How-to guides

Creating Dedicated Interconnect connections

• Dedicated Interconnect provisioning overview

  View a summary of the Dedicated Interconnect creation process.

• Ordering a Dedicated Interconnect connection

  Learn how to order an Interconnect connection for Dedicated Interconnect.

• Retrieving LOA-CFAs

  Retrieve LOA-CFAs for your connections from your confirmation email or the Google Cloud Console.

• Testing connections

  Test your Dedicated Interconnect connections before they're usable.

• Creating VLAN attachments

  Create VLAN attachments to establish a connection between subnets and your Dedicated Interconnect connection.

• Configuring on-premises routers

  Configure your on-premises routers to establish BGP sessions with your Cloud Router.

Managing Dedicated Interconnect

• Modifying VLAN attachments

  Modify values for existing VLAN attachments.

• Disabling VLAN attachments

  Temporarily disable a VLAN attachment so that it stops forwarding packets.

• Duplicating an existing connection for redundancy

  Build redundancy for an existing Dedicated Interconnect connection.

• Using Dedicated Interconnect connections in other projects

  Create VLAN attachments with connections that are in other Google Cloud projects.

• Listing locations

  View the colocation facilities where you can order a Dedicated Interconnect connection.

• Viewing Interconnect connection details

  View the details of a Dedicated Interconnect connection.

• Getting diagnostics

  View diagnostic information about your physical Dedicated Interconnect connections.

• Modifying Interconnect connections

  Modify the attributes of your Dedicated Interconnect connection, such as its description and capacity.

• Disconnecting networks

  Disconnect subnets from a Dedicated Interconnect connection.

• Deleting connections

  Delete Dedicated Interconnect connections from your project.

Creating Partner Interconnect connections

• Partner Interconnect provisioning overview

  View a summary of the Partner Interconnect creation process.

• Creating VLAN attachments

  Create VLAN attachments to establish a connection between Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) subnets and your on-premises network.

• Requesting connections

  Request connections from your service provider.

• Activating connections

  Activate VLAN attachments that your service provider has configured.

• Configuring on-premises routers

  For Layer 2 connections, configure your on-premises routers to establish BGP sessions with your Cloud Router.

Managing Partner Interconnect

• Duplicating an existing VLAN attachment for redundancy

  Build redundancy for an existing VLAN attachment.

• Viewing VLAN attachments

  View details for a specific VLAN attachment.

• Modifying VLAN attachments

  Modify values for existing VLAN attachments.

• Disabling VLAN attachments

  Disable a VLAN attachment so that no traffic can traverse it.

• Disconnecting networks

  Disconnect your network by deleting your VLAN attachment.

Common tasks

• Enabling multiple VPC networks to access the same VLAN attachment

  Enable VPC networks to access VLAN attachments for Dedicated Interconnect or Partner Interconnect that are located in a different VPC network.

• Monitoring

  View metrics for your Interconnect connections and VLAN attachments.

• Restricting Cloud Interconnect usage

  Restrict the set of VPC networks that can use Cloud Interconnect.