Creating a Hosted Connection

Function

This API is used by partners to create a hosted connection for their users. The creator must have the partner qualification and have an operations connection.

URI

POST /v3/{project_id}/dcaas/hosted-connects

Table 1 Path parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

project_id

Yes

String

Specifies the project ID.

Request Parameters

Table 2 Request header parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

X-Auth-Token

Yes

String

Specifies the user token. To obtain the token, see section "Obtaining the User Token" in the Identity and Access Management API Reference. The token is the value of X-Subject-Token in the response header.

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 10240

Table 3 Request body parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

hosted_connect

Yes

CreateHostedDirectConnect object

Specifies the hosted connection to be created.

Table 4 CreateHostedDirectConnect

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

name

No

String

Specifies the hosted connection name.

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 64

description

No

String

Provides supplementary information about the hosted connection.

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 128

bandwidth

Yes

Integer

Specifies the bandwidth of the hosted connection, in Mbit/s.

Minimum: 2

Maximum: 400000

hosting_id

Yes

String

Specifies the ID of the operations connection on which the hosted connection is created.

vlan

Yes

Integer

Specifies the VLAN allocated to the hosted connection.

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 3999

resource_tenant_id

Yes

String

Specifies the project ID of the specified tenant for whom a hosted connection is to be created.

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 32

peer_location

No

String

Specifies the location of the on-premises facility at the other end of the connection, specific to the street or data center name.

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 255

Response Parameters

Status code: 201

Table 5 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

request_id

String

Specifies the request ID.

hosted_connect

HostedDirectConnect object

Specifies the hosted connection.

Table 6 HostedDirectConnect

Parameter

Type

Description

id

String

Specifies the hosted connection ID.

Minimum: 36

Maximum: 36

tenant_id

String

Specifies the project ID.

name

String

Specifies the connection name.

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 64

description

String

Provides supplementary information about the connection.

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 128

bandwidth

Integer

Specifies the connection bandwidth, in Mbit/s.

Minimum: 2

Maximum: 400000

location

String

Specifies information about the Direct Connect location.

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 255

peer_location

String

Specifies the location of the on-premises facility at the other end of the connection, specific to the street or data center name.

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 255

hosting_id

String

Specifies the ID of the operations connection on which the hosted connection is created.

provider

String

Specifies the provider of the leased line.

admin_state_up

Boolean

Specifies the administrative status. The value can be true or false.

Default: true

vlan

Integer

Specifies the VLAN allocated to the hosted connection.

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 3999

status

String

Specifies the operating status.

  • BUILD: The hosted connection has been created.

  • ACTIVE: The hosted connection is normal.

  • DOWN: The port used by the hosted connection is down, indicating that there may be line faults.

  • ERROR: The hosted connection is abnormal.

  • PENDING_DELETE: The hosted connection is being deleted.

  • PENDING_UPDATE: The hosted connection is being updated.

  • PENDING_CREATE: The hosted connection is being created.

Enumeration values:

  • BUILD

  • ACTIVE

  • DOWN

  • ERROR

  • PENDING_DELETE

  • PENDING_UPDATE

  • PENDING_CREATE

apply_time

String

Specifies when the connection was requested. The UTC time format is yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss.SSSZ.

create_time

String

Specifies when the connection was created. The UTC time format is yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss.SSSZ.

provider_status

String

Specifies the carrier status. The status can be ACTIVE or DOWN.

Enumeration values:

  • ACTIVE

  • DOWN

port_type

String

Specifies the type of the port used by the connection. The value can be 1G, 10G, 40G, or 100G.

Enumeration values:

  • 1G

  • 10G

  • 40G

  • 100G

type

String

Specifies the type of the connection. The value is hosted.

Default: hosted

Example Requests

Creating a hosting connection with the bandwidth set to 10 Mbit/s and VLAN to 441

POST https://{dc_endpoint}/v3/6fbe9263116a4b68818cf1edce16bc4f/dcaas/hosted-connects

{
  "hosted_connect" : {
    "name" : "client-dc-faf1",
    "description" : "Hosted Connect",
    "resource_tenant_id" : "0605768a3300d5762f82c01180692873",
    "hosting_id" : "2cfb53be-b05f-40d5-a2f8-3a59ac383836",
    "vlan" : 441,
    "bandwidth" : 10
  }
}

Example Responses

Status code: 201

Created

  • The hosted connection is created.

    {
      "hosted_connect" : {
        "id" : "0278b472-ffa5-4eb3-8c0d-979d479f8ef6",
        "name" : "client-dc-faf1",
        "description" : "Hosted Connect",
        "tenant_id" : "0605768a3300d5762f82c01180692873",
        "hosting_id" : "2cfb53be-b05f-40d5-a2f8-3a59ac383836",
        "vlan" : 441,
        "bandwidth" : 10,
        "location" : "ExampleLocation",
        "peer_location" : "",
        "provider" : "ExampleProvider",
        "type" : "hosted",
        "port_type" : "10G",
        "provider_status" : "ACTIVE",
        "status" : "ACTIVE",
        "apply_time" : "2022-07-13T08:25:38.000Z",
        "admin_state_up" : true,
        "create_time" : "2022-07-13T08:25:38.000Z"
      },
      "request_id" : "a59a3776faa1d055f8124dc7b0977a90"
    }
    

Status Codes

Status Code

Description

201

Created

Error Codes

See Error Codes.