Best Practices
Typical use cases of Cloud Connect Network are as follows:
- High-speed and stable internal network interconnection between VPCs, for example:
- The deployment of multi-regional businesses in the online education/online live broadcast industry, which requires audio and video systems to be synchronized in real time
- The game acceleration industry requires interconnection of multi-regional internal networks to achieve high-speed and stable intercommunication
- Multi-regional business deployment requires multi-regional disaster recovery
Case Description
A corporate user has offices in Guangzhou, Hong Kong, and Los Angeles, and places some of its business on UCloud. It needs to connect the cloud businesses in these three regions for unified management. The detailed operation steps are as follows:
Pre-opening Checklist
- Confirm that there are VPC instances in the three available zones of Guangzhou, Hong Kong, and Los Angeles. In “Project One”, they are “VPC-GZ”, “VPC-HK”, and “VPC-LA” respectively
- The business involves cross-border, confirm that the cross-border application has been completed
- Plan the intercommunication network segment to ensure that there is no overlap between the network segments
Step One: Create a Cloud Connect Network Instance and Associate Instances
- Enter the cloud connect network management interface in the console
Click on【All Products】—【Network】—【Cloud Connect Network】—【Cloud Connect Network Instances】TAB;
- Create a new cloud connect network instance
Click【Create Cloud Connect Network Instance】, enter the “Instance Name”, and click【Confirm】.
Step Two: Associate Network Instance
The association of network instances can be completed at the same time when creating a cloud connect network instance, or you can enter the network instance page for association later
- Associate a network instance under the creation【Cloud Connect Network Instance】interface, and click【Confirm】to complete creation;
- Click【Manage Cloud Connect Network】on the Cloud Connect Network Instance management interface, select and enter the “Network Instance” TAB page;
Click【Associate Network Instance】, select the “Associated Project”, “Region” and “Network Instance Type” for the network instance to be associated, select the network instance to be associated, and【Confirm】;
| Configuration Items | Description | Configuration |
|---|---|---|
| Project | Select the project to which the instance belongs | Project One |
| Region | Select the region to which the instance belongs | Select Guangzhou, Hong Kong, and Los Angeles respectively |
| Network Instance Type | Select the type of instance to be associated | Select Private Network VPC |
| Network Instance | Select the network instance to be associated | Select VPC-GZ, VPC-HK, VPC-LA respectively |
Step Three: Check the Route Table
Click【Manage Cloud Connect Network】on the Cloud Connect Network Instance management interface, select and enter the “Route Table” TAB page. The related route table information will be displayed on this page, confirm it is correct.
Step Four: Create and Bind the Bandwidth Package
Click【Manage Cloud Connect Network】on the Cloud Connect Network Instance management interface, select and enter the “Bandwidth Package” TAB page, click【Purchase Bandwidth Package】, buy the Guangzhou-Hong Kong, Hong Kong-Los Angeles, Los Angeles- Hong Kong intercommunication bandwidth package.
| Configuration Items | Description | Configuration |
|---|---|---|
| Bandwidth Package Name | Fill in the name of the bandwidth package | Custom name |
| Billing Mode | Choose the billing method of the bandwidth package, divided into fixed bandwidth prepayment and the fifth peak post-payment modes | Choose the payment type as needed |
| Bandwidth Package Type and Intercommunication Region | Select the type of bandwidth package, and the corresponding region can be selected according to the type of bandwidth package | Select Cross-Border- Guangzhou ⇌Hong Kong, Hong Kong ⇌Los Angeles |
| Bandwidth Type | Select the speed limit mode and value for bandwidth up and down lines | Fill in the speed limit mode and upper limit bandwidth value as needed. At present, except for Guangzhou-Hong Kong, all other routes are symmetrical speed limits, Guangzhou-Hong Kong asymmetric export ratio 5:1 |
| Intelligent Path | Choose the type of cross-domain path | Default General Line Current |
| Service Quality | Choose the service level of the bandwidth package, from high to low are diamond, platinum, gold | Choose the service level as needed |
After the configuration is completed, you can preview the bill amount, confirm it is correct and click【Buy Now】, you can complete the purchase of the bandwidth package.
Step Five: Verification of connectivity
Create a resource instance under the network instance at both ends, and ping each other. If the ping is successful, the connectivity is normal; otherwise, the connectivity is abnormal;