Should I use a Transit VPC in AWS?

Mon, 16 Jul 2018 14:05:46 +0000

A common question that comes up during AWS designs is, “Should I use a transit VPC?” The answer, like all good IT riddles is, “it depends.” There are a series of questions that you must ask yourself before deciding whether to use a Transit VPC or not. In this post, I’ll try to help formulate those questions so you can answer this question yourself.

The Basics

Before we can ask those tough questions, we first should answer the question, “What is a Transit VPC?” Well, a transit VPC acts as an intermediary for routing between two places. Just like a transit network bridges traffic between two networks, a transit VPC ferries traffic between two VPCs or perhaps your data center.

Transit-Vpc on The IT Hollow

Should I use a Transit VPC in AWS?

The Basics