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# Private Link service

Azure Private Link Service lets you expose your service privately to consumers within their virtual networks through private endpoints. It enables secure, private connectivity without exposing your service to the public internet. Consumers access your service using private IPs, improving security, reducing data leakage risks, and simplifying network architecture.

```
azure.network_private_link_service
```

## Fields

| Title                                    | ID   | Type          | Data Type                                                                               | Description |
| ---------------------------------------- | ---- | ------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------- |
| _key                                     | core | string        |
| alias                                    | core | string        | The alias of the private link service.                                                  |
| auto_approval                            | core | json          | The auto-approval list of the private link service.                                     |
| enable_proxy_protocol                    | core | bool          | Whether the private link service is enabled for proxy protocol or not.                  |
| etag                                     | core | string        | A unique read-only string that changes whenever the resource is updated.                |
| extended_location                        | core | json          | ExtendedLocation complex type.                                                          |
| fqdns                                    | core | array<string> | The list of Fqdn.                                                                       |
| id                                       | core | string        | Resource ID.                                                                            |
| ip_configurations                        | core | json          | An array of private link service IP configurations.                                     |
| load_balancer_frontend_ip_configurations | core | json          | An array of references to the load balancer IP configurations.                          |
| location                                 | core | string        | Resource location.                                                                      |
| name                                     | core | string        | Resource name.                                                                          |
| network_interfaces                       | core | json          | An array of references to the network interfaces created for this private link service. |
| private_endpoint_connections             | core | json          | An array of list about connections to the private endpoint.                             |
| provisioning_state                       | core | string        | The current provisioning state.                                                         |
| resource_group                           | core | string        |
| subscription_id                          | core | string        |
| subscription_name                        | core | string        |
| tags                                     | core | hstore_csv    |
| type                                     | core | string        | Resource type.                                                                          |
| visibility                               | core | json          | The visibility list of the private link service.                                        |