Creating an Edge Gateway

Scenarios

This section describes how to create an edge gateway. Edge gateways and global connection bandwidths can work together to allow resources from subnets in the central and HomeZones AZs in VPCs to communicate with each other through an internal network.

Edge gateways are supported in the AF-Johannesburg region.

Procedure

1. Go to the edge gateway list page.
2. In the upper right corner of the page, click Create Edge Gateway.

   The Create Edge Gateway page is displayed.

3. Configure the parameters based on Table 1.

   Table 1 Parameter descriptions

   Parameter	Description	Example Value
   Region	Mandatory Regions are geographic areas isolated from each other. Resources are region-specific and cannot be used across regions through internal network connections. For low network latency and quick resource access, select the nearest region.	-
   Name	Mandatory Enter the name of the bandwidth. The name: Can contain 1 to 64 characters. Can contain letters, digits, underscores (_), hyphens (-), and periods (.).	-
   VPC	Mandatory Associate one or more VPCs with an edge gateway. You can associate VPCs with an edge gateway to allow resources from subnets in the central and HomeZones AZs in these VPCs to communicate with each other through an internal network. After an edge gateway is purchased, you can associate VPCs with this gateway or disassociate VPCs from this gateway.	vpc-test01 vpc-test02
   Advanced Settings/Description	Optional Enter the description of the edge gateway in the text box as required.	-
   Advanced Settings/Tag	Optional You can add tags to the edge gateway. Tags help you to identify, classify, and search for cloud resources. For details, see Managing the Tags of an Edge Gateway.	Tag key: test Tag value: 01

4. Click Create Now.
5. On the edge gateway list page, view the edge gateway status.

   If the status is Running, the edge gateway is created successfully.

Follow-up Operations

• Mandatory: Associate VPCs with an edge gateway. An edge gateway cannot work independently. For details, see Associating VPCs with an Edge Gateway.
• Mandatory: Create edge connections for an edge gateway to enable resources from the central and edge subnets to communicate with each other through an internal network. For details, see Creating an Edge Connection.
• Mandatory: Bind a global connection bandwidth to each edge connection to enable communications through an internal network. For details, see Binding a Global Connection Bandwidth to an Edge Connection.