Create a new interconnect

POST/accounts/{account_id}/cni/interconnects

Creates a new network interconnect for connecting Cloudflare’s network to external networks. Interconnects provide dedicated bandwidth and reduced latency for traffic exchange.

Security

API Token

The preferred authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. Create a token.

Example:Authorization: Bearer Sn3lZJTBX6kkg7OdcBUAxOO963GEIyGQqnFTOFYY

API Email + API Key

The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API, used in conjunction with a Global API key.

Example:X-Auth-Email: user@example.com

The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. When possible, use API tokens instead of Global API keys.

Example:X-Auth-Key: 144c9defac04969c7bfad8efaa8ea194

Accepted Permissions (at least one required)

Magic WAN WriteMagic Transit Write

Path ParametersExpand Collapse

account_id: string

Customer account tag

Body ParametersJSONExpand Collapse

body: object { account, slot_id, type, speed } or object { account, bandwidth, pairing_key, type }

One of the following:

NscInterconnectCreatePhysicalBody object { account, slot_id, type, speed }

account: string

slot_id: string

formatuuid

type: string

speed: optional string

NscInterconnectCreateGcpPartnerBody object { account, bandwidth, pairing_key, type }

account: string

bandwidth: "50M" or "100M" or "200M" or 9 more

Bandwidth structure as visible through the customer-facing API.

One of the following:

"50M"

"100M"

"200M"

"300M"

"400M"

"500M"

"1G"

"2G"

"5G"

"10G"

"20G"

"50G"

pairing_key: string

Pairing key provided by GCP

type: string

ReturnsExpand Collapse

NscInterconnectPhysicalBody object { account, facility, name, 7 more }

account: string

facility: object { address, name }

address: array of string

name: string

site: string

A Cloudflare site name.

slot_id: string

formatuuid

speed: string

type: string

virtual_port_reservation_id: string

formatuuid

ccr_device_name: optional string

owner: optional string

NscInterconnectGcpPartnerBody object { account, name, region, 4 more }

account: string

name: string

region: string

type: string

virtual_port_reservation_id: string

formatuuid

owner: optional string

speed: optional "50M" or "100M" or "200M" or 9 more

Bandwidth structure as visible through the customer-facing API.

One of the following:

"50M"

"100M"

"200M"

"300M"

"400M"

"500M"

"1G"

"2G"

"5G"

"10G"

"20G"

"50G"

Create a new interconnect

curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/$ACCOUNT_ID/cni/interconnects \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN" \
    -d '{
          "account": "account",
          "slot_id": "182bd5e5-6e1a-4fe4-a799-aa6d9a6ab26e",
          "type": "type"
        }'

{
  "account": "account",
  "facility": {
    "address": [
      "string"
    ],
    "name": "name"
  },
  "name": "name",
  "site": "site",
  "slot_id": "182bd5e5-6e1a-4fe4-a799-aa6d9a6ab26e",
  "speed": "speed",
  "type": "type",
  "virtual_port_reservation_id": "182bd5e5-6e1a-4fe4-a799-aa6d9a6ab26e",
  "ccr_device_name": "ccr_device_name",
  "owner": "owner"
}

Returns Examples

{
  "account": "account",
  "facility": {
    "address": [
      "string"
    ],
    "name": "name"
  },
  "name": "name",
  "site": "site",
  "slot_id": "182bd5e5-6e1a-4fe4-a799-aa6d9a6ab26e",
  "speed": "speed",
  "type": "type",
  "virtual_port_reservation_id": "182bd5e5-6e1a-4fe4-a799-aa6d9a6ab26e",
  "ccr_device_name": "ccr_device_name",
  "owner": "owner"
}