Creating a direct trunk and a private connection in it

The process of activating the Yandex Cloud Interconnect service can be logically divided into the following stages:

1. Creating a direct trunk.
2. Creating a private connection in the trunk.

Setting up a direct trunkSetting up a direct trunk

In this tutorial, we will set up a direct trunk.

Getting startedGetting started

• See our guides to learn how this service works.

• Contact your Yandex Cloud manager to choose your pricing plan and connection capacity.

• Select a point of presence for the trunk.

  Warning

  To ensure fault tolerance, we recommend setting up trunk links at two points of presence.

• Select the type of an optical transceiver for Yandex Cloud equipment cross-connection in the point of presence. We will reserve a compatible transceiver port for you on the Yandex Cloud endpoint. You will need to buy a compatible transceiver to install on your endpoint.

• If you work with a Yandex Cloud solution architect, discuss with them and agree on a Yandex Cloud Interconnect service setup plan.

Contacting support for a new partner trunkContacting support for a new partner trunk

Create a new support ticket to reserve a port on the Yandex Cloud equipment and set up a trunk.

Follow this request format:

Subject: [CIC] Creating a new trunk.

Request text:
Please set up a new Cloud Interconnect trunk
with the following parameters:

client: My Business LLC 
folder-id: b1g28j9359gi********
point of presence: M9
transceiver type: 10GBASE-LR
connection capacity: 250mbps

I will send the private connection details later in a separate ticket.

Where:

• client: Company name.
• folder-id: ID of the folder that will receive Cloud Interconnect monitoring metrics.
• point of presence: Point of presence code.
• transceiver type: Type of a cross connect transceiver.
• connection capacity: Bandwidth in Mbps.

Support team's response to the your ticketSupport team's response to the your ticket

Once the trunk setup has been completed, the support team will send you the following information.

Support response example:

trunk_id: euus5dfgchu2********
pop: M9
rack: 10th floor, room 30-1, row 11, space 10
unit: 36
port: 18

Where:

• trunk_id: New Cloud Interconnect trunk ID.
• pop: Point of presence code.
• rack: Yandex Cloud equipment location at the point of presence.
• unit: Number between 1 and 45 that shows where your equipment is located in the Yandex Cloud rack.
• port: Number between 1 and 48 specifying the port number for cross connection.

How to write an agreement letter for a point of presenceHow to write an agreement letter for a point of presence

• Download the agreement letter form for the relevant point of presence in .docx format.
• In the form, fill in the highlighted yellow fields, providing information about your company and your equipment location in the point of presence.
• Using the information provided by the support team, fill in the unit and port highlighted green fields.
• Attach the completed form to your open support ticket.
• Within two business days, you will receive the letter of authorization in PDF format signed by Yandex Cloud as an attachment to your open support ticket.

Setting up a cross connect in a point of presenceSetting up a cross connect in a point of presence

Using the signed agreement letter you received, request setting up an interconnect between your equipment and Yandex Cloud infrastructure at the point of presence.

Monitoring the trunk statusMonitoring the trunk status

Use the monitoring service to track when the physical port of the trunk on the Yandex Cloud endpoint transitions to the operational state. If there are any issues, contact support for diagnostics and troubleshooting.

Setting up a private connectionSetting up a private connection

To add a private connection to an existing trunk, create a new support ticket.

Contacting support for a new private connectionContacting support for a new private connection

Follow this request format:

Subject: [CIC] Add a new private connection to an existing trunk.

Request text:
Please add a new private connection to an existing trunk.
Connection settings:

trunk_id: euus5dfgchu2********
vlan_id: 101
ipv4_peering:
  peering_subnet: 192.168.10.0/30
  peer_ip: 192.168.10.1
  cloud_ip: 192.168.10.2
  peer_bgp_asn: 65001
  #cloud_bgp_asn: 200350
vpc:
  vpc_net_id: enpdffqsg8r2********
    vpc_subnets:
      ru-central1-a: [10.60.192.0/21]
      ru-central1-b: [10.60.200.0/21, 10.60.220.0/24]
      ru-central1-d: [10.60.208.0/20]

Where:

• trunk_id: Trunk ID you got from support in the previous step.
• vlan_id: Private trunk connection 802.1Q VLAN-ID. This value is selected by the customer. It must be different from VLAN-ID values of other private connections in this trunk.
• peering_subnet: Point-to-point subnet for BGP peering. This value is selected by the customer.
• peer_ip: Customer endpoint IP address on the point to point BGP peering subnet. This value is selected by the customer.
• cloud_ip: Yandex Cloud endpoint IP address on the point-to-point BGP peering subnet. This value is selected by the customer.
• peer_bgp_asn: Customer endpoint BGP ASN in ASPlain format. This value is selected by the customer.
• vpc_net_id: ID of the Yandex Virtual Private Cloud network for a private connection.
• vpc_subnets: List of IPv4 subnet prefixes grouped by Yandex Cloud availability zones. The resources in these subnets will only be accessible through your private connection. These prefixes will be announced over BGP from Yandex Cloud to the customer endpoint.
• folder_id (optional): Folder to store private connection monitoring metrics. If left empty, monitoring metrics will be stored in the folder you specified when creating the trunk.

Support team's response to your ticketSupport team's response to your ticket

Once the new private connection has been added, the support team will message you its ID

Here is an example of the support response to the request for a new private connection (for reference only):

A new private connection has been successfully added to the trunk.
Connection ID: cf3qdug4fsf7********

Private connection status monitoringPrivate connection status monitoring

• Use the monitoring service to see when your private connection BGP session starts on the Yandex Cloud endpoint.
• The support team will notify you once they finish configuring BGP announcements for the subnet prefixes you requested. It may take up to two business days to configure BGP announcements.
• Check whether the cloud resources are accessible from your endpoint through the new private connection and inform the support team about the results.
• If there are any IP connectivity issues, contact support for diagnostics and troubleshooting.