AWS VPC Endpoint vs Endpoint Service
The following are the differences between AWS VPC Endpoint and AWS Endpoint Service:
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Aspect |
VPC Endpoint |
Endpoint Service |
|---|---|---|
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Purpose |
It provides the private connectivity to AWS Services from within a VPC without having the need of internet access. |
It provides the AWS Customers to offers their AWS Services to their other AWS Accounts Services via private connections. |
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Scope |
It is typically used to access the AWS managed services like Amazon S3, DynamoDB or AWS Lambda from within a VPC |
It facilitates the customers to expose their services to other AWS Accounts. |
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Configuration |
it is configured within the VPC and attached to specific subnets or route tables. |
It is setuped by AWS Customers using AWS Private Link, configuring the service endpoints and permissions. |
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Billing |
It includes the charges based on the type of endpoint and data proccessed. |
It may includes the charges based on the data transfer and ther requests processed by the service. |
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Example |
VPC endpoint for Amazon S3, Enabling of Private Access to S3 Buckets from within a VPC. |
Allowing customers to access the database securely vai private connections. |
AWS VPC Endpoint
Deploying your application in the AWS VPC which doesn’t have an internet connection by default, and the application is required to communicate with S3 service for reading the files and writing the files, in this scenario to make the application communicate with S3, we need a route for public internet using either NAT Gateway, Internet Gateway, or AWS Direct Connect. What if you don’t want to expose any requests being made inside this application to go through the internet?, here comes the concept of VPC Endpoints.
Table of Content
- What are AWS VPC Endpoints?
- AWS VPC Endpoints Architecture
- Types of VPC Endpoints
- What are shared Subnets?
- How to Create AWS VPC Endpoints? A Step-By-Step Guide
- What Are Service Providers?
- What Are Service Consumers?
- What are AWS PrivateLink Connections?
- What are Private Hosted Zones?
- AWS VPC Services List
- AWS VPC Endpoint Pricing
- AWS VPC Endpoint vs Endpoint Service
- Examples of AWS VPC Endpoint
- AWS VPC EndPoint – FAQs