Tencent Cloud VPN Gateway

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Access model

vpncloud.tencent.com · read 22 Sep 2026

Admin control level

standardcloud.tencent.com · read 22 Sep 2026

Alerts

Custom traffic alarms can send email and SMS when a metric exceeds its threshold, and monitoring and alarms are free to use.proxy-hk.tencentcloud.com · read 3 Oct 2026

API

The VPN Connections documentation includes an API Documentation section.tencentcloud.com · read 3 Oct 2026

Availability

Tencent states that VPN gateways have 99.95% reliability and use hot standby to switch instances in seconds without reconstructing tunnels.proxy-hk.tencentcloud.com · read 3 Oct 2026

Billing

VPN gateway billing offers pay-as-you-go and monthly subscription; pay-as-you-go instance fees are settled hourly and public network fees are billed by traffic.proxy-hk.tencentcloud.com · read 3 Oct 2026

Encryption

The VPN tunnel uses Internet Key Exchange (IKE) and IPsec to encrypt transmitted data.proxy-hk.tencentcloud.com · read 3 Oct 2026

Free components

Tencent says the VPN tunnel and peer gateway can be used free of charge, while gateway and Internet usage fees apply.proxy-hk.tencentcloud.com · read 3 Oct 2026

Integrations

Tencent lists VPC and Direct Connect as services that VPN Connection can integrate with.proxy-hk.tencentcloud.com · read 3 Oct 2026

Protocols

VPN tunnels support IPsec, and the product documentation lists both IPsec and SSL VPN workflows.tencentcloud.com · read 3 Oct 2026

Purpose

VPN Connection creates encrypted tunnels to transfer data between customer local IDCs and Tencent Cloud resources.proxy-hk.tencentcloud.com · read 3 Oct 2026

Site-to-site networking

Yescloud.tencent.com · read 22 Sep 2026

Support

The VPN Connections documentation offers contact sales and ticket submission for help.tencentcloud.com · read 3 Oct 2026

Supported platforms

webcloud.tencent.com · read 22 Sep 2026

Traffic controls

Gateway traffic controls provide monitoring, visualization and speed limiting at IP-gateway granularity.proxy-hk.tencentcloud.com · read 3 Oct 2026

Use cases

Tencent describes elastic hybrid cloud and in-cloud disaster recovery as VPN Connection scenarios.proxy-hk.tencentcloud.com · read 3 Oct 2026

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