There are different ways to connect with AWS resources or to extend on-premise 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 the kind of usage. A few scenarios that directly come to mind are:
- Hosting a web or app tier in AWS while a database is available on-premise
- Storing data or a database backup in S3
We can connect on-premise and AWS resources using a VPN connection over a public internet. What if we want to have a dedicated connection between AWS resources and an on-premise 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 Connect...
