Help Center/ Direct Connect/ User Guide/ Virtual Gateways/ Creating a Virtual Gateway
Updated on 2024-09-03 GMT+08:00

Creating a Virtual Gateway

Scenarios

You can create a virtual gateway and associate it with the VPC that you need to access.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the management console.
  2. On the console homepage, click in the upper left corner and select the desired region and project.
  3. Hover on to display Service List and choose Networking > Direct Connect.
  4. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Direct Connect > Virtual Gateways.
  5. Click Create Virtual Gateway.
  6. Configure the parameters based on Table 1.
    Figure 1 Creating a virtual gateway
    Table 1 Parameters required for creating a virtual gateway

    Parameter

    Description

    Name

    Specifies the virtual gateway name.

    The name can contain 1 to 64 characters.

    Enterprise Project

    Provides a cloud resource management mode where cloud resources and members are centrally managed by project.

    VPC

    Specifies the VPC to be associated with the virtual gateway.

    Local Subnet

    Specifies the CIDR blocks of the subnets in the VPC to be accessed using Direct Connect.

    You can add one or more CIDR blocks. If there are multiple CIDR blocks, separate every entry with a comma (,).

    Description

    Provides supplementary information about the virtual gateway.

  7. Click OK.

    Ensure that the virtual gateway is in the Normal state.