There are different ways to connect with AWS resources or to extend on-premises infrastructures in AWS and connect both networks. It is more about setting up a hybrid connection. One very important thing here is to connect to AWS resources that are effective for your usage. A few scenarios that directly come to mind are as follows:
- Hosting a web or app tier in AWS while a database is available on-premises
- Storing data or a database backup in S3
We can connect on-premises and AWS resources using a VPN connection over the public internet. What if we want to have a dedicated connection between AWS resources and an on-premises network and not the public internet? The answer is Direct Connect, which provides a dedicated connection to AWS resources using a Direct Connect partner, and here, no public internet is involved. In this chapter, we will cover AWS Direct...