Request Syntax Request Parameters Response Syntax Response Elements Errors See Also

CreateBGPPeer

Creates a BGP peer on the specified virtual interface.

You must create a BGP peer for the corresponding address family (IPv4/IPv6) in order to access Amazon resources that also use that address family.

If logical redundancy is not supported by the connection, interconnect, or LAG, the BGP peer cannot be in the same address family as an existing BGP peer on the virtual interface.

When creating a IPv6 BGP peer, omit the Amazon address and customer address. IPv6 addresses are automatically assigned from the Amazon pool of IPv6 addresses; you cannot specify custom IPv6 addresses.

Important

If you let Amazon auto-assign IPv4 addresses, a /30 CIDR will be allocated from 169.254.0.0/16. Amazon does not recommend this option if you intend to use the customer router peer IP address as the source and destination for traffic. Instead you should use RFC 1918 or other addressing, and specify the address yourself. For more information about RFC 1918 see Address Allocation for Private Internets.

For a public virtual interface, the Autonomous System Number (ASN) must be private or already on the allow list for the virtual interface.

Request Syntax


{
   "newBGPPeer": { 
      "addressFamily": "string",
      "amazonAddress": "string",
      "asn": number,
      "authKey": "string",
      "customerAddress": "string"
   },
   "virtualInterfaceId": "string"
}

Request Parameters

For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Parameters.

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

newBGPPeer

Information about the BGP peer.

Type: NewBGPPeer object

Required: No

virtualInterfaceId

The ID of the virtual interface.

Type: String

Required: No

Response Syntax


{
   "virtualInterface": { 
      "addressFamily": "string",
      "amazonAddress": "string",
      "amazonSideAsn": number,
      "asn": number,
      "authKey": "string",
      "awsDeviceV2": "string",
      "awsLogicalDeviceId": "string",
      "bgpPeers": [ 
         { 
            "addressFamily": "string",
            "amazonAddress": "string",
            "asn": number,
            "authKey": "string",
            "awsDeviceV2": "string",
            "awsLogicalDeviceId": "string",
            "bgpPeerId": "string",
            "bgpPeerState": "string",
            "bgpStatus": "string",
            "customerAddress": "string"
         }
      ],
      "connectionId": "string",
      "customerAddress": "string",
      "customerRouterConfig": "string",
      "directConnectGatewayId": "string",
      "jumboFrameCapable": boolean,
      "location": "string",
      "mtu": number,
      "ownerAccount": "string",
      "region": "string",
      "routeFilterPrefixes": [ 
         { 
            "cidr": "string"
         }
      ],
      "siteLinkEnabled": boolean,
      "tags": [ 
         { 
            "key": "string",
            "value": "string"
         }
      ],
      "virtualGatewayId": "string",
      "virtualInterfaceId": "string",
      "virtualInterfaceName": "string",
      "virtualInterfaceState": "string",
      "virtualInterfaceType": "string",
      "vlan": number
   }
}

Response Elements

If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.

The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.

virtualInterface

The virtual interface.

Type: VirtualInterface object

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.

DirectConnectClientException

One or more parameters are not valid.

HTTP Status Code: 400

DirectConnectServerException

A server-side error occurred.

HTTP Status Code: 400