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How to order a DirectCLOUD connection for AWS

Joseph Thorwest Updated by Joseph Thorwest

This article provides a step-by-step guide for ordering our DirectCLOUD connection product for Amazon Web Services (AWS) via our portal and connecting it to an AWS environment.

This guide does not provide an instruction for configuring the service once you ordered it. For this purpose, see Configure / Finalize your AWS Cloud connection.

Guide

Follow these steps to seamlessly add a DirectCLOUD service in AWS using the DE-CIX portal.

  1. Choose your provider
    1. In the DE-CIX portal, start with Add Service and choose Add DirectCLOUD Service.
      A new page appears guiding you through the provisioning process.
      If want to create a redundant connection, you must go through this wizard two times. This increases the reliability of the connection.
    2. On the following page, click on the AWS Icon to proceed and then push Next.
  2. Provider Credentials
    1. Provide the Account number of the AWS environment you want to connect to. If you need help getting this information, click the how-to-link.
    2. Click Next to proceed.
  3. Service Details
    1. Specify the following service details:
      • Cloud On-Ramp Location: here, you choose where to connect to the AWS Cloud
      • Your Metro Area: please specify in which metro we should handover the service to you
      • Bandwidth: choose the bandwidth of the service
      • External reference and Purchase order are optional fields and can be any text.
      • Contract duration: you can choose the duration of the services and get different quotes
    2. Click on Next to proceed.
  4. Check all your values and place your order by clicking the Order button. You can optionally add an additional address for order confirmation.
    Now the order is processing. Once complete, you see an order confirmation and receive an email.
  5. Provisioning
    1. Click on Next to go to the technical part of the ordering process.
      Based on your configuration you can add the cloud VLAN to either an Access port or a Cloud ROUTER. For this example, we connect it to an access.
    2. Click on Add connection details.
  6. Create the primary VLAN
    You can choose to complete this step later if needed. For this purpose, click here.
    1. Specify your Access. This is your access port where you want this service allocated.
    2. Specify how we should hand over the service to you. You have the following options within the VLAN Configuration:
      • Port
      • dot1q
      • qinq
    3. Depending on the chosen option specify the VLAN and VLAN ethertype.
    4. Click Next to finish the service creation.
      The service is created. You are forwarded to your AWS Console, where you must accept the connection.
  7. Accept the creation in your AWS console by pushing Accept AWS Connect.

After some time, our portal shows the success of this step by switching to the Cloud order completed page.

 

You successfully ordered your DirectCLOUD connection for AWS.

For the next step, you have to configure it.

 

Need help? Get in touch with our customer service.

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