General information
For Selectel products Dedicated servers; Equipment placement; Cloud platform (Cloud servers, Managed Kubernetes, Cloud databases); VMware-based cloud a standard connection to the Internet (public network) is organized:
- Internet channel from data center service providers;
- public IP address from the Selectel IP address pool;
- control of traffic consumption according to the product's traffic consumption model;
- management of route information by Selectel.
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If you need to use a block of your own IP addresses, an Internet channel, independently control traffic consumption or manage routing information for all products you can find another way to connect to the Internet.
Ways to connect to the Internet
BGP connection
BGP connection allows to use its AS and its own IP address block for the public network, as well as dynamically manage its routing information. At the same time, the Internet channel and traffic management (billing) remain on the Selectel side.
You need your own router to connect the service:
- For dedicated servers, a firewall, a hosted router, or routing software deployed on the server;
- VMware-based cloud — EDGE;
- cloud servers — routing software deployed on the server.
The router raises BGP sessions and terminates subnets.
PI prefix announcement
PI prefix announcement allows you to use your own PI (provider-independent) IP addresses for the public network. In this case, the Internet channel and traffic management (billing) remain on the Selectel side.
When a service is connected, a subnet is added for the product and the PI prefix of IP addresses is announced via AS Selectel.
Connection via BGP protocol + anycast subnetwork
Connecting via BGP protocol and using anycast subnetwork allows public anycast subnetting from the Selectel range to be used in different pools.
When you connect the service, your AS is used or Selectel's private AS is allocated.
You need your own routers to connect the service:
- For dedicated servers, a firewall, a hosted router, or routing software deployed on the server;
- VMware-based cloud — EDGE;
- cloud servers — routing software deployed on the server.
The routers bring up two BGP sessions and terminate subnets. Both routers announce the same prefixes.
Direct Connect — physical port
Direct Connect — physical port allows you to organize connection to the Internet from a third-party operator to use your own Internet channel, IP-addressing and traffic management (billing). When the service is connected, a physical port is allocated on the Selectel access switch to which the operator is connected. The user shall organize the connection on the part of the service provider (clarification of the possibility of connection to Selectel, checking of crossing, payment for communication channels, etc.).