The primary focus of this Challenge Cloud Lab is Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) endpoints, specifically the Gateway endpoint type, and its integration with Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3). A VPC endpoint allows you to privately connect your VPC to supported AWS services without requiring an Internet Gateway (IGW), NAT Gateway, or VPN connection. This is a crucial security and networking pattern, as it ensures all traffic remains within the AWS network backbone, adhering to strict compliance and data isolation requirements.
In this Challenge Cloud Lab, you’ll be tested on your ability to configure secure, private connectivity between an Amazon EC2 instance residing in a private subnet and a private S3 bucket. You will demonstrate your skill in establishing the VPC Gateway endpoint, verifying network path changes, and crafting highly restrictive VPC endpoint policies to enforce granular access control at the network layer.
A high-level architecture diagram for this Challenge Cloud Lab is given below:
