Create a Fabric Cloud Router on AWS Marketplace
Learn how to set up an Equinix Fabric Cloud Router (FCR) on AWS from start to finish, even if you’re new to the platform. Katie guides you step-by-step, starting with signing up for the FCR trial on the AWS Marketplace, where she shows how to locate the listing, complete a brief form, and finalize your account setup using the information provided by AWS and Equinix. Once signed in, she demonstrates how to create a cloud router by selecting a location, entering the subscription key, and configuring the router with the standard trial package. Finally, she walks through creating a secure, dedicated connection between FCR and AWS, showing you how to set up and manage a Direct Connect link seamlessly. By the end, you’ll have the knowledge and confidence to establish a robust connection between your Equinix Fabric Cloud Router and AWS. Learn more about Fabric Cloud Router. 🤝 Join the Conversation: We value your feedback! Drop a comment below with your thoughts, questions, or suggestions for future video topics.
Quick-to-deploy connections for multicloud workloads?
Equinix Fabric® Cloud Router with AWS Direct Connect on AWS Marketplace provides low-cost, quick-to-deploy connections for multicloud workloads. Learn how Equinix & Amazon Web Services (AWS) are making it quick & easy to access multicloud networking services. Check out the press release
Connecting Fabric Cloud Router to Google Cloud Platform
In this video, we'll show you how to connect a Fabric Cloud Router to the Google Cloud Platform. We begin with creating a connection from a Fabric Cloud Router to Google Cloud Platform using our Quick Connect feature. After the connection is submitted, we'll configure BGP in Google Cloud. We'll add the Peer ASNs for both connections and take the IP addresses provided by Google. Then we return to the Equinix portal to configure BGP on the Fabric Cloud Router. We use the Peer IP addresses obtained from GCP and apply these changes to the primary and secondary connections. Then we'll confirm that the routes are active. We'll head to the Cloud Router Inventory and view the Active Routes. Finally, we view the Route Tables on both the AWS and Azure sides of this connection to confirm that we have interconnectivity between three cloud environments using Fabric Cloud Router. Create connections using Fabric Cloud Router in the Fabric portal: https://fabric.equinix.com/
Fabric Cloud Router Policies cant be applied when peering is down
We cant able to apply the router filter policies(RFP) when the Peerings are down on FCR. By the time we apply the Filter policies, all routes learnt from peers are advertised to the other peers resulting in downtime due to loop(unwanted routing). Even if we are quick enough to apply the policies, Fabric backend can only able to process one Filter policy at a time. If you try to apply/save the other policies it gives you an error as FCR is in Transient state. As a best practice we need to have Filter policies enabled first and then turn on the BGP peering to avoid loops/sub optimal routing.Top Blogs - Jan 2024
Hello Community, As a valued member of our community, we wanted to share with you our top-performing blog posts of the month. We hope that these posts will provide valuable insights and information to help you stay informed and up-to-date on the latest trends and developments in the industry. Here are our top five blog posts for the month: Simplify Multicloud Networking With Equinix Fabric Cloud Router Monitor Real-Time Data to Maintain High Availability of AWS Networks How Will Digital Infrastructure Enable Private AI? Enterprises Embrace the Future: Subscription-Based Digital Infrastructure How to Build Sustainable Subsea Cable Networks We would love to hear from you! Have you had a chance to read any of these blog posts yet? If so, what did you think? Did they provide any insights or information that you found particularly helpful? My favorite this month was the subsea cable blog. I've always been fascinated with undersea cables and how our world is interconnected. Cheers, Jantzen
