Configure your Alibaba Cloud resources

Note: This page provides sample guidance. Google doesn't guarantee that this guidance is up to date or that the sample configuration choices are ideal for your use case. For detailed instructions, see the Alibaba Cloud documentation .

After you configure your Google Cloud resources, configure your Alibaba Cloud resources.

For the most up-to-date information about how to create a Virtual Border Router (VBR), see Create and manage a VBR in the Alibaba Cloud documentation.

Create a Virtual Border Router (VBR)

A VBR connects customer premises equipment to a Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) network and allows data transfer between them.

To create a VBR, follow these steps.

Console

1. Log in to the Alibaba Cloud Express Connect console.

2. On the Virtual Border Router page, click Create VBR, and then set the following parameters:

   1. For Physical Connection Interface, select Express Connect circuit, and then select the Express Connect circuit ID from the list.
   2. For VLAN ID, enter the VLAN ID that you used earlier when configuring Google resources.
   3. For Set VBR Bandwidth Value, enter your desired bandwidth.
   4. For IPv4 Address (Alibaba Cloud Gateway), enter the BGP peer IP address of the Google Cloud Router BGP peering.
   5. For IPv4 Address (Data Center Gateway), enter the Cloud Router BGP IP address of the Google Cloud Router BGP peering.

3. Click OK.

Create a VBR-to-VPC network connection

To connect the VBR to a VPC network, follow these steps.

Console

1. In the Express Connect console, go to the VPC Peering Connections > VBR-to-VPC page.

2. Click Create Peering Connection, and then set the following parameters:

   1. For Initiator Region, select the region where you created the VBR.
   2. For Initiator VBR, select the VBR that you created.
   3. For Acceptor Region Type, select Intra-Region if the VPC network is in the same region as the VBR. Select Inter-Region if the VPC network is in a different region.
   4. For Acceptor VPC, select the VPC network that you want to connect to Google Cloud.
   5. Select the I have read and accept the Terms of Service for Express Connect Peering Connections (Pay-As-You-Go) checkbox.

3. Click OK.

Create a custom route in the VPC network

To create a custom route in the VPC network, follow these steps:

Console

1. In the VPC console, on the Route Tables page, click the route table.
2. On the specific route table page, choose the Custom Route tab under the Route Entry List tab.

3. Click Add Route Entry, and then set the following parameters:

   1. For Destination CIDR Block, enter the VPC IP address range in Google Cloud.
   2. For Next Hop Type, select Router Interface (To VBR), click General Routing, and then select the VBR.

4. Click OK.

Create a custom route in the VBR

To create a custom route in the VBR, follow these steps.

Console

1. In the Express Connect console, on the Virtual Border Router page, click the VBR.
2. On the specific VBR page, click the Routes tab.

3. Click Add Route, and then set the following parameters:

   1. For Next Hop Type, select VPC.
   2. For Destination CIDR Block, enter the VPC network IP address range on Alibaba Cloud.
   3. For Next Hop, select the VPC network.

4. Click OK.

Configure BGP peering in a VBR

To set up BGP peering in the VBR, follow these steps.

Console

1. In the Express Connect console, on the Virtual Border Router page, click the VBR.
2. On the corresponding VBR page, click the BGP Groups tab.

3. Click Create BGP Group, and then set the following parameters:

   1. For Peer ASN, enter the ASN that you specified in the Cloud Router on Google Cloud.
   2. If you configured BGP MD5 authentication on your Google Cloud Router BGP peering, for BGP Key, enter the BGP MD5 key.
   3. Click OK.

4. On the corresponding VBR page, click the BGP Peers tab.

5. Click Create BGP Peer, and then set the following parameters:

   1. For BGP Group, select the BGP group.
   2. For BGP Peer IP, enter the VLAN attachment's Cloud Router BGP IP.
   3. If you enabled Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) on your Google Cloud Router BGP peering, check the Enable BFD option.
   4. Click OK.

6. On the corresponding VBR page, click the Advertised BGP Subnets tab.

7. Click Advertise BGP Subnet, and then set the following parameters:

   1. For Advertised Subnet, enter the VPC network IP address range on Alibaba Cloud.
   2. Click OK.