Updated on 2023-10-23 GMT+08:00

Procedure

Prerequisites

  • Cloud side
    • A VPC has been created. For details about how to create a VPC, see Creating a VPC and Subnet.
    • Security group rules have been configured for the VPC, and ECSs can communicate with other devices on the cloud. For details about how to configure security group rules, see Security Group Rules.
  • Data center side
    • IPsec has been configured on the VPN device in the on-premises data center. For details, see Administrator Guide.

Procedure

Huawei Cloud VPNs support static routing mode, BGP routing mode, and policy-based mode. The following uses the static routing mode as an example.

  1. Log in to the Huawei Cloud console.
  2. Click Service List and choose Networking > Virtual Private Network.
  3. Configure a VPN gateway.

    1. Choose Virtual Private Network > Enterprise – VPN Gateways, and click Buy VPN Gateway.
    2. Set parameters as prompted.

      Table 1 only describes the key parameters for creating a VPN gateway.

      Table 1 VPN gateway parameters

      Parameter

      Description

      Value

      Name

      Name of a VPN gateway.

      vpngw-001

      Network Type

      Select Public network.

      Public network

      Associate With

      Select VPC.

      If the VPN gateway is associated with an enterprise router, select Enterprise Router.

      VPC

      VPC

      Huawei Cloud VPC that the on-premises data center needs to access.

      vpc-001(192.168.0.0/16)

      Interconnection Subnet

      This subnet is used for communication between the VPN gateway and VPC. Ensure that the selected interconnection subnet has four or more assignable IP addresses.

      192.168.2.0/24

      Local Subnet

      This parameter is available only when Associate With is set to VPC.

      • Enter CIDR block

        Enter the subnet that needs to access the on-premises data center. The subnet can belong to the associated VPC or not.

      • Select subnet

        Select a subnet that belongs to the associated VPC and needs to access the on-premises data center.

      192.168.0.0/24,192.168.1.0/24

      BGP ASN

      BGP AS number.

      64512

      HA Mode

      Select Active/Standby.

      Active/Standby

      Active EIP

      Active EIP used by the VPN gateway to access the on-premises data center.

      1.1.1.2

      Standby EIP

      Standby EIP used by the VPN gateway to access the on-premises data center.

      2.2.2.2

  4. Configure customer gateways.

    1. Choose Virtual Private Network > Enterprise – Customer Gateways, and click Create Customer Gateway.
    2. Set parameters for the first customer gateway.

      Table 2 only describes the key parameters for creating a customer gateway.

      Table 2 Description of customer gateway parameters

      Parameter

      Description

      Value

      Name

      Name of a customer gateway.

      cgw-ar01

      Routing Mode

      Select Static.

      Static

      Gateway IP Address

      IP address used by the customer gateway to communicate with the Huawei Cloud VPN gateway.

      Ensure that UDP port 4500 is permitted on the customer gateway device in the on-premises data center.

      1.1.1.1

    3. Set parameters for the second customer gateway.

      Table 3 only describes the key parameters for creating a customer gateway.

      Table 3 Parameters for the second customer gateway

      Parameter

      Description

      Value

      Name

      Name of a customer gateway.

      cgw-ar02

      Routing Mode

      Select Static.

      Static

      Gateway IP Address

      IP address used by the customer gateway to communicate with the Huawei Cloud VPN gateway.

      Ensure that UDP port 4500 is permitted on the customer gateway device in the on-premises data center.

      2.2.2.1

  5. Configure VPN connections.

    1. Choose Virtual Private Network > Enterprise – VPN Connections, and click Buy VPN Connection.
    2. Set parameters for VPN connection 1 and click Submit.

      Table 4 only describes the key parameters for creating a VPN connection.

      Table 4 Parameter settings for VPN connection 1

      Parameter

      Description

      Value

      Name

      Name of a VPN connection.

      vpn-001

      VPN Gateway

      VPN gateway for which the VPN connection is created.

      vpngw-001

      Gateway IP Address

      Active EIP bound to the VPN gateway.

      1.1.1.2

      Customer Gateway

      Name of a customer gateway.

      cgw-ar01

      VPN Type

      Select Static routing.

      Static routing

      Customer Subnet

      Subnet in the on-premises data center that needs to access the VPC on Huawei Cloud.

      • A customer subnet cannot be included in any local subnet or any subnet of the VPC to which the VPN gateway is attached.
      • Reserved VPC CIDR blocks such as 100.64.0.0/10 and 214.0.0.0/8 cannot be used as customer subnets.

      172.16.0.0/16

      Interface IP Address Assignment

      • Manually specify

        In this example, select Manually specify.

      • Automatically assign

      Manually specify

      Local Tunnel Interface IP Address

      Tunnel interface IP address configured on the VPN gateway.

      169.254.70.1

      Customer Tunnel Interface IP Address

      Tunnel interface IP address configured on the customer gateway device.

      169.254.70.2

      Link Detection

      Whether to enable route reachability detection in multi-link scenarios. When NQA is enabled, ICMP packets are sent for detection and your device needs to respond to these ICMP packets.

      NQA enabled

      PSK, Confirm PSK

      The value must be the same as the PSK configured on the customer gateway device.

      Test@123

      Policy Settings

      The policy settings must be the same as those on the customer gateway device.

      Default

    3. Create VPN connection 2.

      For VPN connection 2, you are advised to use the same parameter settings as VPN connection 1, except the parameters listed in the following table.

      Table 5 Parameter settings for VPN connection 2

      Parameter

      Description

      Value

      Name

      Name of a VPN connection.

      vpn-002

      Gateway IP Address

      Standby EIP bound to the VPN gateway.

      2.2.2.2

      Customer Gateway

      Name of a customer gateway.

      cgw-ar02

      Local Tunnel Interface IP Address

      Tunnel IP address of the VPN gateway.

      169.254.71.1

      Customer Tunnel Interface IP Address

      Tunnel IP address of the customer gateway.

      169.254.71.2

  6. Configure the customer gateway device.

    The configuration procedures may vary according to the type of the customer gateway device. For details, see Administrator Guide.

Verification

  • About 5 minutes later, check states of the VPN connections.

    Choose Virtual Private Network > Enterprise – VPN Connections. The states of the two VPN connections are both Available.

  • Verify that servers in the on-premises data center and ECSs in the Huawei Cloud VPC subnet can ping each other.