Before creating a VPN channel, you need to create a customer gateway:
- Log in to the cloud platform and select Cloud Products > Cloud Computing & Networking > Virtual Private Cloud to enter the Virtual Private Cloud console.
- In the directory on the left, click VPN Connection > Customer Gateway to enter the Customer Gateway interface.
- Select a region, and click Create.

- Fill in the customer gateway name (for example, TomVPNUserGw) and the public network IP of the IDC VPN gateway, for example,
202.108.22.5.
- Click Create.

