Creating a trunk
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Updated at September 18, 2026
Creating a direct trunk
Getting started
Before creating a trunk:
- Select a point of presence. For fault tolerance, we recommend setting up trunks at two points of presence.
- Select connection capacity.
- Select optical transceiver type. Your hardware must have a compatible transceiver installed.
- If you have no equipment at the selected point of presence, arrange with your telecom provider to establish connectivity up to that point.
Via support
Create a support ticket to reserve a port on Yandex Cloud hardware and create a trunk.
Where:
client: Your company name.folder-id: ID of the folder the trunk will be created in.point of presence: Point of presence code.transceiver type: Type of a cross connect transceiver.connection capacity: Connection capacity.
Once the trunk is created, support will communicate to you its ID and allocated port details.
Set up a physical connection
After you create a trunk:
- Get information about the new trunk and save the trunk ID, point of presence, and port details.
The cross-connect to Yandex Cloud equipment must be made by the technical staff at the point of presence. Monitor the status of the physical connection using monitoring. Private and public connections can be created after the physical port becomes operational.
What's next
In your new trunk, you can: