Posted On: Aug 7, 2020
HAQM EC2 is now available through VPC endpoints in the Europe (Milan) and Africa (Cape Town) regions, allowing you to access HAQM EC2 from within your HAQM Virtual Private Cloud (HAQM VPC) without traversing the internet.
VPC endpoints for HAQM EC2 are powered by AWS PrivateLink, a highly available, scalable technology that provides secure, private connectivity between VPCs and AWS services. HAQM VPC endpoints are easy to configure and provide reliable connectivity to HAQM EC2 without requiring an internet gateway, Network Address Translation (NAT) instance, or AWS Direct Connect connection. With VPC endpoints, the data between your HAQM VPC and HAQM EC2 remains within the HAQM network, and is thus protected from the public internet. You can create an interface VPC endpoint for HAQM EC2 in your VPC using the HAQM VPC console, SDK or CLI. You can also access the VPC endpoint from on-premises environments or from other VPCs using AWS Direct Connect, or VPC Peering.
There are no additional HAQM EC2 costs to use this feature. For VPC Endpoints, Interface VPC endpoint charges apply. To learn more, see EC2 VPC Endpoints in the HAQM EC2 Developer Guide.