---
title: "'Associate an OVHcloud Connect to Your vRack'"
description: "'Find out how to associate your OVHcloud Connect service with a vRack for private connectivity'"
url: https://docs.ovhcloud.com/es/guides/network/ovhcloud-connect/associate-vrack
lang: es
lastUpdated: 2026-06-16
---
# Associate an OVHcloud Connect to Your vRack

## Objective

The **vRack** is OVHcloud's private networking service. To let your OVHcloud resources (servers, VMs, etc.) communicate through your OVHcloud Connect link, associate the OVHcloud Connect service with a vRack.

## What the association does

![What the association does](/images/network/ovhcloud-connect/associate-vrack/fig-1.svg)
When you associate OVHcloud Connect with a vRack:

- Traffic from your external network (on-premises, cloud, WAN) can reach OVHcloud services attached to the same vRack.
- OVHcloud services in the vRack can send traffic back through OVHcloud Connect to your network.
- All communication stays **private** — it never touches the public internet.

## Prerequisites

- An **OVHcloud Connect** service that is active (physical link up or provider connection active).
- A **vRack** service provisioned on your OVHcloud account. If you don't have one, you can create it from the Control Panel (it's free).
- At least one OVHcloud service (server, VM, etc.) attached to the vRack.

Log in to your OVHcloud Control Panel
 and go to `Network
` > `OVHcloud Connect
`.
## Steps to associate

### Via the OVHcloud Control Panel

1. Navigate to <code className="action">Network</code> > <code className="action">vRack</code>.
2. Select your vRack.
3. Click <code className="action">Add a service</code>.
4. From the list of eligible services, find your **OVHcloud Connect** service and select it.
5. Click <code className="action">Add</code> to confirm.

The association is typically effective within a few minutes.

### Via the API


🇪🇺EU▾

[GET/vrack/{serviceName}/ovhCloudConnect](https://eu.api.ovh.com/console/?section=/vrack&branch=v1#get-/vrack/-serviceName-/ovhCloudConnect)

```python
import ovh

client = ovh.Client(endpoint='ovh-eu')

vrack_service_name = "pn-12345"
occ_service_id = "your-occ-service-uuid"

# Associate OVHcloud Connect with a vRack
client.post(f"/vrack/{vrack_service_name}/ovhCloudConnect",
            ovhCloudConnect=occ_service_id)
```

> See the [OVHcloud API Console](https://eu.api.ovh.com/console/?section=%2FovhCloudConnect\&branch=v1) for the complete list of vRack-related endpoints.

### Via Terraform

```hcl
resource "ovh_vrack_ovhcloudconnect" "association" {
  service_name      = "pn-abc123"      # Your vRack service name
  ovh_cloud_connect = "ovhcc-xyz789"   # Your OVHcloud Connect service ID
}
```

> Check the [OVH Terraform provider documentation](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/ovh/ovh/latest/docs) for the exact resource name and attributes.

## Verify the association

After associating:

1. In the **vRack** section of the Control Panel, confirm that OVHcloud Connect appears in the list of associated services.
2. Check that the **VLAN configuration** is consistent: the VLAN ID used in your OVHcloud Connect PoP configuration should match the VLAN used by your OVHcloud resources in the vRack.
3. **Test connectivity**: ping an OVHcloud resource from your external network to confirm end-to-end private communication.

## Removing the association

If you need to dissociate OVHcloud Connect from a vRack:

1. Go to <code className="action">Network</code> > <code className="action">vRack</code> in the Control Panel.
2. Select your vRack.
3. Find the OVHcloud Connect service and click <code className="action">Remove</code>.
4. Confirm the removal.

> **Warning:** Removing the association will immediately interrupt private traffic between your external network and OVHcloud resources in that vRack.

## What's next?

- [Monitor your OVHcloud Connect](/es/guides/network/ovhcloud-connect/monitor.md)
- [Set up your vRack network](/es/guides/network/ovhcloud-connect/vrack-network-setup.md) to set up subnets properly

## Go further

For training or technical assistance implementing our solutions, contact your sales representative or visit our [Professional Services](https://www.ovhcloud.com/es-es/professional-services/) page to request a quote and have your project analyzed by our experts.

Join our [community of users](https://community.ovhcloud.com/).