Loading a Network Instance to a Cloud Connection

Scenarios

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

Constraints

• You can only load one network instance to a cloud connection.
• If a VPC is loaded, the associated virtual gateway cannot be loaded.
• To load a network instance in another account, you must ask that account to grant you the permission to load the network instance to your cloud connection.
• Loading 100.64.0.0/10 to a cloud connection may cause services such as OBS, DNS, and API Gateway to become unavailable.

Procedure

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

     Configure the parameters based on Table 1 and click OK.

     Table 1 Parameters for loading network instances in the current account

     Parameter	Description	Example Value
     Account	Specifies the account that provides the network instance. Select Current account.	Current account
     Region	Specifies the region where the VPC you want to load is located.	CN-Hong Kong
     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
     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-A
     VPC CIDR Block	Specifies the subnets in the VPC you want to load and the custom CIDR blocks. If you have set Instance Type to VPC, you need to configure the following two parameters: Subnet Other CIDR Block: Add one or more custom CIDR blocks as needed.	Subnet-A01
     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 a network instance in another account

     Parameter	Description	Example Value
     Account	Specifies the account that provides the network instance. Select Peer account.	Peer account
     Peer Account ID	Specifies the ID of the other account.	-
     Region	Specifies the region where the VPC you want to load is located.	CN-Hong Kong
     Peer Project ID	Specifies the project ID of the VPC in the other account.	-
     Instance Type	Specifies the type of the network instance that needs to be loaded to the cloud connection.	VPC
     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.	Subnet-B01
     Remarks	Provides supplementary information about the network instance.	-

5. Click Continue Loading to continue loading the VPCs that need to communicate with each other. Then click the Network Instances tab to view the VPCs you loaded.