Create a Warp Connector Tunnel

POST/accounts/{account_id}/warp_connector

Creates a new Warp Connector Tunnel in an account.

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)

Cloudflare One Connectors WriteCloudflare One Connector: WARP Write

Path ParametersExpand Collapse

account_id: string

Cloudflare account ID

maxLength32

Body ParametersJSONExpand Collapse

name: string

A user-friendly name for a tunnel.

ha: optional boolean

Indicates that the tunnel will be created to be highly available. If omitted, defaults to false.

ReturnsExpand Collapse

errors: array of ResponseInfo { code, message, documentation_url, source }

code: number

minimum1000

message: string

documentation_url: optional string

source: optional object { pointer }

pointer: optional string

messages: array of ResponseInfo { code, message, documentation_url, source }

code: number

minimum1000

message: string

documentation_url: optional string

source: optional object { pointer }

pointer: optional string

result: object { id, account_tag, connections, 8 more }

A Warp Connector Tunnel that connects your origin to Cloudflare's edge.

id: optional string

UUID of the tunnel.

formatuuid

maxLength36

account_tag: optional string

Cloudflare account ID

maxLength32

Deprecatedconnections: optional array of object { id, client_id, client_version, 5 more }

This field will start returning an empty array. To fetch the connections of a given tunnel, please use the dedicated endpoint `/accounts/{account_id}/{tunnel_type}/{tunnel_id}/connections`

The Cloudflare Tunnel connections between your origin and Cloudflare's edge.

id: optional string

UUID of the Cloudflare Tunnel connection.

formatuuid

maxLength36

client_id: optional string

UUID of the Cloudflare Tunnel connector.

formatuuid

maxLength36

client_version: optional string

The cloudflared version used to establish this connection.

colo_name: optional string

The Cloudflare data center used for this connection.

is_pending_reconnect: optional boolean

Cloudflare continues to track connections for several minutes after they disconnect. This is an optimization to improve latency and reliability of reconnecting. If true, the connection has disconnected but is still being tracked. If false, the connection is actively serving traffic.

opened_at: optional string

Timestamp of when the connection was established.

formatdate-time

origin_ip: optional string

The public IP address of the host running cloudflared.

uuid: optional string

UUID of the Cloudflare Tunnel connection.

formatuuid

maxLength36

conns_active_at: optional string

Timestamp of when the tunnel established at least one connection to Cloudflare's edge. If null, the tunnel is inactive.

formatdate-time

conns_inactive_at: optional string

Timestamp of when the tunnel became inactive (no connections to Cloudflare's edge). If null, the tunnel is active.

formatdate-time

created_at: optional string

Timestamp of when the resource was created.

formatdate-time

deleted_at: optional string

Timestamp of when the resource was deleted. If null, the resource has not been deleted.

formatdate-time

metadata: optional unknown

Metadata associated with the tunnel.

name: optional string

A user-friendly name for a tunnel.

status: optional "inactive" or "degraded" or "healthy" or "down"

The status of the tunnel. Valid values are inactive (tunnel has never been run), degraded (tunnel is active and able to serve traffic but in an unhealthy state), healthy (tunnel is active and able to serve traffic), or down (tunnel can not serve traffic as it has no connections to the Cloudflare Edge).

One of the following:

"inactive"

"degraded"

"healthy"

"down"

tun_type: optional "cfd_tunnel" or "warp_connector" or "warp" or 4 more

The type of tunnel.

One of the following:

"cfd_tunnel"

"warp_connector"

"warp"

"magic"

"ip_sec"

"gre"

"cni"

success: true

Whether the API call was successful

Create a Warp Connector Tunnel

curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/$ACCOUNT_ID/warp_connector \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN" \
    -d '{
          "name": "blog"
        }'

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "messages": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "result": {
    "id": "f70ff985-a4ef-4643-bbbc-4a0ed4fc8415",
    "account_tag": "699d98642c564d2e855e9661899b7252",
    "connections": [
      {
        "id": "1bedc50d-42b3-473c-b108-ff3d10c0d925",
        "client_id": "1bedc50d-42b3-473c-b108-ff3d10c0d925",
        "client_version": "2022.7.1",
        "colo_name": "DFW",
        "is_pending_reconnect": false,
        "opened_at": "2021-01-25T18:22:34.317854Z",
        "origin_ip": "10.1.0.137",
        "uuid": "1bedc50d-42b3-473c-b108-ff3d10c0d925"
      }
    ],
    "conns_active_at": "2009-11-10T23:00:00Z",
    "conns_inactive_at": "2009-11-10T23:00:00Z",
    "created_at": "2021-01-25T18:22:34.317854Z",
    "deleted_at": "2009-11-10T23:00:00.000000Z",
    "metadata": {},
    "name": "blog",
    "status": "healthy",
    "tun_type": "cfd_tunnel"
  },
  "success": true
}

Returns Examples

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "messages": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "result": {
    "id": "f70ff985-a4ef-4643-bbbc-4a0ed4fc8415",
    "account_tag": "699d98642c564d2e855e9661899b7252",
    "connections": [
      {
        "id": "1bedc50d-42b3-473c-b108-ff3d10c0d925",
        "client_id": "1bedc50d-42b3-473c-b108-ff3d10c0d925",
        "client_version": "2022.7.1",
        "colo_name": "DFW",
        "is_pending_reconnect": false,
        "opened_at": "2021-01-25T18:22:34.317854Z",
        "origin_ip": "10.1.0.137",
        "uuid": "1bedc50d-42b3-473c-b108-ff3d10c0d925"
      }
    ],
    "conns_active_at": "2009-11-10T23:00:00Z",
    "conns_inactive_at": "2009-11-10T23:00:00Z",
    "created_at": "2021-01-25T18:22:34.317854Z",
    "deleted_at": "2009-11-10T23:00:00.000000Z",
    "metadata": {},
    "name": "blog",
    "status": "healthy",
    "tun_type": "cfd_tunnel"
  },
  "success": true
}