Getting Information About DirectLink Locations

You can get information about available DirectLink locations. You can then request a connection between one of these locations and your own network.

Getting Information About DirectLink Locations Using Cockpit v2

See the DirectLink dashboard.

Getting Information About DirectLink Locations Using OSC CLI

The ReadLocations command lists the locations, corresponding to datacenters, where you can set up a DirectLink.

For more information, see About DirectLink.

Request sample
$ osc-cli api ReadLocations --profile "default"

This command contains the following attributes that you need to specify:

  • DryRun: (optional) If true, checks whether you have the required permissions to perform the action.

The ReadLocations command returns the following elements:

  • Locations: Information about one or more locations.

  • ResponseContext: Information about the context of the response.

Result sample
{
  "ResponseContext": {
    "RequestId": "0475ca1e-d0c5-441d-712a-da55a4175157"
  },
  "Locations": [
    {
      "Name": "Telehouse 3, France",
      "Code": "PAR1"
    },
    {
      "Name": "Equinix Pantin, France",
      "Code": "PAR4"
    }
  ]
}

Getting Information About DirectLink Locations Using AWS CLI

To get information about DirectLink locations, use the describe-locations command following this syntax:

Request sample
$ aws directconnect describe-locations \
    --profile YOUR_PROFILE \
    --endpoint https://directlink.eu-west-2.outscale.com

This command contains the following attributes that you need to specify:

  • (optional) profile: The named profile you want to use, created when configuring AWS CLI. For more information, see Installing and Configuring AWS CLI.

  • endpoint: The endpoint corresponding to the Region you want to send the request to.

The describe-locations command returns the following elements:

  • locations: Information about one or more locations. This element contains the following information for each location:

    • locationName: The name of the location, indicating its physical site.

    • locationCode: The code of the location, needed to request a connection.

Result sample
{
    "locations": [
        {
            "locationName": "Telehouse 3 D02",
            "locationCode": "PAR1"
        }
    ]
}

Related Pages

Corresponding API Methods

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