AWS announced the launch of cross-region PrivateLink (XRPL) connectivity to AWS services. You can now use interface VPC endpoints to privately and securely connect to AWS services in other Regions of the Commercial partition. In this post, we discuss potential use cases, getting started and access control options for cross-region connectivity.
Overview
AWS PrivateLink provides a secure, simple way to share and access services across VPCs and accounts. You can access VPC endpoint services from private subnets without an Internet Gateway – your traffic stays on the AWS backbone. You can secure endpoints with security groups and VPC endpoint policies.
Previously, PrivateLink only supported intra-region connectivity, requiring service providers and consumers to be in the same AWS Region. At re:Invent 2024, AWS launched support for cross-region connectivity to VPC Endpoint (VPCE) services that were not Amazon managed.
With today’s…
