Enabling Cloud Desktops to Access Cross-VPC Services via Enterprise Router and Cloud Connect

Scenarios

You can use Enterprise Router to enable cloud desktops to access intranet services in other VPCs. This section uses cloud desktop access to intranet services in the same region and across regions as an example to describe how to use Enterprise Router and Cloud Connect to implement cross-VPC network communication and service access.

Enterprise Router enables an enterprise router to connect VPCs or on-premises networks. It lets you create a central hub network. The robust specifications provide high bandwidth and excellent performance.

Cloud Connect provides both cloud connections and central networks that allow you to quickly build stable, high-speed, high-quality networks that can connect VPCs across regions. It can work with Direct Connect to enable on-premises data centers to access VPCs across regions. With Cloud Connect, you can build a globally connected cloud network with enterprise-class scalability and communications capabilities.

Figure 1 Example scenario

Notes and Constraints

Plan the network properly to avoid network segment conflicts or loopback addresses.

Procedure

1. Log in to the console.
2. Click in the upper left corner and choose Network > Enterprise Router. The Enterprise Router page is displayed.
3. Create an enterprise router by following the instructions in Creating an Enterprise Router.
4. In the navigation pane, choose Enterprise Router > Enterprise Routers. Click the newly created enterprise router to go to the details page.
5. Locate the new enterprise router and click Manage Attachment. The Attachments page is displayed.

   

6. Click Create Attachment.

   

7. Create a VPC attachment, as shown in Figure 2.
   Figure 2 Creating an attachment
   
   

   • If you do not configure a route for the attachment, add the corresponding service route to the VPC route table.
   • If you need to connect cross-region service VPCs, use the central network to connect to the peer enterprise router. Specifically, perform 1 to 7, create an enterprise router in the regions to be connected (ensure that the ASN configuration is unique), and connect the enterprise router to the corresponding service VPC.

8. Click in the upper left corner and choose Network > Cloud Connect. The Cloud Connect page is displayed.
9. In the navigation pane, choose Cloud Connect > Central Networks.
10. Create a central network by following the instructions in Creating a Central Network.
11. Click the name of the created central network to go to the basic information page.
12. Click the Cross-Site Connections tab, and click Assign now. The Assign Bandwidth page is displayed.

    

13. Click Buy Now on the right of Global Connection Bandwidth. On the displayed page, create a global direct connect bandwidth. As shown in this example, create a Beijing-Guangzhou interconnection bandwidth to connect the Beijing VPC where the cloud desktop is located and the Guangzhou service VPC.

    

14. In the navigation pane, choose Cloud Connect > Central Networks. Then, click the created central network to go to the details page.
15. Click the Cross-Site Connections tab, and click Assign now to configure the created global connection bandwidth.

    

16. Click OK. The desktop VPC is connected to the service VPCs in the same region and across regions.