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Updated on 2024-11-08 GMT+08:00

Quick Access to CNAD - Unlimited Protection Basic Edition

Cloud Native Anti-DDoS Advanced (CNAD) provides higher DDoS protection capability for cloud services on Huawei Cloud such as Elastic Cloud Server (ECS), Elastic Load Balance (ELB), Web Application Firewall (WAF), and Elastic IP (EIP). CNAD Unlimited Protection Basic Edition defends against the DDoS attacks targeting the dynamic BGP EIPs on Huawei Cloud and it provides higher protection capabilities for cloud services. With few clicks on the console, you can enjoy always-on DDoS mitigation on Huawei Cloud.

This section uses an EIP in CN North-Beijing4 (Chinese mainland) as an example to describe how to purchase and use the Unlimited Protection Basic Edition.

Procedure

This section describes how to quickly purchase Unlimited Protection Basic Edition and enable protection. The process is shown in Figure 1.

Figure 1 Procedure

Step

Description

Prerequisites

Register a Huawei ID, enable Huawei Cloud, top up the account, grant CNAD Advanced permissions, and prepare protected objects.

Step 1: Purchasing an Unlimited Protection Basic Edition Instance

Purchase Unlimited Protection Basic Edition in the specified region.

Step 2: Creating a Protection Policy

Create and configure protection policies for protected objects.

Step 3: Adding a Protected Object

Add protected objects to the Unlimited Protection Basic Edition instance.

Prerequisites

  1. Before using Unlimited Protection Basic Edition, register a Huawei ID and enable Huawei Cloud. For details, see Registering a Huawei ID and Enabling Huawei Cloud Services and Real-Name Authentication.

    If you have enabled Huawei Cloud and completed real-name authentication, skip this step.

  2. Make sure your account has enough funds to avoid issues when purchasing Unlimited Protection Basic Edition.
  3. Ensure that the account has been assigned related permissions. For details, see Creating a User and Granting the CNAD Access Permission.
  4. In the CN North-Beijing4 region, create an ECS and bind an EIP to it. For details, see section Purchasing an ECS.

    If you have an ECS that meets the requirements, you do not need to create one again.

Step 1: Purchasing an Unlimited Protection Basic Edition Instance

  1. Log in to the management console.
  2. Click in the upper left corner of the page and choose Security & Compliance > Anti-DDoS Service. The Anti-DDoS page is displayed.
  3. In the upper right corner of the page, click Buy CNAD Pro.
  4. Set the purchase parameters as required, click Buy Now, and complete the payment as prompted.

    Table 1 Parameter description

    Parameter

    Example Value

    Description

    Instance Type

    Cloud Native Anti-DDoS

    Type of the instance to be purchased.

    Billing Mode

    Yearly/Monthly

    You are charged based on the subscription period. This means that you have to pay for a certain period of time in advance.

    Unlimited Protection Basic Edition supports only the yearly/monthly billing mode.

    Region

    Chinese Mainland

    • Chinese Mainland: applies to scenarios where service servers are deployed in Chinese mainland (cross-region deployment is supported). Only dynamic BGP EIPs are supported.
    • Other: applies to scenarios where the service server is deployed in the Asia Pacific region (Hong Kong is supported currently). Only premium BGP EIPs are supported.

    Protection Level

    Unlimited Protection Basic Edition:

    Edition to be purchased.

    Resource Location

    CN North-Beijing4

    Region where the protected cloud resources are located. Cross-region protection is not supported.

    Protected IP Addresses

    50

    The number of protected IP addresses refers to the number of EIPs that can be protected by each CNAD Advanced instance. You are advised to evaluate the number of protected IP addresses based on the number of EIPs of your cloud resources.

    Service Bandwidth

    100Mbps

    The service bandwidth indicates clean service bandwidth forwarded to the origin server from the AAD scrubbing center. It is recommended that the service bandwidth be greater than or equal to the egress bandwidth of the origin server. Otherwise, packet loss may occur or services may be affected.

    Instance Name

    CNAD-test

    Name of the purchased instance, which is user-defined.

    Enterprise Project

    -

    This parameter is displayed only when you use an enterprise account for purchase. Select a value based on the site requirements.

    Required Duration

    -

    Select the required duration based on the site requirements.

    Quantity

    -

    Select the quantity based on the site requirements.

    Figure 2 Setting Unlimited Protection Basic edition specifications

Step 2: Creating a Protection Policy

CNAD Advanced supports many types of protection policies. The following uses the cleaning policy as an example.

  1. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Cloud Native Anti-DDoS Advanced > Protection Policies. The Protection Policies page is displayed.
  2. Click Create Protection Policy to create a policy.

    Table 2 Parameter description

    Parameter

    Example Value

    Description

    Name

    Policy01

    Name of the protection policy, which is user-defined.

    Instance

    Select the instance purchased in 4.

    Target instance to which the protection policy is associated to.

  3. In the row containing the created policy, click Configure Policy. The Policy Content page is displayed.
  4. Click Set under Scrubbing Policy.

    Figure 3 Cleaning policy

  5. Set Traffic Scrubbing Threshold to the value closest to but not exceeding the purchased bandwidth. Then, click OK.

    Figure 4 Traffic scrubbing threshold

Step 3: Adding a Protected Object

  1. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Cloud Native Anti-DDoS Advanced > Instances. The Instances page is displayed.
  2. In the Select Instance drop-down box, select the instance purchased in 4.
  3. Click Add Protected Object. The Add Protected Object page appears.
  4. Select the EIP obtained in Prerequisites, and click Next.

    Figure 5 Adding a protected object

  5. Click OK.

Related Information

  • To obtain DDoS attack information in a timely manner, you can set alarm notifications. For details, see Setting Alarm Notifications.
  • You can view information such as the traffic trend and attack distribution on the CNAD Advanced console. For details, see Viewing Statistics Reports.