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# AWS::PCAConnectorAD::Connector
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Creates a connector between Amazon Private CA and an Active Directory. You must specify the private CA, directory ID, and security groups.

## Syntax
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To declare this entity in your Amazon CloudFormation template, use the following syntax:

### JSON
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```
{
  "Type" : "AWS::PCAConnectorAD::Connector",
  "Properties" : {
      "[CertificateAuthorityArn](#cfn-pcaconnectorad-connector-certificateauthorityarn)" : {{String}},
      "[DirectoryId](#cfn-pcaconnectorad-connector-directoryid)" : {{String}},
      "[Tags](#cfn-pcaconnectorad-connector-tags)" : {{{{{Key}}: {{Value}}, ...}}},
      "[VpcInformation](#cfn-pcaconnectorad-connector-vpcinformation)" : {{VpcInformation}}
    }
}
```

### YAML
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```
Type: AWS::PCAConnectorAD::Connector
Properties:
  [CertificateAuthorityArn](#cfn-pcaconnectorad-connector-certificateauthorityarn): {{String}}
  [DirectoryId](#cfn-pcaconnectorad-connector-directoryid): {{String}}
  [Tags](#cfn-pcaconnectorad-connector-tags): {{
    {{Key}}: {{Value}}}}
  [VpcInformation](#cfn-pcaconnectorad-connector-vpcinformation): {{
    VpcInformation}}
```

## Properties
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`CertificateAuthorityArn`  <a name="cfn-pcaconnectorad-connector-certificateauthorityarn"></a>
The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the certificate authority being used.  
*Required*: Yes  
*Type*: String  
*Pattern*: `^arn:[\w-]+:acm-pca:[\w-]+:[0-9]+:certificate-authority\/[0-9a-f]{8}(-[0-9a-f]{4}){3}-[0-9a-f]{12}$`  
*Minimum*: `5`  
*Maximum*: `200`  
*Update requires*: [Replacement](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/using-cfn-updating-stacks-update-behaviors.html#update-replacement)

`DirectoryId`  <a name="cfn-pcaconnectorad-connector-directoryid"></a>
The identifier of the Active Directory.  
*Required*: Yes  
*Type*: String  
*Pattern*: `^d-[0-9a-f]{10}$`  
*Update requires*: [Replacement](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/using-cfn-updating-stacks-update-behaviors.html#update-replacement)

`Tags`  <a name="cfn-pcaconnectorad-connector-tags"></a>
Metadata assigned to a connector consisting of a key-value pair.  
*Required*: No  
*Type*: Object of String  
*Pattern*: `.+`  
*Update requires*: [No interruption](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/using-cfn-updating-stacks-update-behaviors.html#update-no-interrupt)

`VpcInformation`  <a name="cfn-pcaconnectorad-connector-vpcinformation"></a>
Information of the VPC and security group(s) used with the connector.  
*Required*: Yes  
*Type*: [VpcInformation](aws-properties-pcaconnectorad-connector-vpcinformation.md)  
*Update requires*: [Replacement](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/using-cfn-updating-stacks-update-behaviors.html#update-replacement)

## Return values
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### Fn::GetAtt
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The `Fn::GetAtt` intrinsic function returns a value for a specified attribute of this type. The following are the available attributes and sample return values.

For more information about using the `Fn::GetAtt` intrinsic function, see [https://docs.amazonaws.cn/AWSCloudFormation/latest/TemplateReference/intrinsic-function-reference-getatt.html](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/AWSCloudFormation/latest/TemplateReference/intrinsic-function-reference-getatt.html).

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`ConnectorArn`  <a name="ConnectorArn-fn::getatt"></a>
 The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) that was returned when you called [CreateConnector](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/pca-connector-ad/latest/APIReference/API_CreateConnector.html).