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AWS::EC2::VPNConnection

Creates a new VPN connection between an existing virtual private gateway and a VPN customer gateway.

For more information, go to CreateVpnConnection in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud API Reference.

Syntax

{
   "Type" : "AWS::EC2::VPNConnection",
   "Properties" : {
      "Type" : String,
      "CustomerGatewayId" : GatewayID,
      "VpnGatewayId" : GatewayID
   }
}

Properties

Type

The type of VPN connection this virtual private gateway supports.

Example: "ipsec.1"

Required: Yes

Type: String

CustomerGatewayId

The ID of the customer gateway. This can either be an embedded JSON object or a reference to a Gateway ID.

Required: Yes

Type: String

VpnGatewayId

The ID of the virtual private gateway. This can either be an embedded JSON object or a reference to a Gateway ID.

Required: Yes

Type: String

Return Value

When the logical ID of this resource is provided to the Ref intrinsic function, it returns the resource name. For example:

{ "Ref": "MyVPNConnection" }

For the VPNConnection with the logical ID "MyVPNConnection", Ref will return the VPN connection's resource name.

For more information about using the Ref function, see Ref.

Template Examples

Example VPNConnection

{
   "AWSTemplateFormatVersion" : "2010-09-09",
   "Resources" : {
      "myVPNConnection" : {
         "Type" : "AWS::EC2::VPNConnection",
         "Properties" : {
            "Type" : "ipsec.1",
            "CustomerGatewayId" : {"Ref" : "myCustomerGateway"},
            "VpnGatewayId" : {"Ref" : "myVPNGateway"}
         }
      }
   }
}

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