--- schema_version: "1" id: eb7f7e65bd7967902d423f2b3b5e9d3dd82257368997710ba1a711cad12cfd13 title: InboundNetworkConnection collection: legacydeveloper version: current locale: en-us portal_url: https://docs.salesforce.com/legacydeveloper/current/en-us/api_meta/meta_inboundnetworkconnection.md canonical_url: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api_meta.meta/api_meta/meta_inboundnetworkconnection.htm source_site: developer.salesforce.com content_type: documentation content_hash: ae134c8a97dc30c133b2c296da1fcd87bc2b52b56a6200d0c1cb6ed09be0d6b7 description: Represents a private connection between a third-party data service and a Salesforce org. The connection is inbound because the callouts are coming into Salesforce.This type extends the Metadata metadata type and inherits its fullName field. --- # InboundNetworkConnection Represents a private connection between a third-party data service and a Salesforce org. The connection is inbound because the callouts are coming _into_ Salesforce.This type extends the Metadata metadata type and inherits its fullName field. ## File Suffix and Directory Location InboundNetworkConnection components have the suffix .inboundNetworkConnection and are stored in the inboundNetworkConnections folder. ## Version InboundNetworkConnection components are available in API version 49.0 and later. ## Fields
Field Name Field Type Description
connectionType ExternalConnectionType (enumeration of type string) Required. Specifies the cloud provider of the connection.
  • AwsPrivateLink
  • DataCloudPrivateConnection (Reserved for internal use)
description string Required. A description of the connection. Maximum of 255 characters.
inboundNetworkConnProperties InboundNetworkConnProperty Name-value pairs that describe the properties of the inbound network connection. Specify a name-value pair for each of the properties.
isActive boolean Required. Specifies whether the connection is active (true) or not(false). The default value is false.
label string Required. A user-friendly label for the connection.
status ExternalConnectionStatus​(enumeration of type string) Required. Connection status. The connection is initially Unprovisioned and moves through the other states automatically after an admin performs a Provision, Sync, or Teardown action. The valid values are:
  • Unprovisioned
  • Allocating
  • PendingAcceptance
  • PendingActivation
  • RejectedRemotely
  • DeletedRemotely
  • TeardownInProgress
  • Ready
## InboundNetworkConnProperty Represents a name-value pair that describes the properties of the inbound network connection.
Field Name Field Type Description
propertyName InboundConnPropertyName​(enumeration of type string) Required. The name of a property used to establish an InboundNetworkConnection. Valid values are:
  • AwsVpcEndpointId—The unique endpoint ID for connections to an AWS Virtual Private Cloud (VPC). The value is read-only when the status is Ready.
  • Region—The region in which the VPC is hosted.
  • SourceIpRanges—The ranges of source IP address allocated to this inbound connection by the Salesforce-managed VPC in your cloud provider.
propertyValue string Required. The value of InboundConnPropertyName. An example of the propertyValue of Region is us-west-2.
The propertyValue of SourceIpRanges is a JSON string that lists the start and end IP address for each range. This example shows two IP address ranges.
[
  {
    "startIp":"10.10.10.0",
    "endIp":"10.10.10.3"
  },
  {
    "startIp":"100.100.100.0",
    "endIp":"100.100.100.15"
  }
]
## Declarative Metadata Sample Definition The following sample definition has the suffix .inboundNetworkConnection. AwsPrivateLink This is an Inbound Connection to make API calls into Salesforce Region us-west-2 AwsVpcEndpointId vpce-02ccb5fac2bacaceb SourceIpRanges \[ { "startIp":"10.10.10.0", "endIp":"10.10.10.3" }, { "startIp":"100.100.100.0", "endIp":"100.100.100.15" } \] true MyInboundConnection Unprovisioned The following is an example package.xml that references the previous definition. sampleInboundConnection MyInboundConnection InboundNetworkConnection 49.0 ## Wildcard Support in the Manifest File This metadata type supports the wildcard character \* (asterisk) in the package.xml manifest file. For information about using the manifest file, see [Deploying and Retrieving Metadata with the Zip File](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.264.0.api_meta.meta/api_meta/file_based_zip_file.htm).