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# aws_directconnect_connection{% #aws_directconnect_connection %}

## `account_id`{% #account_id %}

**Type**: `STRING`

## `aws_device`{% #aws_device %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `awsDevice`**Description**: The Direct Connect endpoint on which the physical connection terminates.

## `aws_device_v2`{% #aws_device_v2 %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `awsDeviceV2`**Description**: The Direct Connect endpoint that terminates the physical connection.

## `aws_logical_device_id`{% #aws_logical_device_id %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `awsLogicalDeviceId`**Description**: The Direct Connect endpoint that terminates the logical connection. This device might be different than the device that terminates the physical connection.

## `bandwidth`{% #bandwidth %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `bandwidth`**Description**: The bandwidth of the connection.

## `connection_arn`{% #connection_arn %}

**Type**: `STRING`

## `connection_id`{% #connection_id %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `connectionId`**Description**: The ID of the connection.

## `connection_name`{% #connection_name %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `connectionName`**Description**: The name of the connection.

## `connection_state`{% #connection_state %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `connectionState`**Description**: The state of the connection. The following are the possible values:

- `ordering`: The initial state of a hosted connection provisioned on an interconnect. The connection stays in the ordering state until the owner of the hosted connection confirms or declines the connection order.
- `requested`: The initial state of a standard connection. The connection stays in the requested state until the Letter of Authorization (LOA) is sent to the customer.
- `pending`: The connection has been approved and is being initialized.
- `available`: The network link is up and the connection is ready for use.
- `down`: The network link is down.
- `deleting`: The connection is being deleted.
- `deleted`: The connection has been deleted.
- `rejected`: A hosted connection in the `ordering` state enters the `rejected` state if it is deleted by the customer.
- `unknown`: The state of the connection is not available.



## `encryption_mode`{% #encryption_mode %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `encryptionMode`**Description**: The MAC Security (MACsec) connection encryption mode. The valid values are `no_encrypt`, `should_encrypt`, and `must_encrypt`.

## `has_logical_redundancy`{% #has_logical_redundancy %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `hasLogicalRedundancy`**Description**: Indicates whether the connection supports a secondary BGP peer in the same address family (IPv4/IPv6).

## `jumbo_frame_capable`{% #jumbo_frame_capable %}

**Type**: `BOOLEAN`**Provider name**: `jumboFrameCapable`**Description**: Indicates whether jumbo frames are supported.

## `lag_id`{% #lag_id %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `lagId`**Description**: The ID of the LAG.

## `loa_issue_time`{% #loa_issue_time %}

**Type**: `TIMESTAMP`**Provider name**: `loaIssueTime`**Description**: The time of the most recent call to DescribeLoa for this connection.

## `location`{% #location %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `location`**Description**: The location of the connection.

## `mac_sec_capable`{% #mac_sec_capable %}

**Type**: `BOOLEAN`**Provider name**: `macSecCapable`**Description**: Indicates whether the connection supports MAC Security (MACsec).

## `mac_sec_keys`{% #mac_sec_keys %}

**Type**: `UNORDERED_LIST_STRUCT`**Provider name**: `macSecKeys`**Description**: The MAC Security (MACsec) security keys associated with the connection.

- `ckn`**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `ckn`**Description**: The Connection Key Name (CKN) for the MAC Security secret key.
- `secret_arn`**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `secretARN`**Description**: The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the MAC Security (MACsec) secret key.
- `start_on`**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `startOn`**Description**: The date that the MAC Security (MACsec) secret key takes effect. The value is displayed in UTC format.
- `state`**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `state`**Description**: The state of the MAC Security (MACsec) secret key. The possible values are:
  - `associating`: The MAC Security (MACsec) secret key is being validated and not yet associated with the connection or LAG.
  - `associated`: The MAC Security (MACsec) secret key is validated and associated with the connection or LAG.
  - `disassociating`: The MAC Security (MACsec) secret key is being disassociated from the connection or LAG
  - `disassociated`: The MAC Security (MACsec) secret key is no longer associated with the connection or LAG.

## `owner_account`{% #owner_account %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `ownerAccount`**Description**: The ID of the Amazon Web Services account that owns the connection.

## `partner_name`{% #partner_name %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `partnerName`**Description**: The name of the Direct Connect service provider associated with the connection.

## `port_encryption_status`{% #port_encryption_status %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `portEncryptionStatus`**Description**: The MAC Security (MACsec) port link status of the connection. The valid values are `Encryption Up`, which means that there is an active Connection Key Name, or `Encryption Down`.

## `provider_name`{% #provider_name %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `providerName`**Description**: The name of the service provider associated with the connection.

## `region`{% #region %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `region`**Description**: The Amazon Web Services Region where the connection is located.

## `tags`{% #tags %}

**Type**: `UNORDERED_LIST_STRING`

## `vlan`{% #vlan %}

**Type**: `INT32`**Provider name**: `vlan`**Description**: The ID of the VLAN.