> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/api-reference/cloud-api-v6/cross-connects/create-a-cross-connect.md). # Create a Cross Connect Creates a Cross-Connect. Only contract owners, administrators and users with createPcc user privilege can create a cross connect. Please note that connecting a LAN to a cross connect is to be done via the /lan endpoint. ```json {"openapi":"3.0.3","info":{"title":"CLOUD API","version":"6.0"},"tags":[{"name":"Cross Connects","description":"Cross Connect allows you to connect virtual data centers (VDC) with each other using a private LAN. The VDCs to be connected need to belong to the same IONOS CLOUD contract and location. You can only use private LANs for a Cross Connect connection. A LAN can only be a part of one Cross Connect.\n\nThe IP addresses of the NICs used for the Cross Connect connection may not be used in more than one NIC and they need to belong to the same IP range."}],"servers":[{"url":"https://api.ionos.com/cloudapi/v6"}],"security":[{"BasicAuthentication":[]},{"TokenAuthentication":[]}],"components":{"securitySchemes":{"BasicAuthentication":{"type":"http","description":"You will need to base64 encode the string containing your credentials.
\n Note:

\n
Separate your username and password with a colon, i.e., username:password and send it as 'Authorization' request header. More details: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_access_authentication","scheme":"basic"},"TokenAuthentication":{"type":"apiKey","description":"Please provide header value as 'Bearer ' and don't forget to add 'Bearer' HTTP Authorization Scheme before the token.","name":"Authorization","in":"header"}},"schemas":{"PrivateCrossConnect":{"required":["properties"],"type":"object","properties":{"id":{"type":"string","description":"The resource's unique identifier.","readOnly":true},"type":{"type":"string","description":"The type of object that has been created.","allOf":[{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/Type"}]},"href":{"type":"string","description":"URL to the object representation (absolute path).","format":"uri","readOnly":true},"metadata":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/DatacenterElementMetadata"},"properties":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/PrivateCrossConnectProperties"}}},"Type":{"type":"string","enum":["datacenter","server","volume","nic","loadbalancer","location","firewall-rule","flow-log","image","snapshot","lan","ipblock","pcc","contract","user","group","collection","resource","request","request-status","s3key","backupunit","label","k8s","nodepool","template","networkloadbalancer","forwarding-rule","natgateway","natgateway-rule","node","applicationloadbalancer","target-group","security-group","gpu"]},"DatacenterElementMetadata":{"type":"object","properties":{"etag":{"type":"string","description":"Resource's Entity Tag as defined in http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec3.html#sec3.11 Entity Tag is also added as an 'ETag response header to requests which don't use 'depth' parameter.","readOnly":true},"createdDate":{"type":"string","description":"The last time the resource was created.","format":"date-time","readOnly":true},"createdBy":{"type":"string","description":"The user who created the resource.","readOnly":true},"createdByUserId":{"type":"string","description":"The unique ID of the user who created the resource.","readOnly":true},"lastModifiedDate":{"type":"string","description":"The last time the resource was modified.","format":"date-time","readOnly":true},"lastModifiedBy":{"type":"string","description":"The user who last modified the resource.","readOnly":true},"lastModifiedByUserId":{"type":"string","description":"The unique ID of the user who last modified the resource.","readOnly":true},"state":{"type":"string","description":"State of the resource. *AVAILABLE* There are no pending modification requests for this item; *BUSY* There is at least one modification request pending and all following requests will be queued; *INACTIVE* Resource has been de-provisioned; *DEPLOYING* Resource state DEPLOYING - relevant for Kubernetes cluster/nodepool; *ACTIVE* Resource state ACTIVE - relevant for Kubernetes cluster/nodepool; *FAILED* Resource state FAILED - relevant for Kubernetes cluster/nodepool; *SUSPENDED* Resource state SUSPENDED - relevant for Kubernetes cluster/nodepool; *FAILED_SUSPENDED* Resource state FAILED_SUSPENDED - relevant for Kubernetes cluster; *UPDATING* Resource state UPDATING - relevant for Kubernetes cluster/nodepool; *FAILED_UPDATING* Resource state FAILED_UPDATING - relevant for Kubernetes cluster/nodepool; *DESTROYING* Resource state DESTROYING - relevant for Kubernetes cluster; *FAILED_DESTROYING* Resource state FAILED_DESTROYING - relevant for Kubernetes cluster/nodepool; *TERMINATED* Resource state TERMINATED - relevant for Kubernetes cluster/nodepool; *HIBERNATING* Resource state HIBERNATING - relevant for Kubernetes cluster/nodepool; *FAILED_HIBERNATING* Resource state FAILED_HIBERNATING - relevant for Kubernetes cluster/nodepool; *MAINTENANCE* Resource state MAINTENANCE - relevant for Kubernetes cluster/nodepool; *FAILED_HIBERNATING* Resource state FAILED_HIBERNATING - relevant for Kubernetes cluster/nodepool.","readOnly":true,"enum":["AVAILABLE","INACTIVE","BUSY","DEPLOYING","ACTIVE","FAILED","SUSPENDED","FAILED_SUSPENDED","UPDATING","FAILED_UPDATING","DESTROYING","FAILED_DESTROYING","TERMINATED","HIBERNATING","FAILED_HIBERNATING","MAINTENANCE","FAILED_MAINTENANCE","UNKNOWN"]}}},"PrivateCrossConnectProperties":{"type":"object","properties":{"name":{"type":"string","description":"The name of the Cross Connect."},"description":{"type":"string","description":"Human-readable description of the Cross Connect."},"peers":{"type":"array","description":"Read-Only attribute. Lists LAN's connected to this Cross Connect.","readOnly":true,"items":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/Peer"}},"connectableDatacenters":{"type":"array","description":"Read-Only attribute. Lists data centers that can be connected to this Cross Connect. If the Cross Connect is not connected to any LANs, it lists all VDCs the user has access to. Once one LAN is connected to the Cross Connect, only LANs of the related locations can be used.","readOnly":true,"items":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/ConnectableDatacenter"}}}},"Peer":{"type":"object","properties":{"id":{"type":"string","description":"Identifier of the LAN connected to the Cross Connect."},"name":{"type":"string","description":"Name of the LAN connected to the Cross Connect."},"datacenterId":{"type":"string","description":"Identifier of the virtual data center connected to the Cross Connect."},"datacenterName":{"type":"string","description":"Name of the virtual data center connected to the Cross Connect."},"location":{"type":"string","description":"Location of the virtual data center connected to the Cross Connect."}}},"ConnectableDatacenter":{"type":"object","properties":{"id":{"type":"string","description":"Identifier of the virtual data center that can be connected to the Cross Connect."},"name":{"type":"string","description":"Name of the virtual data center that can be connected to the Cross Connect."},"location":{"type":"string","description":"Location of the virtual data center that can be connected to the Cross Connect."}}},"Error":{"type":"object","properties":{"httpStatus":{"type":"integer","description":"HTTP status code of the operation.","format":"int32","readOnly":true},"messages":{"type":"array","items":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/ErrorMessage"}}}},"ErrorMessage":{"type":"object","properties":{"errorCode":{"type":"string","description":"Application internal error code.","readOnly":true},"message":{"type":"string","description":"A human-readable message.","readOnly":true}}}}},"paths":{"/pccs":{"post":{"tags":["Cross Connects"],"summary":"Create a Cross Connect","description":"Creates a Cross-Connect. Only contract owners, administrators and users with createPcc user privilege can create a cross connect. Please note that connecting a LAN to a cross connect is to be done via the /lan endpoint.","operationId":"pccsPost","parameters":[{"name":"pretty","in":"query","description":"Controls whether the response is pretty-printed (with indentations and new lines).","schema":{"type":"boolean","default":true}},{"name":"depth","in":"query","description":"Controls the detail depth of the response objects. \nGET /datacenters/[ID]\n\t- depth=0: Only direct properties are included; children (servers and other elements) are not included.\n\t- depth=1: Direct properties and children references are included.\n\t- depth=2: Direct properties and children properties are included.\n\t- depth=3: Direct properties and children properties and children's children are included.\n\t- depth=... and so on","schema":{"maximum":10,"minimum":0,"type":"integer","format":"int32","default":0}},{"name":"X-Contract-Number","in":"header","description":"Users with multiple contracts must provide the contract number, for which all API requests are to be executed.","schema":{"type":"integer","format":"int32"}}],"requestBody":{"description":"The Cross Connect to create.","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/PrivateCrossConnect"}}},"required":true},"responses":{"202":{"description":"Successful operation","headers":{"X-RateLimit-Remaining":{"description":"The number of requests that can still be made without triggering a failure response.","schema":{"type":"integer","format":"int32"}},"X-RateLimit-Limit":{"description":"The average number of requests per minute allowed.","schema":{"type":"integer","format":"int32"}},"X-RateLimit-Burst":{"description":"The maximum number of concurrent API requests allowed.","schema":{"type":"integer","format":"int32"}},"Location":{"description":"Callback URL to poll async operation status.","schema":{"pattern":"https://[apiBaseUri]/requests/[requestId]/status","type":"string"}}},"content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/PrivateCrossConnect"}}}},"default":{"description":"Any erroneous status code: 400 (parse error), 401 (auth error), 402 (trial access), 403 (insufficient privileges), 404 (not found), 405 (unsupported HTTP method), 415 (unsupported content type, 422 (validation error), 429 (request rate limit exceeded), 500 (server error), or 503 (maintenance).","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/Error"}}}}}}}}} ``` --- # Agent Instructions This documentation is published with GitBook. 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