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<note> <p> Amazon Web Services uses this action to install Outpost servers.</p> </note> <p> Starts the connection required for Outpost server installation. </p> <p> Use CloudTrail to monitor this action or Amazon Web Services managed policy for Amazon Web Services Outposts to secure it. For more information, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/outposts/latest/userguide/security-iam-awsmanpol.html"> Amazon Web Services managed policies for Amazon Web Services Outposts</a> and <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/outposts/latest/userguide/logging-using-cloudtrail.html"> Logging Amazon Web Services Outposts API calls with Amazon Web Services CloudTrail</a> in the <i>Amazon Web Services Outposts User Guide</i>. </p>

post/connections

Request body

DeviceSerialNumberstring required

The serial number of the dongle.

AssetIdstring required

The ID of the Outpost server.

ClientPublicKeystring required

The public key of the client.

NetworkInterfaceDeviceIndexinteger required

The device index of the network interface on the Outpost server.

Response

Success

ConnectionIdstring

The ID of the connection.

UnderlayIpAddressstring

The underlay IP address.