name : create-bgp-peer.rst **To create an IPv6 BGP peering session** The following example creates an IPv6 BGP peering session on private virtual interface ``dxvif-fg1vuj3d``. The peer IPv6 addresses are automatically allocated by Amazon. Command:: aws directconnect create-bgp-peer --virtual-interface-id dxvif-fg1vuj3d --new-bgp-peer asn=64600,addressFamily=ipv6 Output:: { "virtualInterface": { "virtualInterfaceState": "available", "asn": 65000, "vlan": 125, "customerAddress": "169.254.255.2/30", "ownerAccount": "123456789012", "connectionId": "dxcon-fguhmqlc", "addressFamily": "ipv4", "virtualGatewayId": "vgw-f9eb0c90", "virtualInterfaceId": "dxvif-fg1vuj3d", "authKey": "0xC_ukbCerl6EYA0example", "routeFilterPrefixes": [], "location": "EqDC2", "bgpPeers": [ { "bgpStatus": "down", "customerAddress": "169.254.255.2/30", "addressFamily": "ipv4", "authKey": "0xC_ukbCerl6EYA0uexample", "bgpPeerState": "available", "amazonAddress": "169.254.255.1/30", "asn": 65000 }, { "bgpStatus": "down", "customerAddress": "2001:db8:1100:2f0:0:1:9cb4:4216/125", "addressFamily": "ipv6", "authKey": "0xS27kAIU_VHPjjAexample", "bgpPeerState": "pending", "amazonAddress": "2001:db8:1100:2f0:0:1:9cb4:4211/125", "asn": 64600 } ], "customerRouterConfig": "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>\n<logical_connection id=\"dxvif-fg1vuj3d\">\n <vlan>125</vlan>\n <customer_address>169.254.255.2/30</customer_address>\n <amazon_address>169.254.255.1/30</amazon_address>\n <bgp_asn>65000</bgp_asn>\n <bgp_auth_key>0xC_ukbCerl6EYA0uexample</bgp_auth_key>\n <ipv6_customer_address>2001:db8:1100:2f0:0:1:9cb4:4216/125</ipv6_customer_address>\n <ipv6_amazon_address>2001:db8:1100:2f0:0:1:9cb4:4211/125</ipv6_amazon_address>\n <ipv6_bgp_asn>64600</ipv6_bgp_asn>\n <ipv6_bgp_auth_key>0xS27kAIU_VHPjjAexample</ipv6_bgp_auth_key>\n <amazon_bgp_asn>7224</amazon_bgp_asn>\n <connection_type>private</connection_type>\n</logical_connection>\n", "amazonAddress": "169.254.255.1/30", "virtualInterfaceType": "private", "virtualInterfaceName": "Test" } }