Creating a Virtual Circuit
Prerequisites
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Ensure that you meet one of the following prerequisites based on whether you are setting up a public or private virtual circuit. See Peering Types.
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Public virtual circuit: You can advertise only public IPv4 prefixes over this connection. RFC 1918 addresses, if any, are dropped if they are advertised over the connection. Ensure that the public IPv4 prefixes that you want to advertise are registered to you in an Internet Routing Registry (IRR) or Regional Internet Registry (RIR). The BGP session is brought down or disabled if you cross the specified prefix-limit of advertising 200 IPv4 prefixes over public peering or 2000 private (RFC1918) IPv4 prefixes over private peering.
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Private virtual circuit: You can advertise private IP addresses (RFC1918) and extend your remote data center resources that use private IP address without the need to use IPSec VPN or Network Address Translation (NAT). Your IP address are not translated, but forwarded to Oracle as is. The BGP session is brought down or disabled if you cross the specified prefix-limit of advertising 2000 private (RFC1918) IPv4 prefixes over private peering.
You must create a private gateway to use private peering. A private gateway allows you to connect from your on-premises data center to instances on IP networks using their private IP addresses. While creating a private gateway, specify the names of the IP networks that you want to associate with this private gateway. See Creating a Private Gateway in Using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Compute Classic.
Note down the name of your private gateway. You’ll need to select this private gateway while setting up your connection.
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If you are not connecting through an Oracle FastConnect Partner and connecting through Direct Cross Connects, ensure that you have created the cross connects. See Creating a Cross Connect.
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To complete this task, you must have the
Compute_Operations
role. If this role isn’t assigned to you or you’re not sure, then ask your system administrator to ensure that the role is assigned to you in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Classic Console. See Modifying User Roles in Managing and Monitoring Oracle Cloud.
Procedure
If you are connecting through Direct Cross Connects, configure your network edge routers and complete other post-provisioning tasks. See Completing Post-Provisioning Tasks.
If you are connecting through an Oracle FastConnect Partner, contact the Oracle FastConnect Partner account manager to order the connecting service. See Working with an Oracle FastConnect Partner.