Site to Site VPN & Direct Connect

• Site-to-Site VPN

  • Connect an on-premises VPN to AWS

  • The connection is automatically encrypted

  • Goes over the public internet

• Direct Connect (DX)

  • Establish a physical connection between on-premises and AWS

  • The connection is private, secure and fast

  • Goes over a private network

  • Takes at least a month to establish

  

Site-to-Site VPN

• On-premises: must use a Customer Gateway (CGW)

• AWS: must use a Virtual Private Gateway (VGW)