Networking & Content Delivery
Author: James Devine
James Devine is a Senior Specialist Solutions Architect at AWS specializing in Networking and Outposts. James has a BS in Computer Science from Allegheny College and an MS in Computer Science from Stevens Institute of Technology. Prior to coming to AWS James was a Senior Infrastructure Engineer at MITRE, a non-profit government contractor, where he used his skills in infrastructure to help various government organizations solve some of their toughest problems and realize the value of Cloud Computing.
Introducing AWS Outposts private connectivity
Today, we are excited to announce the availability of AWS Outposts private connectivity. Up until today, the service link endpoints in the region for each AWS Outposts deployment were in the public AWS realm of a customer’s chosen region and could be connected to by either the public internet or an AWS Direct Connect (DX) […]
Introducing Amazon CloudWatch Metrics for AWS Direct Connect virtual interfaces
AWS Direct Connect (DX) recently launched support for virtual interface (VIF) metrics in Amazon CloudWatch. With this new enhancement, CloudWatch can now track metrics at the DX VIF level and provide greater insight into utilization. You can set up alarms based on metrics and trigger actions to remediate problems. I’ve heard from many customers that […]
Using AWS Client VPN to scale your work from home capacity
Traditional on-premises VPN services are fixed in capacity and difficult to scale up, or down, in a rapid and on-demand fashion. Hardware constraints, licensing, and bandwidth can all be factors that prevent traditional client VPN services from scaling to meet the needs of a rapidly growing mobile workforce. Fortunately, the elasticity of cloud and pay-as-you-go […]
Introducing AWS Client VPN to Securely Access AWS and On-Premises Resources
Update March 17, 2020 – With recent events, the need to provide a remote workforce with secured connectivity is greater than ever. It comes as no surprise that this post (originally published on December 19, 2018) is receiving a lot of traffic. The content is still relevant today, so we’re publishing it again to make it […]
Accessing private Application Load Balancers and EC2 instances through AWS Global Accelerator
Many Content Distribution Networks (CDNs) offer a feature to obfuscate the source origin through functionality commonly referred to as origin cloaking. Using AWS Global Accelerator with Client IP Address Preservation capability, similar functionally can be facilitated. Private Application Load Balancers (ALBs) and private EC2 instances can be accessed through Global Accelerator in a secure and simplified manner. AWS […]
How to integrate third-party firewall appliances into an AWS environment
Update October 11, 2020 – While the implementations described in this post remain valid, it was written before Gateway Load Balancer became available. Gateway Load Balancer is designed specifically for adding firewalls and other virtual network appliances to your AWS network. If you would like to learn more, Introducing AWS Gateway Load Balancer: supported architecture […]
Integrating AWS Transit Gateway with AWS PrivateLink and Amazon Route 53 Resolver
An update was made on October 6, 2025: With the availability of Amazon Route 53 Profiles, the below design approach can be greatly simplified and is no longer recommended. Instead we recommend to use of this new capability, as outlined in the blog post “Streamlining multi-VPC DNS management with Amazon Route 53 Profiles and interface […]