Creating a Cloud Connection

Scenarios

To enable VPCs to communicate with each other, create a cloud connection first.

For details about the regions where cloud connections are available, see Region Availability.

Creating a Cloud Connection

1. Go to the Cloud Connections page.
2. In the upper right corner of the page, click Create Cloud Connection.
3. Configure the parameters based on Table 1.

   Table 1 Parameters for creating a cloud connection

   Parameter	Description	Example Value
   Name	Specifies the cloud connection name.	cc-test
   Enterprise Project	Specifies the enterprise project for managing the cloud connection. An enterprise project facilitates project-level management and grouping of cloud resources and users. The name of the default project is default. For details about creating and managing enterprise projects, see the Enterprise Management User Guide.	default
   Scenario	Specifies whether the cloud connection is used to connect VPCs or enterprise routers. If you select VPC here, only VPCs or virtual gateways can use this cloud connection.	VPC
   Tag	Identifies the cloud connection. A tag consists of a key and a value. You can add 20 tags to a cloud connection. For details, see Table 1. NOTE: If your organization has configured tag policies for Cloud Connect, add tags to cloud connections based on the tag policies. If you add a tag that does not comply with the tag policies, cloud connections may fail to be created. Contact your organization administrator to learn more about tag policies.	-
   Description	(Optional) Provides supplementary information about the cloud connection. The description can contain no more than 255 characters and cannot contain angle brackets (<>).	-

4. Click OK.