- What's New
- Function Overview
- Service Overview
- Billing
- Getting Started
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User Guide
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Cloud Connection Operation Guide
- Permissions Management
- Cloud Connections
- Cross-Border Permits
- Network Instances
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Bandwidth Packages
- Buying a Bandwidth Package
- Modifying a Bandwidth Package
- Binding a Bandwidth Package to a Cloud Connection
- Unbinding a Bandwidth Package from a Cloud Connection
- Changing a Pay-per-Use Bandwidth Package to a Yearly/Monthly Bandwidth Package
- Unsubscribing from a Yearly/Monthly Bandwidth Package
- Deleting a Pay-per-Use Bandwidth Package
- Managing Bandwidth Package Tags
- Inter-Region bandwidths
- Cross-Account Authorization
- Routes
- Monitoring and Auditing
- Quotas
- Central Network Operation Guide
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Cloud Connection Operation Guide
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Best Practices
- Connecting VPCs in the Same Region But in Different Accounts
- Connecting VPCs in Different Regions and Accounts
- Connecting On-Premises Data Centers and VPCs
- Connecting VPCs in Different Geographic Regions
- Connecting VPCs in Different Accounts
- Using a Cloud Connection and SNAT to Enable Private Networks to Access the Internet
- Using a Cloud Connection and DNAT to Enable the Internet to Access Private Networks
- Using a Cloud Connection and DNAT to Improve the Web Delivery Across Regions
- Using a Cloud Connection and a VPC Peering Connection to Connect VPCs Across Regions
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API Reference
- Before You Start
- API Overview
- Calling APIs
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API
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Cloud Connections
- Creating a Cloud Connection
- Querying the Cloud Connection List
- Querying a Cloud Connection
- Updating a Cloud Connection
- Deleting a Cloud Connection
- Adding a Tag to a Cloud Connection
- Deleting a Tag from a Cloud Connection
- Querying the Tags Added to a Cloud Connection
- Querying Cloud Connections by Tag
- Network Instances
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Bandwidth Packages
- Creating a Bandwidth Package
- Querying the Bandwidth Package List
- Querying a Bandwidth Package
- Updating a Bandwidth Package
- Deleting a Bandwidth Package
- Adding a Tag to a Bandwidth Package
- Deleting a Tag from a Bandwidth Package
- Querying the Tags of a Bandwidth Package
- Querying Bandwidth Packages by Tag
- Binding a Bandwidth Package to a Cloud Connection
- Unbinding a Bandwidth Package from a Cloud Connection
- Inter-Region Bandwidths
- Cloud Connection Routes
- Authorizations
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Central Networks
- Creating a Central Network
- Querying the Central Network List
- Querying a Central Network
- Updating a Central Network
- Deleting a Central Network
- Adding a Tag to a Central Network
- Deleting a Tag from a Central Network
- Querying the Tags Added to a Central Network
- Querying Central Networks by Tag
- Adding a Central Network Policy
- Querying the List of Central Network Policies
- Applying a Central Network Policy
- Deleting a Central Network Policy
- Querying the Changes Between the Current Policy and an Applied Policy
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Central Network Attachments
- Adding a Global DC Gateway to a Central Network
- Querying the List of Global DC Gateways on a Central Network
- Querying a Global DC Gateway on a Central Network
- Updating a Global DC Gateway on a Central Network
- Adding a Route Table of an Enterprise Router as an Attachment on a Central Network
- Querying the List of Enterprise Router Route Tables on a Central Network
- Querying an Enterprise Router Route Table on a Central Network
- Updating an Enterprise Router Route Table on a Central Network
- Querying the List of Central Network Attachments
- Removing an Attachment from a Central Network
- Central Network Connections
- Site Network Management
- Site-to-site Connection Management
- Cloud Connection Quotas
- Central Network Quotas
- Central Network Capabilities
- Site Network Quotas
- Site Network Capabilities
- Specifications
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Global Connection Bandwidths
- Querying the Global Connection Bandwidth List
- Creating a Global Connection Bandwidth
- Querying a Global Connection Bandwidth
- Updating a Global Connection Bandwidth
- Deleting a Global Connection Bandwidth
- Binding a Global Connection Bandwidth to an Instance
- Unbinding a Global Connection Bandwidth from an Instance
- Querying the List of Global Connection Bandwidths That Meet the Binding Conditions
- Querying the Tenant Configuration of a Global Connection Bandwidth
- Querying the Line Specification List
- Querying the Site List
- Querying the Line Grade List
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Global Connection Bandwidth Tag Management
- Querying a Global Connection Bandwidth Tag in an Account
- Adding a Tag to a Global Connection Bandwidth
- Deleting a Tag from a Global Connection Bandwidth
- Adding Tags to a Global Connection Bandwidth
- Deleting Tags from a Global Connection Bandwidth
- Querying the Number of Global Connection Bandwidth Tags in an Account
- Querying the List of Global Connection Bandwidths in an Account
- Querying All Global Connection Bandwidth Tags in an Account
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Cloud Connections
- Permissions and Supported Actions
- Appendix
- Historical APIs
- SDK Reference
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FAQs
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Popular Questions
- How Do I Configure Cloud Connect?
- What Can I Do If Cross-Region Network Communications Fail?
- What Tools Can I Use to Test Network Connectivity After All Configurations Are Complete?
- What Can I Do If There Is a Route Conflict When I Load a Network Instance to a Cloud Connection?
- How Can I Modify the Bandwidth of a Purchased Bandwidth Package?
- Do I Need to Create Another Cloud Connection If Network Instances in One Region Need to Communicate with Network Instances in Two Other Regions That Have Already Been Loaded to a Cloud Connection?
- Why Do I Need Cloud Connect If the Network Latency Is the Same as on the Internet?
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General Consulting and Service Use
- What Can I Do with Cloud Connect?
- How Do I Configure Cloud Connect?
- What Are the Differences Between Cloud Connect and VPC Peering?
- What Tools Can I Use to Test Network Connectivity After All Configurations Are Complete?
- What Network Instance Types Does Cloud Connect Support?
- How Many Bandwidth Packages Can I Bind to a Cloud Connection?
- Are the Uplink and Downlink Rates of the Configured Inter-Region Bandwidth the Same?
- Are There Any Limits on the Traffic for Cross-Region Network Communications?
- What Are the Metrics for Traffic Monitoring?
- What Are the Restrictions of Using Cloud Connect?
- Where Can I Add Routes for a Cloud Connection on the Management Console?
- Do I Need to Bind an EIP to Each ECS in the VPCs Connected over a Cloud Connection?
- How Can I Modify the Bandwidth of a Purchased Bandwidth Package?
- Will the Modified Inter-Region Bandwidth Take Effect Immediately?
- How Can I Modify Inter-Region Bandwidth?
- Do I Need to Create Another Cloud Connection If Network Instances in One Region Need to Communicate with Network Instances in Two Other Regions That Have Already Been Loaded to a Cloud Connection?
- Are Network Circuits Physically Isolated?
- Is Cloud Connect an Out-Of-The-Box Service?
- How Can Cloud Connect Offer High Availability?
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Console Operations
- How Do I Configure Cloud Connect?
- What Can I Do If There Is a Route Conflict When I Load a Network Instance to a Cloud Connection?
- How Many Bandwidth Packages Can I Bind to a Cloud Connection?
- What Are the Restrictions of Using Cloud Connect?
- How Can I Apply for a Cross-Border Permit?
- Where Can I Add Routes for a Cloud Connection on the Management Console?
- How Can I Modify the Bandwidth of a Purchased Bandwidth Package?
- How Can I Modify Inter-Region Bandwidth?
- What Tool Can I Used to Test the Bandwidth Rate of a Cloud Connection?
- Will the Modified Inter-Region Bandwidth Take Effect Immediately?
- Bandwidth Packages
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Bandwidth, Latency and Packet Loss
- What Can I Do If Cross-Region Network Communications Fail?
- Will the Modified Inter-Region Bandwidth Take Effect Immediately?
- How Can I Troubleshoot Network Connectivity for a Hybrid Cloud Built Using Cloud Connect and Direct Connect?
- Do I Need a Bandwidth Package for Testing Network Connectivity?
- Why Do I Need Cloud Connect If the Network Latency Is the Same as on the Internet?
- Are the Uplink and Downlink Rates of the Configured Inter-Region Bandwidth the Same?
- Are There Any Limits on the Traffic for Cross-Region Network Communications?
- How Can I Modify an Inter-Region Bandwidth?
- Are Network Circuits Physically Isolated?
- How Can Cloud Connect Offer High Availability?
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Cross-Border Permit
- Why Do I Need a Cross-Border Permit?
- Who Approves Cross-Border Permits?
- How Can I Apply for a Cross-Border Permit?
- When Would I Need to Apply for a Cross-Border Permit?
- How Long Will a Cross-Border Permit Be Approved?
- Why Is Additional Real-Name Authentication Required After I Have Completed Huawei Cloud Real-Name Authentication?
- Can I Modify the Content of the Cloud Connect Cross-Border Circuit Service Agreement?
- Can I Download the Materials for My Cross-Border Permit Application on the Console After I Delete Them from My PC?
- Does Huawei Cloud Need to Sign and Stamp the Seal on the Materials for Cross-Border Permit Application?
- Networking and Cloud Connect Scenarios
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Cross-Account Authorization
- Does the Other User Need to Buy a Bandwidth Package If I Want to Load This Other User's VPCs to My Cloud Connection?
- Does the Other User Need to Create a Cloud Connection If I Want to Load This Other User's VPCs to My Cloud Connection?
- How Do I Load VPCs Across Accounts?
- Can a VPC Be Loaded to More than One Cloud Connection?
- Permissions
- Monitoring
- Quotas
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Popular Questions
- General Reference
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Cost Management
As you migrate more of your services to the cloud, managing cloud costs becomes more important. For example, you may be more concerned with cost management when using Cloud Connect. This topic describes how you can manage costs in terms of cost composition, allocation, analysis, and optimization. Optimizing costs can help you maximize return on investment.
Cost Composition
Cloud Connect costs consist of two parts:
- Resource costs: cost of resources and resource packages, depending on the billing items of Cloud Connect. For details, see Billed Items.
- O&M costs: labor costs incurred during the use of Cloud Connect.

Huawei Cloud Cost Center helps you manage resource costs with ease. However, you need to identify, manage, and optimize O&M costs by yourself.
Cost Allocation
A good cost accountability system is a prerequisite for cost management. It ensures that departments, business teams, and owners are accountable for their respective cloud costs. An enterprise can allocate cloud costs to different teams or projects so that you can have a clear picture of their respective costs.
Huawei Cloud Cost Center provides various tools for you to group costs in different ways. You can experiment with these tools and find a way that works best for you.
- By linked account
The enterprise master account can manage costs by grouping the costs of its member accounts by linked account. For details, see Viewing Costs by Linked Account.
- By enterprise project
Before allocating costs, enable Enterprise Project Management Service (EPS) and plan your enterprise projects based on your organizational structure or service needs. When purchasing cloud resources, select an enterprise project so that the costs of the resources will be allocated to the selected enterprise project. For details, see Viewing Costs by Enterprise Project.
Figure 2 Selecting an enterprise project for a cloud connection bandwidth package - By cost tag
You can use tags to sort your Huawei Cloud resources in a variety of different ways, for example, by purpose, owner, or environment. The following is the process of managing costs by predefined tags (recommended).
Figure 3 Adding tags to a cloud connection bandwidth packageFor details, see Viewing Costs by Cost Tag.
- By cost category
You can use cost categories provided by Cost Center to split shared costs. Shared costs are the costs of resources (compute, network, storage, or resource packages) shared across departments or the costs that cannot be directly split by cost tag or enterprise project. These costs are not directly attributable to a singular owner, and they cannot be categorized into a singular cost type. In this case, you can define cost splitting rules to fairly allocate these costs among teams or business units. For details, see Viewing Cost by Cost Category.
Cost Analysis
To precisely control and optimize your costs, you need a clear understanding of what parts of your enterprise incurred different costs. Cost Center visualizes your original costs and amortized costs using various dimensions and display filters for cost analysis so that you can analyze the trends and drivers of your service usage and costs from a variety of perspectives or within different defined scopes.
You can also use cost anomaly detection provided by Cost Center to detect unexpected expenses in a timely manner. In this way, costs can be monitored, analyzed, and traced.
For details, see Performing Cost Analysis to Explore Costs and Usage and Enabling Cost Anomaly Detection to Identify Anomalies.
Cost Optimization
- Cost control
You can create different types of budgets on the Budgets page of Cost Center to track your costs against the budgeted amount you specified. If the budget thresholds you defined are reached, Cost Center will send alerts to the recipients you configured. You can also create budget reports and specify recipients to receive budget alerts if any at a frequency you configured.
Suppose you want to create a monthly budget of $2,000 USD for using Cloud Connect and expect to receive an alert if the forecasted amount exceeds 80% of the budgeted amount. You can refer to the following budget information.
Figure 4 Basic budget informationFigure 5 Defining the budget scopeFigure 6 Setting a budget alertFor details, see Creating Forecasts and Budgets to Track Costs and Usage.
- Resource rightsizing
Cloud Eye helps you monitor resource usage, identify idle resources, and find opportunities to save costs. You can also identify resources with high costs based on Cost Analysis, and then take optimization measures accordingly.
- Monitor resource usage and evaluate whether the current configuration is more than you need. For example, you can monitor the bandwidth usage.
- Detect idle resources to avoid waste. For example, there may be global private bandwidths that are not bound to any instance.
- O&M automation
Huawei Cloud also provides various O&M products to help you improve O&M efficiency and reduce labor costs. The following are examples of such products:
- Auto Scaling: You can automatically and continuously maintain pay-per-use bandwidths. Use this service when there is a clear distinction between peak and off-peak workloads.
- Auto Launch Group: In just a few clicks, you can deploy instance clusters that use different billing modes, are distributed across AZs, and have different instance specifications. Use this method when stable computing power needs to be quickly delivered and spot instances need to be used to reduce costs.
- Resource Formation Service: Resource stacks with multiple cloud resources and dependencies can be deployed and maintained with just a few clicks. Use this service to deliver the entire system or clone an environment.
- Application Operations Management: Groups of O&M operations can be defined as services to make it much easier to execute various O&M tasks. Use this service for scheduled O&M, batch O&M, and cross-region O&M.
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