VPC Peering Flashcards

1
Q

What is VPC Peering?

A

VPC peering is simply a connection between two VPCs that enables you to route traffic between them using private IP addresses.

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For VPC Peering, instances in either VPC can communicate with each other…

A

…as if they are within the same network.

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3
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How can you create a VPC peering connection?

A

between your own VPCs, or with a VPC in another AWS account within a single region

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4
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How does AWS create a VPC peering connection?

A

AWS uses the existing infrastructure of a VPC

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5
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T/F: VPC Peering connections are gateways.

A

False

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T/F: VPC Peering connections are VPN connections.

A

False

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7
Q

Does VPC Peering rely on a single piece of hardware?

A

No

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8
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Is there a single point of failure for communication or a bandwidth bottleneck?

A

No

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9
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T/F: VPC peering can occur between VPCs in different regions.

A

False; VPC peering must occur between VPCs within a single region.

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10
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Example: If VPC A and VPC B were peered, and VPC A’s CIDR = 10.0.0.0/16 and VPC B’s CIDR = 10.0.0.0/24, what will happen to the connection?

A

It will not work since VPCs with matching or overlapping CIDRs cannot be peered.

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11
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Transitive Peering…

A

…is NOT supported!

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