Fabric API Release Notes

Only releases from the past two years are posted.

• October 2024 R2024.5 Release Notes
• August 2024 R2024.4 Release notes
• June 2024 R2024.3 Release notes
• April 2024 R2024.2 Release notes
• February 2024 R2024.1 Release notes
• December 2023 R2023.6 Release notes
• October 2023 R2023.5 Release notes
• August 2023 R2023.4 Release notes
• June 2023 R2023.3 Release notes
• April 2023 R2023.2 Release notes

October 2024 R2024.5 Release Notes

Release Overview

Release date: October 21st, 2024

Ports APIs:

• Added new fields physicalPortsSpeed, physicalPortsType, and connectivitySourceType to Ports APIs.

  • Get All Ports
  • Get Specified Port
  • Search Ports

Service Tokens:

• Added new objects virtualDevice, interface, and network to support Network and Virtual Device Token Management.

  • Create Service Token
  • Get All Service Tokens
  • Get Specified Service Token

Received and Advertised Routes:

• Added new APIs to allow users to search Retrieved and Advertised Routes for connection.

  • Search Received Routes for Connection
  • Search Advertised Routes for Connection

• Added a new API to allow users to find Routing Table Management Requests by Action Id.

  • Get Management Tables Management Request by Id

• Added a new API to allow users to search through routing tables management actions requests.

  • Search Routing Tables Management Requests

• Updated Manage Routing Tables API to allow users to see all the prefixes learned via BGP and the prefixes that FCR is sending via BGP.

  • Manage Routing Tables

Routing Protocol APIs:

• Added a new field "routesMax" to set the maximum number of IPv4/IPv6 prefixes (routes) that a connection will receive/accept from a peer router.

  • Create Routing Protocol Instance
  • Create Routing Protocol Instances
  • Get Specified Routing Protocol Instance
  • Get All Routing Protocol Instances
  • Replace Routing Protocol Instance

August 2024 R2024.4 Release Notes

Release Overview

Release date: August 12th, 2024

Routing Protocols:

• Added two new fields inboundMED and outboundMED to influence the routing decisions of neighboring Autonomous Systems (AS).

  • Create Routing Protocol Instance
  • Create Routing Protocol Instances
  • Get Specified Routing Protocol Instance
  • Get All Routing Protocol Instances
  • Replace Routing Protocol Instance

Manage Connection API:

• Enabled a new type CONNECTION_PROVIDER_BANDWIDTH_REQUEST to allow users to fetch the latest bandwidth from the provider.
  • Manage Connection

Routing Protocols:

• Added a new field asOverrideEnabled to help users define the optional AS override policy (defaults to false/off). The policy is applied to one or more IPv4 and/or IPv6 peering sessions as an outbound route map.

  • Create Routing Protocol Instance
  • Create Routing Protocol Instances
  • Get Specified Routing Protocol Instance
  • Get All Routing Protocol Instances
  • Replace Routing Protocol Instance

June 2024 R2024.3 Release Notes

Release Overview

Release date: June 10th, 2024

Route Filter APIs:

• Added two new Route Filter APIs.

  • Patch Route Filter
  • Attach Route Filter To Connection

Route Filter Rules APIs:

• Added two new Route Filter Rules APIs.

  • Patch Route Filter Rule
  • Replace Route Filter Rule |

Port APIs:

• Added a new API to delete a specific port, Delete Specified Port |

April 2024 R2024.2 Release Notes

Release Overview

Release date: April 15th, 2024

Route Filter Rules APIs:

• Added new Route Filter Rules APIs.

  • Get Route Filter Rules
  • Create Route Filter Rule
  • Get Route Filter Rule
  • Delete Route Filter Rule
  • Create Route Filter Rules

• Route Filter APIs:

• Added new Route Filter APIs.

  • Get Route Filters With Connection
  • Get Route Filter With Connection
  • Delete Route Filter With Connection
  • Create Route Filter
  • Get Route Filter
  • Delete Route Filter
  • Get Connections of Route Filter
  • Search Route Filters

• Routing Protocols:

• Added a new field outboundASPrependCount to prepend FCR's ASN toward IPv4/IPv6 BGP peer.

  • Create Routing Protocol Instance
  • Create Routing Protocol Instances
  • Get Specified Routing Protocol Instance
  • Get All Routing Protocol Instances
  • Replace Routing Protocol Instance
  • Update Routing Protocol
  • Get All Routing Protocol Change Requests
  • Get Specified Routing Protocol Change Request
  • Delete Routing Protocol Instance |

Routing Protocols:

• Added a new object operation with two new fields, operationalStatus and opStatusChangedAt, to display the BGP connection state.
  • Get Specified Routing Protocol Instance
  • Get All Routing Protocol Instances

February 2024 R2024.1 Release Notes

Release Overview

Release date: February 16th, 2024

• Equinix Fabric API specification on SwaggerHub

• Equinix Fabric v4 API reference guide

December 2023 R2023.6 Release Notes

Release Overview

Release date: December 11th, 2023

Constraining Connection Traffic:

• Added the geoScope field to metro APIs and affected Use Cases. This will help users constrain network traffic within a geographic boundary.

  • Get All Metros
  • Get Specified Metro
  • Connect to Myself

Precision Time APIs:

• Added four Precision Time APIs to allow users to integrate the service with their systems programmatically.

  • Get Time Service
  • Delete Time Service
  • Patch Time Service
  • Create Time Service

Service Token APIs:

• We now accept VxLAN link protocol type. Here are the affected APIs:

  • Create Service Token
  • Get All Service Tokens
  • Get Specified Service Token
  • Update Service Token
  • Delete Service Token
  • Search for Service Tokens

• Port APIs:

• Added the uuid field to the following APIs to allow users to see the unique Id of the Switch port.

  • Get All Ports
  • Get Specified Port

October 2023 R2023.5 Release Notes

Release Overview

Release date: October 14th, 2023

Routing Protocol APIs:

• Added a new API to validate subnet: Validate Subnet

Port APIs:

• Added a new API to search for ports: Search Ports

Cloud Router APIs:

• Added distinctIpv4PrefixesCount and distinctIpv6PrefixesCount fields to Get Specified Cloud Router

August 2023 R2023.4 Release Notes

Release Overview

Release date: August 14th, 2023

Ports APIs:

• Added projectId to the following APIs:

  • Create Port
  • Create Pair of Redundant Ports
  • Get All Ports
  • Get Specified Port

June 2023 R2023.3 Release Notes

Release Overview

Release date: June 12th, 2023

Metros APIs:

• Added fields localVCBandwidthMax and remoteVCBandwidthMax to the following APIs:

  • Get All Metros
  • Get Metros by Metro Code
  • Get All Subscriber Metros

Ports APIs:

• Added a new API to add physical ports to virtual ports: Add Physical Ports to Virtual Port

April 2023 R2023.2 Release Notes

Release Overview

Release date: April 10th, 2023

Ports APIs:

• Added new API: Get Used Vlans

Routing Protocol APIs :

• Added three new APIs to clear/reset BGP and get BGP actions.

  • Clear or reset BGP
  • Get BGP Actions

Event APIs:

• Added two new Event APIs.

  • Get Events
  • Get Specified Event

Fabric Gateway APIs:

• Added maxConnLimit, maxGwLimit, and maxBwLimit fields to Get All Fabric Gateway Packages and Get Specified Fabric Gateway Package.