Virtual Private Gateway (VGW)

Virtual Private Gateway is for external connectivity between your VPC and on-premises network.

  1. It is a component of Amazon VPC.
  2. Allows secure private communication between your on-premises network and your Amazon VPC.
  3. Used when you need to establish a hybrid cloud setup using a VPN connection or AWS Direct Connect. alt text

1. Virtual Private Gateway vs. VPC Endpoint

  1. Virtual Private Gateway is for external connectivity between your VPC and on-premises network.
  2. VPC Endpoint is for internal connectivity to AWS services from within your VPC.

2. Question

Which components are required to build a site-to-site VPN connection to AWS?

  1. A virtual private gateway is attached to a VPC to create a site-to-site VPN connection to AWS.
  2. A customer gateway device is set up and configured in the customer's data center.

3. List of Gateways in AWS