AWS Direct Connect endpoints and quotas - AWS General Reference

AWS Direct Connect endpoints and quotas

The following are the service endpoints and service quotas for this service. To connect programmatically to an AWS service, you use an endpoint. In addition to the standard AWS endpoints, some AWS services offer FIPS endpoints in selected Regions. For more information, see AWS service endpoints. Service quotas, also referred to as limits, are the maximum number of service resources or operations for your AWS account. For more information, see AWS service quotas.

Service endpoints

Region Name Region Endpoint Protocol
US East (Ohio) us-east-2

directconnect.us-east-2.amazonaws.com

directconnect-fips.us-east-2.amazonaws.com

HTTPS

HTTPS

US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1

directconnect.us-east-1.amazonaws.com

directconnect-fips.us-east-1.amazonaws.com

HTTPS

HTTPS

US West (N. California) us-west-1

directconnect.us-west-1.amazonaws.com

directconnect-fips.us-west-1.amazonaws.com

HTTPS

HTTPS

US West (Oregon) us-west-2

directconnect.us-west-2.amazonaws.com

directconnect-fips.us-west-2.amazonaws.com

HTTPS

HTTPS

Africa (Cape Town) af-south-1 directconnect.af-south-1.amazonaws.com HTTPS
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) ap-east-1 directconnect.ap-east-1.amazonaws.com HTTPS
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) ap-south-2 directconnect.ap-south-2.amazonaws.com HTTPS
Asia Pacific (Jakarta) ap-southeast-3 directconnect.ap-southeast-3.amazonaws.com HTTPS
Asia Pacific (Melbourne) ap-southeast-4 directconnect.ap-southeast-4.amazonaws.com HTTPS
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1 directconnect.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com HTTPS
Asia Pacific (Osaka) ap-northeast-3 directconnect.ap-northeast-3.amazonaws.com HTTPS
Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2 directconnect.ap-northeast-2.amazonaws.com HTTPS
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1 directconnect.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com HTTPS
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2 directconnect.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com HTTPS
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1 directconnect.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com HTTPS
Canada (Central) ca-central-1 directconnect.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com HTTPS
Canada West (Calgary) ca-west-1 directconnect.ca-west-1.amazonaws.com HTTPS
Europe (Frankfurt) eu-central-1 directconnect.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com HTTPS
Europe (Ireland) eu-west-1 directconnect.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com HTTPS
Europe (London) eu-west-2 directconnect.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com HTTPS
Europe (Milan) eu-south-1 directconnect.eu-south-1.amazonaws.com HTTPS
Europe (Paris) eu-west-3 directconnect.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com HTTPS
Europe (Spain) eu-south-2 directconnect.eu-south-2.amazonaws.com HTTPS
Europe (Stockholm) eu-north-1 directconnect.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com HTTPS
Europe (Zurich) eu-central-2 directconnect.eu-central-2.amazonaws.com HTTPS
Israel (Tel Aviv) il-central-1 directconnect.il-central-1.amazonaws.com HTTPS
Middle East (Bahrain) me-south-1 directconnect.me-south-1.amazonaws.com HTTPS
Middle East (UAE) me-central-1 directconnect.me-central-1.amazonaws.com HTTPS
South America (São Paulo) sa-east-1 directconnect.sa-east-1.amazonaws.com HTTPS
AWS GovCloud (US-East) us-gov-east-1 directconnect.us-gov-east-1.amazonaws.com HTTPS
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1 directconnect.us-gov-west-1.amazonaws.com HTTPS

Service quotas

Name Default Adjustable Description
Active AWS Direct Connect dedicated connections per location Each supported Region: 10 No The maximum number of active AWS Direct Connect dedicated connections per location.
Dedicated connections, or interconnects per link aggregation group (LAG) Each supported Region: 4 No The maximum number of dedicated connections, or interconnects per link aggregation group (LAG).
Global maximum number of AWS Direct Connect gateways Each supported Region: 200 No The maximum number of AWS Direct Connect gateways per account.
Link aggregation groups (LAGs) per AWS Region Each supported Region: 10 No The maximum number of link aggregation groups (LAGs) per AWS Region.
Number of prefixes per AWS Transit Gateway from AWS to on-premises on a transit virtual interface Each supported Region: 200 No The maximum number of prefixes per AWS Transit Gateway from AWS to on-premises on a transit virtual interface.
Private or public virtual interfaces per AWS Direct Connect dedicated connection Each supported Region: 50 No The maximum number of private, or public interfaces per AWS Direct Connect dedicated connection.
Transit gateways per AWS Direct Connect gateway Each supported Region: 6 No The maximum number of transit gateways per AWS Direct Connect gateway.
Virtual interfaces per AWS Direct Connect gateway Each supported Region: 30 No The maximum number of virtual interfaces per AWS Direct Connect gateway.
Virtual private gateways per AWS Direct Connect gateway Each supported Region: 20 No The maximum number of virtual private gateways per AWS Direct Connect gateway.

For more information, see AWS Direct Connect Quotas in the AWS Direct Connect User Guide.