Configuring Transit Peering Over Public Network with Edge Gateway

If you have a multicloud environment across Cloud Service Providers, for example, AWS and Azure, you can create Transit Gateway Peering over public network and use the Transit Gateway Peering as a secondary or backup path while the Edge Gateway with Transitive Routing enabled is used as the primary path for forwarding traffic.

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Configuring Transit Peering over Public Network

To create Transit Peering over public network to use as backup path, follow these steps.

  1. Ensure that you have AS numbers configured on both Transit Gateways.

    1. In Aviatrix CoPilot, go to Cloud Fabric > Gateways > Transit Gateways tab.

    2. Select the Transit Gateway in one cloud service provider.

    3. In the Transit Gateway’s Settings tab, expand the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) section.

    4. Ensure the Local AS number is configured, and click Save.

      Make note of this AS number to use later to set AS Path Prepend.
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  2. Repeat Step 1 to set the Local AS Number for the other Transit Gateway in another cloud service provider.

  3. Peer the Transit Gateways.

    1. Go to Cloud Fabric > Gateways > Transit Gateways tab.

    2. Locate the Transit Gateway in one cloud service provider and click the Edit icon.

    3. In Edit Transit Gateway, from the Peer To Transit Gateways dropdown list, select the Transit Gateway in the other cloud service provider and click Save.

      • Both Transit Backbone VNE/VPCs need to match configuration.

      • You cannot peer non-HA Transit Gateway with another Transit Gateway in HA mode.

  4. Set the AS Path Prepend.

    1. Go to Cloud Fabric > Gateways > Transit Gateways tab.

    2. Select the Transit Gateway where you want to set Prepend.

    3. In the Transit Gateway’s Settings tab, expand Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) section.

    4. Scroll down to AS Path Prepend, and select the Transit Peering connection name.

      You can configure per connection or per gateway (all connections).

    5. In Prepend AS Path (Per Connection) field, input the Transit Gateway Local AS Number three times separated by space.

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  5. To view the AS Prepended routes:

    1. Go to Cloud Fabric > Gateways > Transit Gateways tab.

    2. Select the Transit Gateway where you set the As Path Prepend.

    3. Click the Transit Gateway’s Route DB tab to view the prepended routes.

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