---
type: resource-type
title: LocationEFS
description: aws resource type AWS::DataSync::LocationEFS
name: LocationEFS
lexicon: aws
resource_type: AWS::DataSync::LocationEFS
---
`AWS::DataSync::LocationEFS`, a resource type of the aws lexicon.

## Properties

- `Ec2Config` (`LocationEFS_Ec2Config`, required)
- `AccessPointArn` (`string`, optional): The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) for the Amazon EFS Access point that DataSync uses when accessing the EFS file system.
- `EfsFilesystemArn` (`string`, optional): The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) for the Amazon EFS file system.
- `FileSystemAccessRoleArn` (`string`, optional): The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the AWS IAM role that the DataSync will assume when mounting the EFS file system.
- `InTransitEncryption` (`"NONE" | "TLS1_2"`, optional): Protocol that is used for encrypting the traffic exchanged between the DataSync Agent and the EFS file system.
- `LocationArn` (`string`, optional): The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the Amazon EFS file system location that is created.
- `LocationUri` (`string`, optional): The URL of the EFS location that was described.
- `Subdirectory` (`string`, optional): A subdirectory in the location's path. This subdirectory in the EFS file system is used to read data from the EFS source location or write data to the EFS destination.
- `Tags` (`LocationEFS_Tag[]`, optional): An array of key-value pairs to apply to this resource.

## Attributes

- `LocationArn`
- `LocationUri`