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Virtual Private Cloud:Create cloud resources in a shared vSwitch as a principal

Last Updated:Sep 21, 2023

A virtual private cloud (VPC) owner can share non-default vSwitches in the VPC with one or more Alibaba Cloud accounts (principals). The principals can create cloud resources in the shared vSwitches. This topic describes how to create cloud resources in shared vSwitches and view shared vSwitches as a principal.

Create cloud resources in a shared vSwitch

You can create cloud resources of different types in the shared vSwitch as a principal.

On the vSwitch page, you can create Elastic Compute Service (ECS) instances, Classic Load Balancer (CLB) instances, and ApsaraDB RDS instances. If you want to create resources of other types, see the relevant topics.

  1. Log on to the VPC console.
  2. In the left-side navigation pane, click vSwitch.

  3. In the top navigation bar, select the region where the shared vSwitch is deployed.

  4. On the vSwitch page, find the vSwitch that you want to create, click Create in the Actions column, and then select the cloud resource that you want to create.

    You can create ECS instances, CLB instances, and ApsaraDB RDS instances. For more information about the parameters, see the relevant topics.

View shared vSwitches in the VPC console

  1. Log on to the VPC console.
  2. In the left-side navigation pane, click vSwitch.

  3. In the top navigation bar, select the region where the shared vSwitch is deployed.

  4. On the vSwitch page, view the shared vSwitches.

    vSwitches shared with you are marked as Shared.共享交换机

View shared vSwitches in the Resource Management console

  1. Log on to the Resource Management console.

  2. In the left-side navigation pane, choose Resource Sharing > Resources Share to Me.

  3. In the top navigation bar, select the region where the shared vSwitch is deployed.

  4. On the Resources Shared To Me page, find the resource share that you want to manage and click the ID of the resource share.

  5. In the Resource section, view the information about the shared vSwitch.

    查看被共享的交换机