Loading a Network Instance

Scenarios

Load the VPCs and virtual gateways to the cloud connection based on your network plan.

Constraints

To provide cross-region network communications, Cloud Connect will obtain and transmit your credential and account ID from the Chinese mainland to the country or region where the network instances you want to connect to are running for identity verification and authentication.

The credential and account ID is required only for providing services for you. If you need to use Cloud Connect for network communications, please read and agree to the Cloud Connect Service Disclaimer.

Procedure

1. Go to the Cloud Connections page.
2. Click the name of the cloud connection to go to the Basic Information page.
3. Click the Network Instances tab.
4. Click Load Network Instance.
   • If the network instance to be loaded is in your account that was used to create the cloud connection, select Current account.

     Configure the parameters based on Table 1 and click OK.

     Table 1 Parameters for loading a network instance to a cloud connection

     Parameter	Description
     Account	Specifies the account that provides the network instance. Select Current account.
     Region	Specifies the region where the VPC you want to connect is located.
     Instance Type	Specifies the type of the network instance that needs to be loaded to the cloud connection. There are two options: VPC Virtual gateway Select VPC.
     VPC	Specifies the VPC you want to load to the cloud connection. This parameter is mandatory if you have set Instance Type to VPC.
     VPC CIDR Block	Specifies the subnets in the VPC and custom CIDR blocks. If you have set Instance Type to VPC, you need to configure the following two parameters: Subnet: Select one or more subnets in the VPC. Other CIDR Block: Add one or more custom CIDR blocks as needed.
     Remarks	Provides supplementary information about the network instance.

   • If the network instance is in another account, select Peer account.

     Configure the parameters based on Table 2 and click OK.

     Table 2 Parameters for loading network instances across accounts

     Parameter	Description
     Account	Specifies the account that provides the network instance. Select Peer account.
     Peer Account ID	Specifies the ID of the other account.
     Region	Specifies the region where the VPC you want to connect is located.
     Peer Project ID	Specifies the project ID of the VPC in the other account.
     Instance Type	VPC Specifies the type of the network instance that needs to be loaded to the cloud connection.
     Peer VPC	Specifies the VPC to be loaded.
     VPC CIDR Block	Specifies the subnets in the VPC you want to load and custom CIDR blocks.
     Remarks	Provides supplementary information about the network instance.

   

   • A network instance can be loaded to only one cloud connection.
   • If a VPC is loaded, the associated virtual gateway cannot be loaded.
5. Click Continue Loading if you need to load another network instance. If you do not need to load another network instance now, close the dialog box and view the loaded network instance on the Network Instances tab.