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# aws_direct_connect_connection – Creates, deletes, modifies a DirectConnect connection

New in version 2.4.

- Synopsis
- Requirements
- Parameters
- Notes
- Examples
- Return Values
- Status

## 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.

## Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

- boto
- boto3
- botocore
- python >= 2.6

## Parameters

Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments
--- | --- | ---
aws_access_key string |  | AWS access key. If not set then the value of the AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID, AWS_ACCESS_KEY or EC2_ACCESS_KEY environment variable is used. aliases: ec2_access_key, access_key
aws_secret_key string |  | AWS secret key. If not set then the value of the AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY, AWS_SECRET_KEY, or EC2_SECRET_KEY environment variable is used. aliases: ec2_secret_key, secret_key
bandwidth - | Choices: 1Gbps 10Gbps | The bandwidth of the Direct Connect connection. Required when state=present.
connection_id - |  | 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 forced_update will result in a new Direct Connect connection ID.
debug_botocore_endpoint_logs boolean added in 2.8 | Choices: no ← yes | Use a botocore.endpoint logger to parse the unique (rather than total) "resource:action" API calls made during a task, outputing the set to the resource_actions key in the task results. Use the aws_resource_action callback to output to total list made during a playbook. The ANSIBLE_DEBUG_BOTOCORE_LOGS environment variable may also be used.
ec2_url string |  | Url to use to connect to EC2 or your Eucalyptus cloud (by default the module will use EC2 endpoints). Ignored for modules where region is required. Must be specified for all other modules if region is not used. If not set then the value of the EC2_URL environment variable, if any, is used.
forced_update boolean | Choices: no yes | 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 - |  | 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 - |  | Where the Direct Connect connection is located. Required when state=present.
name - |  | 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.
profile string |  | Uses a boto profile. Only works with boto >= 2.24.0.
region string |  | The AWS region to use. If not specified then the value of the AWS_REGION or EC2_REGION environment variable, if any, is used. See http://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/rande.html#ec2_region aliases: aws_region, ec2_region
security_token string |  | AWS STS security token. If not set then the value of the AWS_SECURITY_TOKEN or EC2_SECURITY_TOKEN environment variable is used. aliases: access_token
state - | Choices: present absent | The state of the Direct Connect connection.
validate_certs boolean | Choices: no yes ← | When set to "no", SSL certificates will not be validated for boto versions >= 2.6.0.

## Notes

Note

- If parameters are not set within the module, the following environment variables can be used in decreasing order of precedence `AWS_URL` or `EC2_URL`, `AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID` or `AWS_ACCESS_KEY` or `EC2_ACCESS_KEY`, `AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY` or `AWS_SECRET_KEY` or `EC2_SECRET_KEY`, `AWS_SECURITY_TOKEN` or `EC2_SECURITY_TOKEN`, `AWS_REGION` or `EC2_REGION`
- Ansible uses the boto configuration file (typically ~/.boto) if no credentials are provided. See https://boto.readthedocs.io/en/latest/boto_config_tut.html
- `AWS_REGION` or `EC2_REGION` can be typically be used to specify the AWS region, when required, but this can also be configured in the boto config file

## 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
        forced_update: True

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

## Return Values

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

Key | Returned | Description
--- | --- | ---
connection complex | state=present | The attributes of the direct connect connection.
| aws_device string | when the requested state is no longer 'requested' | The endpoint which the physical connection terminates on. Sample: EqDC2-12pmo7hemtz1z
| bandwidth string | always | The bandwidth of the connection. Sample: 1Gbps
| connection_id string | always | The ID of the connection. Sample: dxcon-ffy9ywed
| connection_name string | always | The name of the connection. Sample: ansible-test-connection
| connection_state string | always | The state of the connection. Sample: pending
| loa_issue_time string | when the LOA-CFA has been issued (the connection state will no longer be 'requested') | The issue time of the connection's Letter of Authorization - Connecting Facility Assignment. Sample: 2018-03-20T17:36:26-04:00
| location string | always | The location of the connection. Sample: EqDC2
| owner_account string | always | The account that owns the direct connect connection. Sample: 123456789012
| region string | always | The region in which the connection exists. Sample: us-east-1

## Status

- This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
- This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

### Authors

- Sloane Hertel (@s-hertel)

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