description: Properties of the express route circuit connection.
      properties:
        expressRouteCircuitPeering:
          $ref: ./common.json#/definitions/SubResource
          description: Reference to Express Route Circuit Private Peering Resource of the circuit initiating connection.
        peerExpressRouteCircuitPeering:
          $ref: ./common.json#/definitions/SubResource
          description: Reference to Express Route Circuit Private Peering Resource of the peered circuit.
        addressPrefix:
          type: string
          description: /29 IP address space to carve out Customer addresses for tunnels.
        authorizationKey:
          type: string
          description: The authorization key.
        ipv6CircuitConnectionConfig:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Ipv6CircuitConnectionConfig'
          description: IPv6 Address PrefixProperties of the express route circuit connection.
        circuitConnectionStatus:
          $ref: ./common.json#/definitions/CircuitConnectionStatus
          description: Express Route Circuit connection state.
          readOnly: true
        provisioningState:
          $ref: ./common.json#/definitions/ProvisioningState
          description: The provisioning state of the express route circuit connection resource.
          readOnly: true
    Ipv6CircuitConnectionConfig:
      type: object
      description: IPv6 Circuit Connection properties for global reach.
      properties:
        addressPrefix:
          type: string
          description: /125 IP address space to carve out customer addresses for global reach.
        circuitConnectionStatus:
          $ref: ./common.json#/definitions/CircuitConnectionStatus
          description: Express Route Circuit connection state.
          readOnly: true
    ExpressRouteCircuitConnection:
      type: object
      description: Express Route Circuit Connection in an ExpressRouteCircuitPeering resource.
      properties:
        properties:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ExpressRouteCircuitConnectionPropertiesFormat'
          description: Properties of the express route circuit connection.
          x-ms-client-flatten: true
        etag:
          type: string
          description: A unique read-only string that changes whenever the resource is updated.
          readOnly: true
      allOf:
      - $ref: ./common.json#/definitions/SubResourceModel
    ExpressRouteCircuitConnectionListResult:
      type: object
      description: The response of a ExpressRouteCircuitConnection list operation.
      properties:
        value:
          type: array
          description: The ExpressRouteCircuitConnection items on this page
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ExpressRouteCircuitConnection'
        nextLink:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: The link to the next page of items
      required:
      - value
  securitySchemes:
    azure_auth:
      type: oauth2
      flows:
        implicit:
          scopes:
            user_impersonation: impersonate your user account
          authorizationUrl: https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/authorize
      description: Azure Active Directory OAuth2 Flow.
x-refined-from:
- microsoft-azure-express-route-expressroute-swagger.json
- microsoft-azure-express-route-expressroute-openapi.json