Installation of OVHcloud Connect Direct from the OVHcloud Control Panel

Objective

With OVHcloud Connect, you can link your company network to your private OVHcloud vRack network, without creating a VPN tunnel through the internet. This will give you a quicker, more stable connection with guaranteed bandwidth.

This guide will show you how to set up the OVHcloud Connect Direct solution via the OVHcloud Control Panel.

Requirements

• An OVHcloud Connect Direct solution
• An OVHcloud vRack
• Access to the OVHcloud Control Panel

Instructions

Log in to the OVHcloud Control Panel, go to the Bare Metal Cloud section and click on Network. Next, open OVHcloud Connect and click on your solution.

Step 1: Associating a vRack

You will need to link a vRack to your solution first. Click the Attach a vRack button and select an existing vRack from the drop-down menu.

A message will confirm the vRack association.

Step 2: Adding a PoP configuration

Configuration

Once you have linked your vRack, two PoP configuration menus will appear. Click the Add a PoP configuration button in the first menu, select L2 from the drop-down menu, then confirm.

The L2 configuration will then be enabled in the PoP configuration menu.

Configuration L3

Once you have connected your vRack, click Add a PoP configuration and select the L3 configuration from the drop-down menu.

You will then need to enter the following:

The PoP configuration menu will then appear.

You can also add a second PoP L3 configuration via the second PoP configuration menu.

Step 3: Adding an availability zone configuration

Configuration

When your PoP configuration is active, click Add a configuration under the AZ configuration menu. Select an availability zone from the drop-down menu and confirm.

The AZ configuration will then begin.

Configuration L3

When your PoP configuration has been set, click Add a configuration under the AZ configuration menu.

Select an availability zone from the drop-down menu, then enter the information required.

You can add additional availability zone configurations by clicking on the + Add a configuration button.

You must also add a routing configuration.

Adding a routing configuration

Click on the (...) button on the desired availability zone then on Add routing configuration.

Then choose the routing type between Static and BGP.

If you choose the type BGP, then enter the required information.

If you choose the Static type, enter the required information:

You can add multiple routing configurations within the same availability zone. The configuration type (BGP or Static) chosen for your first routing configuration will then apply to the next configuration on the same availability zone.

Deletion of vCenter resources

Each resource (PoP or AZ) can be deleted individually, but deleting a parent resource such as AZ or PoP will automatically delete all the subresources.

Recursive removal is slower than sequential removal of each resource.

Deleting a routing Configuration

To delete a routing configuration, click the ... button on the routing configuration to delete, then click Delete.

Deleting a AZ configuration

To delete a AZ configuration, click the ... button on the AZ configuration to delete, then click Delete.

Deleting a PoP configuration

To delete a PoP configuration, click the ... button on the PoP configuration to delete, then click Delete configuration.

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