From the course: VPC Networking: Designing a Software Defined Data Center on AWS

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Private endpoints

Private endpoints

- [Instructor] If you have resources that are hosted at AWS, say a three-tier application hosted in a VPC, and you need access to other resources to support that application, perhaps you want to use an endpoint which will allow you private network access to AWS services. The first type of endpoint we'll look at is called a gateway endpoint. It's a private connection between the selected VPC and the particular AWS resource, such as an S3 bucket, or a DynamoDB table. Gateway endpoints have been around for a number of years. Once I order a gateway endpoint connection, after I select the VPC and set up the route table, I'm good to go. Let's look at the architecture for this type of connection. I've got a VPC, I've got an instance, I need access to a resource. What I do need is a route table entry allowing me access to that actual resource through the gateway endpoint to my endpoint resource. Another type of endpoint is a interface endpoint. This is, again, a private connection from the…

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