Category: HAQM VPC

I introduced you to AWS Firewall Manager last year, and showed you how you can use it to centrally configure and manage your AWS Web Application Firewall rules and AWS Shield advanced protections. AWS Firewall Manager makes use of AWS Organizations, and lets you build policies and apply them across multiple AWS accounts in a […]

Flow Logs for HAQM Virtual Private Cloud (HAQM VPC) enables you to capture information about the IP traffic going to and from network interfaces in your VPC. Flow Logs data can be published to HAQM CloudWatch Logs or HAQM Simple Storage Service (HAQM S3). Since we launched VPC Flow Logs in 2015, you have been […]

Running a complex network is not an easy job. In addition to simply keeping it up and running, you need to keep an ever-watchful eye out for unusual traffic patterns or content that could signify a network intrusion, a compromised instance, or some other anomaly. VPC Traffic Mirroring Today we are launching VPC Traffic Mirroring. […]

It is safe to say that HAQM Virtual Private Cloud (HAQM VPC) is one of the most useful and central features of AWS. Our customers configure their VPCs in a wide variety of ways, and take advantage of numerous connectivity options and gateways including AWS Direct Connect (via Direct Connect Gateways), NAT Gateways, Internet Gateways, […]

Updated (July 2018) — For updated AWS Regions this service is available in, please read this FAQ. I’m still catching up with the last couple of AWS re:Invent launches! Today I would like to tell you about inter-region VPC peering. You have been able to create peering connections between Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs) in the […]

Earlier this month, my colleague Colm MacCárthaigh told you about AWS PrivateLink and showed you how to use it to access AWS services such as HAQM Kinesis Data Streams, AWS Service Catalog, EC2 Systems Manager, the EC2 APIs, and the ELB APIs by way of VPC Endpoints. The endpoint (represented by one or more Elastic […]

I’m often impressed when I look back to the early days of EC2 and see just how many features from the launch have survived until today. AMIs, Availability Zones, KeyPairs, Security Groups, and Security Group Rules were all present at the beginning, as was pay-as-you-go usage. Even though we have made innumerable additions to the […]

Starting today HAQM Virtual Private Cloud (HAQM VPC) (VPC) Endpoints for HAQM DynamoDB are available in all public AWS regions. You can provision an endpoint right away using the AWS Management Console or the AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI). There are no additional costs for a VPC Endpoint for DynamoDB. Many AWS customers run […]