Release Notes
Getting started
DE-CIX Access
Overview and technical specifications
Create a new Access or LAG
Monitor your Access
Delete your Access
GlobePEER
DirectCLOUD
Overview and Monitoring
Cloud Connections
DirectCLOUD for Microsoft Azure
Create DirectCLOUD Connection for Azure
How to order a DirectCLOUD connection for Azure
Create or upgrade Gateways for your Azure ExpressRoute
Manage your Azure Cloud Connection
Upgrade / downgrade a DirectCLOUD service for Azure
Change DirectCLOUD configurations for Azure
Delete DirectCLOUD configurations for Azure
Monitoring Azure ExpressRoute uptime
Monitor your connection
Delete your Azure Cloud connection
FAQ DirectCLOUD for Microsoft Azure
DirectCLOUD for AWS
Create DirectCLOUD connection for AWS
Manage your DirectCLOUD connection for AWS
Upgrade / downgrade the connection
Change DirectCLOUD configurations for AWS
Delete DirectCLOUD configurations for AWS
Monitoring AWS DirectConnect uptime
Monitor your connection
Delete your AWS Cloud connection
DirectCLOUD for IBM
Create DirectCLOUD connection for IBM
Manage your DirectCLOUD connection for IBM
Upgrade / downgrade a DirectCLOUD service for IBM
Change DirectCLOUD configurations for IBM
Delete DirectCLOUD configurations for IBM
Monitor your connection
Delete your IBM Cloud connection
DirectCLOUD for GCloud
Cloud ROUTER
Overview Cloud ROUTER
Create / Manage your Cloud ROUTER
Create / Manage the configurations
VirtualPNI
Overview VirtualPNI
Create your VirtualPNI
Order and configure your VirtualPNI between two Accesses
Order and configure your VirtualPNI between Access and Cloud ROUTER
Manage your VirtualPNI
Upgrade / Downgrade your VirtualPNI service
Change VirtualPNI configurations
Delete VirtualPNI configurations
Monitor your VirtualPNI
Delete your VirtualPNI service
Colocation
API
Cloud ROUTER API
Cloud ROUTER Postman Collection
Monitor and Visibility of Learned Routes and Advertised Routes by API
BGP Ingress and Egress Filters Usage by API
Overview IX-API
Quick API Reference
Monitor your services
Account administration
Add new users or subcustomers
Manage user roles and permissions
Multi-Factor-Authentification
Retrieving username and reset password
Delete a user
Customer service and ticket system
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Overview IX-API
This article provides an overview of our IX-API, explains how to use it, and outlines the benefits it offers.
DE-CIX API: Simplifying IX services
DE-CIX offers its customers an API (Application Programming Interface) to easily order, configure and cancel interconnection services. It is based on IX-API, an industry standard developed for provisioning interconnection at Internet Exchanges. It supports fully end-to-end automated processes.
An extensive documentation of how the DE-CIX API works is available at the IX-API website.
The DE-CIX API fully adheres to the IX-API standard.
Designed and developed by AMS-IX, DE-CIX and LINX, the three leading global Internet Exchanges.
How to use the DE-CIX API
The DE-CIX API can only be used by DE-CIX customers. If you want to use it, the following steps are necessary:
- Request an API Key and an API Secret via the DE-CIX Portal https://portal.de-cix.net/api_keys and accept the “DE-CIX API Terms of use”.
- Download the API key and the associated secret.
- Depending on the API version you are using, the API endpoints for your requests are https://api.de-cix.net/api/v1/ or https://api.de-cix.net/api/v2/.
- In order to learn in more detail how to use the API, please have a look at the getting started section on the IX-API website.
Automated processes, cost-efficient and fast
Using the API offers several benefits. It reduces the time for ordering, configuring and cancelling interconnection services from days to minutes. The API is available 24/7/365 and it requires less cost and effort per transaction. As you can use the industry standard IX-API language for multiple Internet Exchanges, implementation costs are reduced to a minimum.
