Installation of OVHcloud Connect Provider 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 Provider solution via the OVHcloud Control Panel

Requirements

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

Instructions

Step 1: Ordering your solution

Once you have ordered your OVHcloud Connect Provider solution, you will receive an order confirmation via email, along with a service key.

Depending on the provider you have chosen, go to their portal to log in via the link provided in the order confirmation email. Then enter your service key and confirm the order presented to you.

Next, check the activation status of your solution in the OVHcloud Control Panel. To do this, go to the Bare Metal Cloud section and click on Network. Next, open OVHcloud Connect and click on your solution. Your solution's status should have changed to “Active”.

Step 2: Associating a vRack

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.

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 3: Adding a PoP configuration

Once you have connected your vRack, click the cogwheel button in the PoP configuration section 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.

Step 4: Adding an availability zone configuration

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

Select an availability zone from the dropdown 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 BGP type, 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 configuration will then apply to the next configuration in 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, then click Delete configuration.

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