Updated on 2025-08-19 GMT+08:00

Configuration on the Alibaba Cloud Console

Prerequisites

A VPC and its subnets have been created on Alibaba Cloud.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the Alibaba Cloud console.
  2. Choose Products and Services > Network & CDN > Hybrid cloud-network > VPN Gateway.
  3. Configure a VPN gateway.

    1. Choose VPN > VPN Gateways and click Buy VPN Gateway.
    2. Set parameters as prompted.

      Table 1 describes the VPN gateway parameters. For other parameters, use their default settings.

      Table 1 Key parameters for creating a VPN gateway

      Parameter

      Description

      Value

      InstanceName

      Name of a VPN gateway.

      vpngw-ali

      Region.

      Regions are geographic areas that are physically isolated from each other. The networks inside different regions are not connected to each other, so resources cannot be shared across regions.

      For low network latency and fast resource access, select the region nearest to you.

      CN North-Beijing2

      VPC

      Select VPC information.

      vpc-ali

      Bandwidth

      VPN forwarding bandwidth specification.

      5Mbps

      IPsec-VPN

      -

      Enabled

      SSL-VPN

      -

      Disabled

      Billing Cycle

      Specifies the required duration of the VPN gateway.

      One month

  4. Configure a user gateway.

    1. Choose VPN > Customer gateway, and click Create Customer Gateway.
    2. Set parameters as prompted.

      Table 2 describes the customer gateway parameters. For other parameters, use their default settings.

      Table 2 Parameters for creating a customer gateway

      Parameter

      Description

      Value

      Name

      Name of the Huawei VPN gateway.

      cgw-hw01

      IP address

      IP address used by the Huawei Cloud VPN gateway to communicate with the active EIP of the Alibaba Cloud VPN gateway.

      1.1.1.2

      Indicates the AS number.

      BGP AS number.

      The value must be the same as the BGP ASN set in Table 1.

      64512

    3. Configure the user gateway corresponding to the standby EIP of the Huawei Cloud VPN gateway by referring to step 2.

  5. Configure VPN connections.

    1. Choose VPN > IPsec Connections and click Create IPsec Connection.
    2. Set parameters as prompted.

      Parameters of the VPN connection are described in Table 3. For other parameters, use their default settings.

      Table 3 Description of key VPN connection parameters

      Module

      Parameter

      Description

      Value

      -

      Parameter

      Name of a VPN connection.

      vpn-ali

      Bind Resource to VIP Subnet

      Selecting a VPN gateway

      VPN gateway

      VPN Gateway

      Select Alibaba Cloud VPN gateway.

      vpngw-ali

      User gateway address

      Select the Huawei Cloud VPN gateway.

      cgw-hw01

      Routing Mode

      Select Destination Route Mode

      Destination routing mode

      Immediately effective

      -

      Yes

      Specifies a pre-shared key.

      The value must be the same as the pre-shared key of the Huawei Cloud VPN connection.

      Set this parameter based on the site requirements.

      Advanced Settings

      -

      Enabled

      IKE configuration

      Version

      The IKE configuration must be the same as the IKE Policy of the Huawei Cloud VPN connection.

      • Version: IKEv2
      • Negotiation mode: main
      • Encryption Algorithm: AES-128
      • Authentication Algorithm: SHA2-256
      • DH group: Group 14
      • SA lifetime: 86400
      • LocalId: 1.1.1.1
      • RomoteId: 1.1.1.2

      Negotiation Mode

      Encryption Algorithm

      Authentication Algorithm

      DH group

      SA lifetime

      LocalId

      RomoteId

      Configure IPsec.

      Encryption Algorithm

      The IPsec configuration must be the same as the IPsec Policy of the Huawei Cloud VPN connection.

      NOTE:

      The NAT traversal function must be enabled.

      • Encryption Algorithm: AES-128
      • Authentication Algorithm: SHA2-256
      • DH group: Group 14
      • SA lifetime: 3600
      • DPD: enabled
      • NAT traversal: enabled

      Authentication Algorithm

      DH group

      SA lifetime

      DPD

      Establishing an IPsec tunnel in a NAT traversal scenario

      BGP Configuration

      BGP Configuration

      -

      Enabled

      Tunnel CIDR block

      The value must be the same as the tunnel interface CIDR block configured in Table 3.

      169.254.70.0/30

      Local BGP address

      The value must be the same as the peer interface address configured in Table 3.

      169.254.70.1

      Local Autonomous System Number

      The value must be the same as the BGP ASN set in Table 2.

      65515

      Health Check

      Health Check

      -

      • Health check: enabled
      • Destination IP address: 192.168.0.10
      • Source IP address: 172.16.0.10
      • Retry interval: 3
      • Retry counts: 3

      Target IP address.

      Private IP address of the server in the Huawei Cloud VPC subnet.

      The value is only an example.

      Specifies a source IP address.

      Alibaba Cloud Private IP address of the server in the VPC subnet.

      The value is only an example.

      Re-execution interval

      -

      Retry Attempts

      -

    3. Repeat the preceding steps to configure a VPN connection for the user gateway (cgw-hw02) corresponding to the standby EIP of the Huawei Cloud VPN gateway.

  6. Configure routes.

    BGP routes cannot be automatically advertised to the VPC. You need to configure a static route to the VPN gateway.

    1. Select Route Table.
    2. Click the name of a route table. On the Route List > Custom Routes tab page, click Add Route.
    3. Set parameters as prompted.
      Table 4 Route table parameters

      Parameter

      Description

      Value

      Destination network segment

      Local subnet of the Huawei Cloud VPN gateway.

      If there are multiple local subnets, create multiple routes.

      192.168.0.0/24

      Next-hop type.

      Select a VPN gateway.

      VPN Gateway

      Next Hop

      Select Alibaba Cloud VPN gateway.

      vpn-ali/xxxxxxxxx

      Publish to VPC

      -

      Yes