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AWS Infrastructure and VPC Foundations
- AWS has 34 regions, 41 local zones, 141 Direct Connect POPs, and 6 million miles of fiber, providing a massive global network backbone.
- A region consists of multiple data centers grouped into availability zones, and an Amazon VPC spans all the availability zones within a region.
- EC2 instances reside within subnets of a VPC, with connectivity to the public internet through an internet gateway or egress-only internet gateway.
- VPCs can be connected to each other using VPC peering, Transit Gateway, or Cloud WAN.
- Services outside the VPC, like S3, can be privately accessed using AWS PrivateLink.
IP Address Management (IPAM) and IPv6
- AWS IPAM enables streamlined IP address management across multiple regions and accounts, including support for bring-your-own IP and IP address ranges.
- New IPAM features include OU-level filtering, Amazon-provided IPv4 address blocks, and bring-your-own ASN.
- AWS VPC now supports private IPv6 addressing, including Bring-Your-Own-IPv6, Unique Local Addresses (ULAs), and private Global Unicast Addresses (GUAs).
VPC Security Enhancements
- Network Access Control Lists (NACLs) and Security Groups are the main security mechanisms within a VPC.
- New features include:
- Security Group VPC associations, allowing security groups to be used across multiple VPCs
- Security Group sharing with participant accounts in a shared VPC
- Block Public Access, a one-click control to turn off all public access to a VPC
VPC Connectivity
- VPC peering provides point-to-point connectivity between VPCs, but is non-transitive.
- AWS Transit Gateway provides a hub-and-spoke connectivity model, allowing thousands of VPCs to be connected.
- Security Group referencing is now supported across Transit Gateway attachments.
- Cloud WAN enables global network connectivity and segmentation, with support for various attachment types like VPCs, Direct Connect, and VPN.
Application Networking
- AWS offers a range of application networking services, including Elastic Load Balancing, API Gateway, and AWS PrivateLink.
- PrivateLink allows private access to AWS-managed services and custom services deployed within VPCs.
- New features include UDP support, VPC resource exposure, and cross-region PrivateLink connectivity.
- VPC Lattice simplifies and scales application connectivity, with features like service directories, service networks, and TLS listeners.
Zero Trust and Observability
- AWS Verified Access (Ava) enables VPN-less access to VPC resources, including support for non-HTTPS applications.
- Observability enhancements include:
- eth tool for instance-level network resource monitoring
- Infrastructure Performance for latency insights between Availability Zones
- CloudWatch Internet Monitor and Network Monitor for hybrid network visibility
- CloudWatch Flow Log Monitor for network flow data within and across VPCs