What is AWS Transit Gateway?
AWS Transit Gateway is a service that enables customers to connect their Amazon Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs) and their on-premises networks to a single gateway. It provides a central hub-and-spoke model for network connectivity, allowing customers to scale their network architecture and simplify the management of their network connections. The service supports attachments to VPCs, VPN connections, and AWS Direct Connect connections, allowing for easy integration of on-premises and cloud-based resources. AWS Transit Gateway also offers features such as route tables, route propagation, and traffic filtering, providing customers with granular control over their network traffic
Highlights
- Connects VPCs and on-premises networks to a single gateway
- Provides a central hub-and-spoke model for network connectivity
- Supports attachments to VPCs, VPN connections, and AWS Direct Connect
- Offers route tables, route propagation, and traffic filtering for network control
- Simplifies network management and enables network architecture scaling