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AWS Directory Service endpoints and quotas - AWS General Reference

AWS Directory Service endpoints and quotas

To connect programmatically to an AWS service, you use an endpoint. AWS services offer the following endpoint types in some or all of the AWS Regions that the service supports: IPv4 endpoints, dual-stack endpoints, and FIPS endpoints. Some services provide global endpoints. 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.

The following are the service endpoints and service quotas for this service.

AWS Directory Service endpoints

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

ds.us-east-2.amazonaws.com

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

HTTPS

HTTPS

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

ds.us-east-1.amazonaws.com

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

HTTPS

HTTPS

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

ds.us-west-1.amazonaws.com

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

HTTPS

HTTPS

US West (Oregon) us-west-2

ds.us-west-2.amazonaws.com

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

HTTPS

HTTPS

Africa (Cape Town) af-south-1 ds.af-south-1.amazonaws.com HTTPS
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) ap-east-1 ds.ap-east-1.amazonaws.com HTTPS
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) ap-south-2 ds.ap-south-2.amazonaws.com HTTPS
Asia Pacific (Jakarta) ap-southeast-3 ds.ap-southeast-3.amazonaws.com HTTPS
Asia Pacific (Malaysia) ap-southeast-5 ds.ap-southeast-5.amazonaws.com HTTPS
Asia Pacific (Melbourne) ap-southeast-4 ds.ap-southeast-4.amazonaws.com HTTPS
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1 ds.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com HTTPS
Asia Pacific (Osaka) ap-northeast-3 ds.ap-northeast-3.amazonaws.com HTTPS
Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2 ds.ap-northeast-2.amazonaws.com HTTPS
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1 ds.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com HTTPS
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2 ds.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com HTTPS
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1 ds.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com HTTPS
Canada (Central) ca-central-1

ds.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com

ds-fips.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com

HTTPS

HTTPS

Canada West (Calgary) ca-west-1

ds.ca-west-1.amazonaws.com

ds-fips.ca-west-1.amazonaws.com

HTTPS

HTTPS

Europe (Frankfurt) eu-central-1 ds.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com HTTPS
Europe (Ireland) eu-west-1 ds.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com HTTPS
Europe (London) eu-west-2 ds.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com HTTPS
Europe (Milan) eu-south-1 ds.eu-south-1.amazonaws.com HTTPS
Europe (Paris) eu-west-3 ds.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com HTTPS
Europe (Spain) eu-south-2 ds.eu-south-2.amazonaws.com HTTPS
Europe (Stockholm) eu-north-1 ds.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com HTTPS
Europe (Zurich) eu-central-2 ds.eu-central-2.amazonaws.com HTTPS
Israel (Tel Aviv) il-central-1 ds.il-central-1.amazonaws.com HTTPS
Middle East (Bahrain) me-south-1 ds.me-south-1.amazonaws.com HTTPS
Middle East (UAE) me-central-1 ds.me-central-1.amazonaws.com HTTPS
South America (São Paulo) sa-east-1 ds.sa-east-1.amazonaws.com HTTPS
AWS GovCloud (US-East) us-gov-east-1

ds.us-gov-east-1.amazonaws.com

ds-fips.us-gov-east-1.amazonaws.com

HTTPS

HTTPS

AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1

ds.us-gov-west-1.amazonaws.com

ds-fips.us-gov-west-1.amazonaws.com

HTTPS

HTTPS

For a list of supported endpoints by directory type, see Region availability for AWS Directory Service.

AWS Directory Service Data endpoints

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

ds-data.us-east-2.amazonaws.com

ds-data-fips.us-east-2.amazonaws.com

HTTPS

HTTPS

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

ds-data.us-east-1.amazonaws.com

ds-data-fips.us-east-1.amazonaws.com

HTTPS

HTTPS

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

ds-data.us-west-1.amazonaws.com

ds-data-fips.us-west-1.amazonaws.com

HTTPS

HTTPS

US West (Oregon) us-west-2

ds-data.us-west-2.amazonaws.com

ds-data-fips.us-west-2.amazonaws.com

HTTPS

HTTPS

Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) ap-east-1 ds-data.ap-east-1.amazonaws.com HTTPS
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1 ds-data.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com HTTPS
Asia Pacific (Osaka) ap-northeast-3 ds-data.ap-northeast-3.amazonaws.com HTTPS
Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2 ds-data.ap-northeast-2.amazonaws.com HTTPS
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1 ds-data.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com HTTPS
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2 ds-data.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com HTTPS
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1 ds-data.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com HTTPS
Canada (Central) ca-central-1

ds-data.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com

ds-data-fips.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com

HTTPS

HTTPS

Europe (Frankfurt) eu-central-1 ds-data.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com HTTPS
Europe (Ireland) eu-west-1 ds-data.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com HTTPS
Europe (London) eu-west-2 ds-data.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com HTTPS
Europe (Paris) eu-west-3 ds-data.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com HTTPS
Europe (Stockholm) eu-north-1 ds-data.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com HTTPS
South America (São Paulo) sa-east-1 ds-data.sa-east-1.amazonaws.com HTTPS

Service quotas

Name Default Adjustable Description
AD Connector directories Each supported Region: 10 Yes The maximum number of AD Connector directories that you can create in the current Region.
AWS Managed Microsoft AD directories Each supported Region: 20 Yes The maximum number of AWS Managed Microsoft AD directories that you can create in the current region.
AWS Managed Microsoft AD domain controllers Each supported Region: 20 Yes The maximum number of domain controllers that you can add to your AWS Managed Microsoft AD directory.
AWS Managed Microsoft AD manual snapshots Each supported Region: 5 No The maximum number of manual snapshots that you can take for your AWS Managed Microsoft AD directory.
Simple AD directories Each supported Region: 10 Yes The maximum number of Simple AD directories that you can create in the current Region.
Simple AD manual snapshots Each supported Region: 5 No The maximum number of manual snapshots that you can take for your Simple AD directory.

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