Amazon Virtual Private Cloud Documentation

Why Amazon VPC Lattice?

Amazon VPC Lattice is designed to manage network connectivity and application layer routing between services across different VPCs and AWS accounts. It is also designed to enable connectivity to resources, such as databases, domain names, and IP addresses across VPCs and accounts. Amazon VPC Lattice is designed to enable you to choose from different compute types, such as instances, containers, and serverless, for a given service, helping you build a microservices architecture.

Service directory

Amazon VPC Lattice is designed to provide a service directory with a centralized view of the services that you own or have been shared with you.

Service network

By using Amazon VPC Lattice, you are enabled to create a service network with a logical boundary designed for implementing service discovery and connectivity. You are also enabled apply common access and observability policies to a collection of services.

Connectivity between VPCs and accounts

Amazon VPC Lattice is designed to manage network connectivity between VPCs and accounts in addition to network address translation.

Traffic management and application layer routing

Amazon VPC Lattice is an application layer proxy that is designed to provide common controls to route traffic based on request characteristics. Amazon VPC Lattice is also designed to support weighted routing for certain deployments.

Authentication and authorization

Amazon VPC Lattice is designed to integrate with AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) for service-to-service authentication and authorization.

On-premises access with VPC endpoints

You are enabled to access your VPC Lattice services and resources from on premises using VPC endpoints.

Multiple service networks per VPC

You are enabled to have a single VPC connect to multiple service networks using VPC endpoints of type service network.

Additional Information

For additional information about service controls, security features and functionalities, including, as applicable, information about storing, retrieving, modifying, restricting, and deleting data, please see https://docs.aws.amazon.com/index.html. This additional information does not form part of the Documentation for purposes of the AWS Customer Agreement available at http://aws.amazon.com/agreement, or other agreement between you and AWS governing your use of AWS’s services.