IP VPN On‑Demand support
Lumen® IP VPN On‑Demand is part of the Lumen Network‑as‑a‑Service (NaaS) portfolio, which allows you to create real‑time, layer‑3 network connections between IP VPN endpoints and cloud providers such as Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Oracle after signing up for an account. Connections are billed hourly and monthly and require no long‑term contracts.
Managing IP VPN On‑Demand
Add and manage connections using NaaS Manager (available within Control Center). Follow these configuration guidelines for On‑Demand services to prepare your equipment for adding a connection and to configure VLAN and IP services once your connection is ready.
Add connections
- Configuration guidelines for On‑Demand services
- Adding an IP VPN On‑Demand connection to AWS
- Adding an IP VPN On‑Demand connection to Azure
- Creating an IP VPN On‑Demand connection to Azure Gov
- Adding an IP VPN On‑Demand connection to Google
- Adding an IP VPN On‑Demand connection to Oracle
- Adding an IP VPN On‑Demand connection to Oracle Gov
- Adding an IP VPN On‑Demand connection to a Lumen Hosted Gateway
Routing options for IP VPN On‑Demand
Aggregate and advertise my RFC 1918 routes
Ideal for cloud service providers (CSPs) with restrictive BGP prefix limits like AWS and Google and if most of your prefixes are RFC 1918.
Lumen automatically aggregates network prefixes according to RFC 1918 standards to reduce the number of prefixes sent to the CSP.
Lumen only advertises network RFC 1918 prefixes: 10.0.0.0/8, 172.16.0.0/12, and 192.168.0.0/16.
Note: Aggregates are not injected into your routing tables.
Advertise all routes except those specified
Allows you to control which routes are advertised to the CSP. Check with your CSP to verify any BGP maximum prefix limits before selecting this option, as it could cause issues with your connection.
The provider edge (PE) router advertises all your network prefixes EXCEPT those you append the block community to by default. To deny specific prefixes, mark them in your routing table with the appropriate BGP community.
Blocking communities are assigned per CSP.
- AWS: 6745:8601
- Azure: 6745:8600
- Google: 6745:8604
- Oracle: 6745:8606
Deny all routes except those specified
Optimal for CSPs with maximum prefix limits that require reducing advertised prefixes and your prefixes don’t fall under RFC 1918 ranges.
You can select prefixes to allow by specifying the aggregates below. You can also advertise your network prefixes to the CSP by appending BGP cloud‑allow community 6745:8610 to the prefix in your routing table.
Note: Aggregates are not injected into your routing tables.
IP VPN On‑Demand APIs
Leverage IP VPN On‑Demand APIs from Lumen Technologies to configure, validate, retrieve, and manage your IP VPN connections for Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Provider (GCP), Microsoft Azure, and Oracle.
Getting support for IP VPN On‑Demand
- For issues with IP VPN On-Demand, use the chat in the lower-right corner (within Control Center).
- For issues with active connections, open a repair ticket in Control Center.
