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GetConnection

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GetConnection - AWS Outposts
Note

AWS uses this action to install Outpost servers.

Gets information about the specified connection.

Use CloudTrail to monitor this action or AWS managed policy for AWS Outposts to secure it. For more information, see AWS managed policies for AWS Outposts and Logging AWS Outposts API calls with AWS CloudTrail in the AWS Outposts User Guide.

Request Syntax

GET /connections/ConnectionId HTTP/1.1

URI Request Parameters

The request uses the following URI parameters.

ConnectionId

The ID of the connection.

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 1024.

Pattern: ^[a-zA-Z0-9+/=]{1,1024}$

Required: Yes

Request Body

The request does not have a request body.

Response Syntax

HTTP/1.1 200 Content-type: application/json { "ConnectionDetails": { "AllowedIps": [ "string" ], "ClientPublicKey": "string", "ClientTunnelAddress": "string", "ServerEndpoint": "string", "ServerPublicKey": "string", "ServerTunnelAddress": "string" }, "ConnectionId": "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.

ConnectionDetails

Information about the connection.

Type: ConnectionDetails object

ConnectionId

The ID of the connection.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 1024.

Pattern: ^[a-zA-Z0-9+/=]{1,1024}$

Errors

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

AccessDeniedException

You do not have permission to perform this operation.

HTTP Status Code: 403

InternalServerException

An internal error has occurred.

HTTP Status Code: 500

NotFoundException

The specified request is not valid.

HTTP Status Code: 404

ValidationException

A parameter is not valid.

HTTP Status Code: 400

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:

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