Direct Connect Best Practices provide operational guidance for common scenarios, helping you meet various configuration needs such as connecting an on-premises data center to a VPC or enabling interconnectivity between multiple data centers.

On-premises to cloud access

Access methods	Related documentation
Single-link access	Connecting an on-premises data center to a VPC via a single Direct Connect with static routing Connecting an on-premises data center to a VPC via a single Direct Connect with BGP
Redundant-link access	Connecting an on-premises data center to a VPC via dual Direct Connects with BGP (load-balancing redundancy) Connecting an on-premises data center to a VPC via dual Direct Connects with BGP (active-standby redundancy) Connecting an on-premises data center to a VPC via dual Direct Connects with static routing (load-balancing redundancy) Connecting an on-premises data center to a VPC via dual Direct Connects with static routing (active-standby redundancy)
Cross-account/Cross-region access	Connecting an on-premises data center to a VPC across accounts and regions
Accessing cloud services	Accessing cloud services from an on-premises data center

Data center interconnect

Route type	Related documentation
Static routes	Interconnecting multiple data centers via Direct Connect with static routing
BGP routes	Interconnecting multiple data centers via BGP-based Direct Connect

Cloud data interchange

Application scenarios	Related documentation
Inter-region	Accessing cloud services from a data center in another region via Direct Connect and CEN
Intra-region	Exchanging data between CENs via Direct Connect Gateway custom ASN

Data center configuration examples

Application scenarios	Related documentation
Static routing	Configuration examples for on-premises data centers in static routing
BGP routing	Configuration examples for on-premises data centers with BGP

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