Buying an Edge Gateway

Scenarios

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

Edge gateways are supported in the AF-Johannesburg region.

Edge gateways are free of charge, but if there is a change, you will be notified in advance.

Procedure

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

   The Buy Edge Gateway page is displayed.

3. Configure the parameters based on Table 1.

   Table 1 Parameter descriptions

   Parameter	Description	Example Value
   Billing Mode	Mandatory Pay-per-use: a postpaid subscription. You pay for the edge gateway based on the amount of time you use the edge gateway. Your edge gateway is billed by the second, and settled by the hour. If the usage is less than an hour, you are billed based on the actual duration consumed. Edge gateways are free of charge, but if there is a change, you will be notified in advance.	Pay-per-use
   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 (.).	-
   Edition	Mandatory Select the edition of an edge gateway. Basic: A maximum of 2 VPCs can be associated with a basic edge gateway. Enterprise: A maximum of 10 VPCs can be associated with an enterprise edge gateway. Enterprise pro: A maximum of 30 VPCs can be associated with an enterprise-pro edge gateway. The edition of an edge gateway can be changed after it is purchased. For details, see Changing the Edition of an Edge Gateway.	Basic
   VPC	Mandatory Associate one or more VPCs with an edge gateway. You can associate VPCs with an edge gateway to allow resources from the central and edge subnets, and from different edge subnets 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 Next.
5. Confirm the edge gateway information and click Submit.

   The Edge Gateways page is displayed.

6. Check the status of the edge gateway.

   If the status is Running, the edge gateway is purchased.

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, and from different 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.