Direct Connect and VPN

Up to this point, our VPC is a self-contained network that resides in the AWS network. It is flexible and functional, but to access the resources inside of the VPC, we will need to access them with their internet-facing services such as SSH and HTTPS.

In this section, we will look at the two ways AWS allow us to connect to the VPC from our private network: IPSec VPN Gateway and Direct Connect.

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