Direct Link CLI change log

Learn about recent changes, improvements, and updates for the IBM Cloud Direct Link CLI plug-in (ibmcloud dl). Changes to existing CLI versions are compatible with existing client applications.

To learn about general updates and improvements to Direct Link offerings, see the Release notes for Direct Link.

17 June 2025

MACsec support for Direct Link Dedicated

New commands:

07 March 2024

VLAN tagging support for Direct Link Dedicated

Updated commands:

06 July 2023

Route report enhancements: Shows new route report fields for advertised routes and AS path.

16 March 2023

BGP route filter support

New commands:

Export route filters

View details of an export route filter by ID - export-route-filter, erf
List all export route filters - export-route-filters, erfs
Create an export route filter - export-route-filter-create, erfc
Delete an export route filter - export-route-filter-delete, erfd
Replace all export route filters - export-route-filter-replace, erfr
Update an export route filter - export-route-filter-update, erfu

Import route filters

View details of an import route filter by ID - import-route-filter, irf
List all export route filters - import-route-filters, irfs
Create an export route filter - import-route-filter-create, irfc
Delete an export route filter - import-route-filter-delete, irfd
Replace all export route filters - import-route-filter-replace, irfr
Update an export route filter - import-route-filter-update, irfu

21 September 2022

BGP AS prepend support

Support AS prepend information as part of the --file option.

Create a Connect gateway - connect-gateway-create, conn-gwc
Create a Dedicated gateway - dedicated-gateway-create, ded-gwc
Approve a gateway change request - gateway-change-approve, gwca

Route report support

New commands:

View details of a route report - route-report, rr
Create a route report - route-report-create, rrc
Delete a route report - route-report-delete, rrd
List all route reports - route-reports, rrs