Updated on 2024-01-25 GMT+08:00

VPN and Other Services

Figure 1 shows VPN-related services.

Figure 1 VPN and related services
Table 1 Related services

Related Service

Function

Reference

Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)

Allows you to create a virtual private cloud to which your on-premises data center is to be connected.

VPC

Elastic Cloud Server (ECS)

Allows you to create security groups, add security group rules, and add ECSs to the security groups, improving ECS access security.

ECS

Enterprise Router (ER)

Connects an on-premises data center to the cloud through a VPN and Direct Connect that back up each other.

This service is supported only by VPN gateways, but not Classic VPN gateways.

Enterprise Router

Network address translation (NAT) gateway

Allows servers in an on-premises data center to access the Internet or provide services that are accessible from the Internet.

NAT Gateway

Elastic IP address (EIP)

Allows a VPN gateway to communicate with a customer gateway through a public network.

This service is supported only by VPN.

Elastic IP

Cloud Connect

Works together with VPN to enable stable network communications between your on-premises data center and VPCs in different regions.

Cloud Connect

Cloud Eye

Monitors VPN resources and allows you to view metrics.

Cloud Eye

Identity and Access Management (IAM)

Allows you to assign different permissions to different users. It enables fine grained control over your VPN resources.

Identity and Access Management

Tag Management Service (TMS)

Identifies VPNs to facilitate classification and search.

Tag Management Service

Cloud Trace Service (CTS)

Records operations performed on VPN.

Cloud Trace Service