Binding an Internet Gateway to a Global EIP

Scenarios

This section describes how to bind an internet gateway to a global EIP. When you bind an internet gateway to a global EIP of an ECS, the system automatically lists the internet gateway of the VPC that the ECS belongs to, if there is one.

Prerequisites

An internet gateway has been created for the VPC of the ECS. If there is no internet gateway, create one by referring to Creating an Internet Gateway.

Procedure

1. Log in to the management console.
2. Click in the upper left corner and select the desired region and project.
3. On the console homepage, choose Networking > Cloud Connect.

   The network console is displayed.

4. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Internet > Global Elastic IPs.

   The global EIP console is displayed.

5. In the global EIP list, search for or locate the target global EIP.
6. Locate the target global EIP, and click Bind Instance in the Progress column.

   The page for binding an instance is displayed.

7. Select the region that the instance to be bound is located.

   A global EIP can be bound to an instance in any region.

8. Select the type of the instance to be bound and then select the instance.
9. Select the internet gateway to be bound.
10. Click OK.