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Security Connector (SC) is a virtual machine deployed within an enterprise branch office
Overview
Security Connector (SC) is a virtual machine developed within an enterprise branch office. SC workers in conjunction with Akamai cloud to provide security services for the enterprise. The primary functions of SC are:
- Attributing threats to client Inside the enterprise network.
- Forwarding DNS traffic to Akamai cloud.
- Proxying HTTP traffic to AKAMAI cloud.
Highlights
- Security Connector
- DNS Forwarder
- HTTP Forwarder
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64-bit (x86) Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
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Debian 11
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This product is available free of charge. Free subscriptions have no end date and may be canceled any time.
Additional AWS infrastructure costs may apply. Use the AWS Pricing Calculator to estimate your infrastructure costs.
If you are an AWS Free Tier customer with a free plan, you are eligible to subscribe to this offer. You can use free credits to cover the cost of eligible AWS infrastructure. See AWS Free Tier for more details. If you created an AWS account before July 15th, 2025, and qualify for the Legacy AWS Free Tier, Amazon EC2 charges for Micro instances are free for up to 750 hours per month. See Legacy AWS Free Tier for more details.
Dimensions summary
The software itself is free, so you pay only for the AWS EC2 instance you run it on. Pricing is billed hourly per instance. Your cost depends entirely on which instance type you choose. Options span general-purpose families (t2, t3, t3a, m3, m4, m5, m5a, m5d, m5n, m5dn, m5ad, m5zn, m6i, m6a, m6id, m6in, m6idn) plus one compute-optimized type. Within each family, sizes range from small (nano, micro, large) up to large multi-core and metal instances. Larger instances cost more per hour. Select the size that matches your traffic-forwarding workload.
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You are billed per running instance-hour for the AWS EC2 instance hosting the software. The software license itself is free. A stopped or powered-off instance stops accruing hourly charges, though attached AWS storage may still incur separate fees. Only running time meters against your instance selection.
Each instance runs a virtual machine that acts as a DNS forwarder, DNS sinkhole, or HTTP forwarder for enterprise traffic. The instance forwards traffic to the security service where policy applies. A sinkhole configuration requires two network interfaces, which you set up on the VM.
Cost depends entirely on the AWS EC2 instance size and family you pick. Larger instances with more cores and memory cost more per hour. The general-purpose families and the one compute-optimized type each bill independently by their own hourly rate. Match the size to your traffic-forwarding volume.
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64-bit (x86) Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
An AMI is a virtual image that provides the information required to launch an instance. Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) instances are virtual servers on which you can run your applications and workloads, offering varying combinations of CPU, memory, storage, and networking resources. You can launch as many instances from as many different AMIs as you need.
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Deployment Steps: https://techdocs.akamai.com/etp/docs/deploy-security-connector#deploy-security-connector-on-amazon-web-services-aws
SC Setup: Create an instance and setup SSH keys: https://techdocs.akamai.com/etp/docs/deploy-security-connector#deploy-security-connector-on-amazon-web-services-aws
Log in to an instance using SSH: https://techdocs.akamai.com/etp/docs/deploy-security-connector#associate-an-elastic-ip-address-to-the-network-interface
Configure an instance: https://techdocs.akamai.com/etp/docs/select-forwarder-interfaces Activate an instance: https://techdocs.akamai.com/etp/docs/generate-activation-code Configure and test cloud security policies: https://techdocs.akamai.com/etp/docs/assign-sc-policy
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