Overview

Private Connect lets you connect your on-premises or hosted infrastructure with one or more private networks from a single Exoscale organization. This guide will show you how to set up Private Connect.

Terminology

  • MAC (Media Access Control)
    A unique hardware address assigned to a network interface for communication on a local network
  • WAN (Wide Area Network)
    A network that spans a large geographic area, connecting multiple LANs
  • MAN (Metropolitan Area Network)
    A network that covers a city or campus, larger than a LAN but smaller than a WAN
  • HSRP (Hot Standby Router Protocol)
    A Cisco protocol that provides gateway redundancy by designating active and standby routers
  • VRRP (Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol)
    An open standard for assigning a virtual IP to multiple routers for gateway failover
  • LCAP (Local Cloud Access Point)
    A physical interconnect location enabling private, low-latency cloud access

Features

Your situation to start with Private Connect can differ depending on where you store your infrastructure. If your infrastructure is collocated in the same datacenter or datacenter campus as the Exoscale zone:

  • The connection to Private Connect can be established via cross connections between Exoscale and your racks/cage within the datacenter. You are responsible for the cross connections setup and costs. Exoscale will provide a location, circuit-ID and letter of agreement (LOA) upon subscribing to Private Connect which let you order the cross connections to the datacenter operator.

  • The connection in Equinix-based zones can be established using Equinix Cloud Exchange to reduce cross-connection costs and Private Connect costs. After you subscribe to Private Connect, Exoscale will provide the ECX information for interconnection.

If your infrastructure is located in a separate datacenter from the Exoscale zone a WAN or MAN connection is required.

Availability

ZoneCountryCityAvailability
at-vie-1AustriaVienna
at-vie-2AustriaVienna
ch-gva-2SwitzerlandGeneva
ch-dk-2SwitzerlandZurich
de-fra-1GermanyFrankfurt
de-muc-1GermanyMunich
bg-sof-1BulgariaSofia

Limitations

The limitations for Private Connect are:

  • 3 MAC Addresses maximum per link
  • Routing element on your side
  • Optical connections only