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directconnect
Configures AWS Direct Connect: choosing a connection model (dedicated, hosted, or a link aggregation group) and completing the cross connect; creating private, public, and transit virtual interfaces and bringing up BGP; reaching many VPCs through a Direct Connect gateway including cross-account transit gateway associations; encrypting traffic with MACsec or a private IP Site-to-Site VPN; making the connection resilient and tuning failover; managing link aggregation groups; SiteLink; and migrating from a virtual private gateway to a transit gateway. Use when the user wants a private, consistent network link between a data center and AWS, or operates an existing Direct Connect setup and needs to extend, encrypt, or harden it. Routes to the right per-task procedure in references. Do NOT use for transit gateway route tables and attachments (transitgateway skill), Site-to-Site VPN without Direct Connect (sitetositevpn skill), or Route 53 DNS routing (route53 skill).
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SKILL.mdcore · 9,159 bytesreferences/choosing-a-direct-connect-connection-type.mddoc · 11,841 bytesreferences/connecting-many-vpcs-through-a-direct-connect-gateway.mddoc · 10,815 bytesreferences/creating-a-direct-connect-virtual-interface-and-configuring-bgp.mddoc · 12,207 bytesreferences/encrypting-traffic-over-direct-connect.mddoc · 9,907 bytesreferences/making-a-direct-connect-connection-resilient.mddoc · 9,657 bytesreferences/managing-direct-connect-link-aggregation-groups.mddoc · 8,993 bytesreferences/migrating-direct-connect-from-a-virtual-private-gateway-to-a-transit-gateway.mddoc · 9,034 bytesreferences/setting-up-direct-connect-sitelink.mddoc · 7,695 bytes
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# AWS Direct Connect
## Overview
Domain expertise for configuring AWS Direct Connect, the service that gives a customer a private,
consistent network link between their own data center or colocation and AWS instead of routing over
the public internet. Covers choosing a connection model and completing the cross connect, creating
virtual interfaces and bringing up Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), reaching many VPCs through a
Direct Connect gateway, encrypting traffic in transit, making the connection resilient, managing
link aggregation groups, SiteLink, and migrating from a virtual private gateway to a transit
gateway.
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