Creates a new tunnel, and returns two client access tokens for clients to use to connect to the AWS IoT Secure Tunneling proxy server.
Requires permission to access the OpenTunnel action.
Request Syntax
{
"description": "string",
"destinationConfig": {
"services": [ "string" ],
"thingName": "string"
},
"tags": [
{
"key": "string",
"value": "string"
}
],
"timeoutConfig": {
"maxLifetimeTimeoutMinutes": number
}
}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.
- description
-
A short text description of the tunnel.
Type: String
Pattern:
[^\p{C}]{1,2048}Required: No
- destinationConfig
-
The destination configuration for the OpenTunnel request.
Type: DestinationConfig object
Required: No
-
A collection of tag metadata.
Type: Array of Tag objects
Array Members: Minimum number of 1 item. Maximum number of 200 items.
Required: No
- timeoutConfig
-
Timeout configuration for a tunnel.
Type: TimeoutConfig object
Required: No
Response Syntax
{
"destinationAccessToken": "string",
"sourceAccessToken": "string",
"tunnelArn": "string",
"tunnelId": "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.
- destinationAccessToken
-
The access token the destination local proxy uses to connect to AWS IoT Secure Tunneling.
Type: String
- sourceAccessToken
-
The access token the source local proxy uses to connect to AWS IoT Secure Tunneling.
Type: String
- tunnelArn
-
The Amazon Resource Name for the tunnel.
Type: String
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 1600.
- tunnelId
-
A unique alpha-numeric tunnel ID.
Type: String
Pattern:
[a-zA-Z0-9_\-+=:]{1,128}
Errors
- LimitExceededException
-
Thrown when a tunnel limit is exceeded.
HTTP Status Code: 400
See Also
For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
