Networking and Content Delivery on AWS
80 Availability Zones
100 Gbps
network bandwidth available from many EC2 instance types
25 AWS Regions
230+ Points of Presence
2x More Regions
AWS Networking and Content Delivery services
Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
Provision a logically isolated section of the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud.
AWS Transit Gateway
Easily scale connectivity across thousands of Amazon VPCs, AWS accounts, and on-premises networks.
AWS PrivateLink
Access services hosted on AWS easily and securely by keeping your network traffic within the AWS network.
Elastic Load Balancing
Achieve fault tolerance for any application by ensuring scalability, performance, and security.
AWS App Mesh
Easily monitor and control microservices.
Amazon API Gateway
Create, publish, maintain, monitor, and secure APIs
AWS Cloud Map
Service discovery for cloud resources.
Amazon CloudFront
Fast, highly secure and programmable content delivery network (CDN).
Amazon Route 53
A reliable and cost-effective way to route end users to Internet applications.
AWS Global Accelerator
Improve global application availability and performance using the AWS global network.
AWS Shield
Managed Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) protection service that safeguards applications running on AWS.
AWS WAF
Web application firewall that helps protect your web applications or APIs against common web exploits.
AWS Firewall Manager
A security management service which allows you to centrally configure and manage firewall rules across your accounts and applications.
AWS Direct Connect
Easily establish a dedicated network connection from your premises to AWS.
AWS Virtual Private Network (VPN) - Client
Fully-managed, elastic VPN service that automatically scales up or down based on user demand.
AWS Virtual Private Network (VPN) - Site to Site
Create a secure connection between your data center or branch office and your AWS cloud resources.
AWS Networking and Content Delivery services
| Use Case | Functionality | AWS Service |
|---|---|---|
| Build a cloud network | Define and provision a logically isolated network for your AWS resources | Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) |
| Connect VPCs and on-premises networks through a central hub | AWS Transit Gateway | |
| Provide private connectivity between VPCs, services, and on-premises applications | AWS PrivateLink | |
| Route users to Internet applications with a managed DNS service | Amazon Route 53 | |
| Scale your network design | Automatically distribute traffic accross a pool of resources, such as instances, containers, IP addresses, and Lambda functions | Elastic Load Balancing |
| Direct traffic through the AWS Global network to improve global application performance | AWS Global Accelerator | |
| Secure your network traffic | Safeguard applications running on AWS against DDoS attacks | AWS Shield |
| Protect your web applications from common web exploits | AWS WAF | |
| Centrally configure and manage firewall rules | AWS Firewall Manager | |
| Build a hybrid IT network | Connect your users to AWS or on-premises resources using a Virtual Private Network | AWS Virtual Private Network (VPN) - Client |
| Create an encrypted connection between your network and your Amazon VPCs or AWS Transit Gateways | AWS Virtual Private Network (VPN) - Site to Site | |
| Establish a private, dedicated connection between AWS and your datacenter, office, or colocation environment | AWS Direct Connect | |
| Content delivery networks | Securely deliver data, videos, applications, and APIs to customers globally with low latency, and high transfer speeds | Amazon CloudFront |
| Build a network for microservices architectures | Provide application-level networking for containers and microservices | AWS App Mesh |
| Create, maintain, and secure APIs at any scale | Amazon API Gateway | |
| Discover AWS services connected to your applications | AWS Cloud Map |
Use cases
Networking foundations
A strong network setup is the foundation of any AWS environment. AWS networking foundation solutions help you quickly set up, secure, and monitor your network.
Application networking
AWS application networking solutions provide your traditional and modern applications with improved security, availability, performance, and streamlined monitoring.
Edge networking
AWS edge networking provides secure and performant networking for user-facing application data. Deliver your data with single-digit millisecond latency.
Hybrid connectivity
AWS hybrid connectivity solutions create fast, secure, and reliable connections between your on-premises and AWS networks.
Hulu is an American subscription video-on-demand service that is redefining the television experience for viewers by using AWS services, such as Amazon CloudFront and AWS Direct Connect, to support the addition of more than 50 live channels for its Live TV offering. Hulu runs its live TV service on AWS’ reliable and secure infrastructure so it can deliver a great viewer experience, even in times of viewership and traffic spikes.
