Request Syntax Request Parameters Response Syntax Response Elements Errors Examples See Also

CreateConnector

Creates the connector, which captures the parameters for a connection for the AS2 or SFTP protocol. For AS2, the connector is required for sending files to an externally hosted AS2 server. For SFTP, the connector is required when sending files to an SFTP server or receiving files from an SFTP server. For more details about connectors, see Configure AS2 connectors and Create SFTP connectors.

Note

You must specify exactly one configuration object: either for AS2 (As2Config) or SFTP (SftpConfig).

Request Syntax


{
   "AccessRole": "string",
   "As2Config": { 
      "BasicAuthSecretId": "string",
      "Compression": "string",
      "EncryptionAlgorithm": "string",
      "LocalProfileId": "string",
      "MdnResponse": "string",
      "MdnSigningAlgorithm": "string",
      "MessageSubject": "string",
      "PartnerProfileId": "string",
      "PreserveContentType": "string",
      "SigningAlgorithm": "string"
   },
   "LoggingRole": "string",
   "SecurityPolicyName": "string",
   "SftpConfig": { 
      "TrustedHostKeys": [ "string" ],
      "UserSecretId": "string"
   },
   "Tags": [ 
      { 
         "Key": "string",
         "Value": "string"
      }
   ],
   "Url": "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.

AccessRole

Connectors are used to send files using either the AS2 or SFTP protocol. For the access role, provide the Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the AWS Identity and Access Management role to use.

For AS2 connectors

With AS2, you can send files by calling StartFileTransfer and specifying the file paths in the request parameter, SendFilePaths. We use the file’s parent directory (for example, for --send-file-paths /bucket/dir/file.txt, parent directory is /bucket/dir/) to temporarily store a processed AS2 message file, store the MDN when we receive them from the partner, and write a final JSON file containing relevant metadata of the transmission. So, the AccessRole needs to provide read and write access to the parent directory of the file location used in the StartFileTransfer request. Additionally, you need to provide read and write access to the parent directory of the files that you intend to send with StartFileTransfer.

If you are using Basic authentication for your AS2 connector, the access role requires the secretsmanager:GetSecretValue permission for the secret. If the secret is encrypted using a customer-managed key instead of the AWS managed key in Secrets Manager, then the role also needs the kms:Decrypt permission for that key.

For SFTP connectors

Make sure that the access role provides read and write access to the parent directory of the file location that's used in the StartFileTransfer request. Additionally, make sure that the role provides secretsmanager:GetSecretValue permission to AWS Secrets Manager.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 20. Maximum length of 2048.

Pattern: arn:.*role/\S+

Required: Yes

As2Config

A structure that contains the parameters for an AS2 connector object.

Type: As2ConnectorConfig object

Required: No

LoggingRole

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) role that allows a connector to turn on CloudWatch logging for Amazon S3 events. When set, you can view connector activity in your CloudWatch logs.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 20. Maximum length of 2048.

Pattern: arn:.*role/\S+

Required: No

SecurityPolicyName

Specifies the name of the security policy for the connector.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 0. Maximum length of 100.

Pattern: TransferSFTPConnectorSecurityPolicy-[A-Za-z0-9-]+

Required: No

SftpConfig

A structure that contains the parameters for an SFTP connector object.

Type: SftpConnectorConfig object

Required: No

Tags

Key-value pairs that can be used to group and search for connectors. Tags are metadata attached to connectors for any purpose.

Type: Array of Tag objects

Array Members: Minimum number of 1 item. Maximum number of 50 items.

Required: No

Url

The URL of the partner's AS2 or SFTP endpoint.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 0. Maximum length of 255.

Required: Yes

Response Syntax


{
   "ConnectorId": "string"
}

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.

ConnectorId

The unique identifier for the connector, returned after the API call succeeds.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Fixed length of 19.

Pattern: c-([0-9a-f]{17})

Errors

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

InternalServiceError

This exception is thrown when an error occurs in the AWS Transfer Family service.

HTTP Status Code: 500

InvalidRequestException

This exception is thrown when the client submits a malformed request.

HTTP Status Code: 400

ResourceExistsException

The requested resource does not exist, or exists in a region other than the one specified for the command.

HTTP Status Code: 400

ResourceNotFoundException

This exception is thrown when a resource is not found by the AWSTransfer Family service.

HTTP Status Code: 400

ServiceUnavailableException

The request has failed because the AWSTransfer Family service is not available.

HTTP Status Code: 500

ThrottlingException

The request was denied due to request throttling.

HTTP Status Code: 400

Examples

Example

The following example creates an AS2 connector. In the command, replace items as follows:

url: provide the URL for the trading partner's AS2 server.
your-IAM-role-for-bucket-access: an IAM role that has access to the Amazon S3 bucket you are using to store your files.
Use the ARN for your logging role, which includes your AWS account ID.
Provide a path to a file that contains the AS2 connector configuration parameters. The AS2 connector configuration object is described in As2ConnectorConfig.


// Listing for testAs2Config.json
{
  "LocalProfileId": "your-profile-id",
  "PartnerProfileId": "partner-profile-id",
  "MdnResponse": "SYNC",
  "Compression": "ZLIB",
  "EncryptionAlgorithm": "AES256_CBC",
  "SigningAlgorithm": "SHA256",
  "MdnSigningAlgorithm": "DEFAULT",
  "MessageSubject": "Your Message Subject"
}


aws transfer create-connector --url "http://partner-as2-server-url" \
          --access-role your-IAM-role-for-bucket-access \
          --logging-role arn:aws:iam::your-account-id:role/service-role/AWSTransferLoggingAccess \
          --as2-config file://path/to/testAS2Config.json

Example

The following example creates an SFTP connector. In the command, replace items as follows:

sftp-server-url: provide the URL for the SFTP server with which you are exchanging files.
your-IAM-role-for-bucket-access: an IAM role that has access to the Amazon S3 bucket you are using to store your files.
Use the ARN for your logging role, which includes your AWS account ID.
Provide a path to a file that contains the SFTP connector configuration parameters. The SFTP connector configuration object is described in SftpConnectorConfig.


// Listing for testSFTPConfig.json
{   
   "UserSecretId": "arn:aws:secretsmanager:us-east-2:123456789012:secret:aws/transfer/example-username-key",
   "TrustedHostKeys": [
      "sftp.example.com ssh-rsa AAAAbbbb...EEEE="
   ]
}


aws transfer create-connector --url "sftp://sftp-server-url" \
--access-role your-IAM-role-for-bucket-access \
--logging-role arn:aws:iam::your-account-id:role/service-role/AWSTransferLoggingAccess \
--sftp-config file://path/to/testSFTPConfig.json

Example

The API call returns the connector ID for the new connector.

Sample Response


{
    "ConnectorId": "a-11112222333344444"
}