General information
For Selectel products, Dedicated servers; Hardware colocation; 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.
Read more about the standard connection for:
If you want to use a block of your own IP addresses, an Internet channel, control your own traffic consumption, or manage routing information for all products you can select another way to connect to the Internet.
Ways to connect to the Internet
BGP connection
BGP connectivity allows you to use your AS and a block of your own IP addresses for the public network, and dynamically manage your 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;
- for Cloud powered by VMware — EDGE;
- for cloud servers — routing software deployed on the server.
The router raises BGP sessions and terminates subnets.
Announcing PI prefix
Announce PI prefix allows you to use your PI (provider-independent) IP addresses for the public network. At the same time, 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.
BGP connection + anycast subnet
BGP connectivity and use of anycast subnet allows you to use a public anycast subnet from the Selectel range 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;
- for Cloud powered by VMware — EDGE;
- for cloud servers — routing software deployed on the server.
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 connects. Organization of connection on the part of the service provider (clarification of the possibility of connection to Selectel, checking of crossing, payment for communication channels, etc.) is performed by the user.