How-to guides

Interconnect types

• Choose a Cloud Interconnect type

  View a summary of the Cloud Interconnect types and choose the one that fits your needs.

Setting up Dedicated Interconnect

• Overview

  Summary of the Dedicated Interconnect creation process.

• Ordering a Dedicated Interconnect connection

  Order a Dedicated Interconnect connection.

• Retrieving LOA-CFAs

  Retrieve LOA-CFAs for your Dedicated Interconnect connections.

• Testing connections

  Test your Dedicated Interconnect connections before they're usable.

• Getting diagnostics

  View diagnostic information about your Dedicated Interconnect physical connections.

• Duplicating an existing Dedicated Interconnect for redundancy

  Build redundancy for an existing interconnect.

• Creating VLAN attachments

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

• Configuring on-premises routers

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

• Using Dedicated Interconnect connections in other projects

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

• Listing locations

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

• Viewing interconnect details

  View the details of a Dedicated Interconnect.

• Modifying interconnects

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

• Disconnecting networks

  Disconnect subnets from a Dedicated Interconnect connection.

• Deleting interconnects

  Delete Dedicated Interconnect connections from your project.

Setting up Partner Interconnects

• Overview

  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 have been configured by your service provider.

• Duplicating an existing VLAN attachment for redundancy

  Build redundancy for an existing VLAN attachment.

• Configuring on-premises routers

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

Managing Partner Interconnect

• Viewing VLAN attachments

  View details for a specific VLAN attachment.

• Modifying VLAN attachments

  Modify the attributes of your Partner Interconnect, such as its description and capacity

• Disabling VLAN attachments

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

• Disconnecting networks

  Delete VLAN attachments to disconnect networks.

Common tasks

• Enabling multiple VPC networks to access the same VLAN attachment

  Enable multiple VPC networks to access a VLAN attachment.

• Monitoring

  View metrics for your Dedicated Interconnect connections.

Restricting usage

• Restricting Cloud Interconnect usage

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