AWS DirectConnect

[wintermute000]

Reaching out for peeps with AWS DirectConnect XP. Their documentation is heavy on 'click like this' and light on explanation, at least at the level I want.


The bit I'm very unclear about (since I can't exactly lab a direct connect!) is: in the direct connect guide, it tells you to create a virtual interface under your direct connect. Allocate VLAN, IP, etc.


Now on the logical diagrams they show the direct connect traversing your VPC's VPG. But there is no reference in the direct connect guide to the VPG configuration, nor does the VPG network guide reference the words direct connect except for one appendix entry LOL.


So: when you create a virtual interface, is it basically attached to your VPG? And you don't need to specifically create a VPG interface and tie it together?
EDIT its kinda implied when you approve the virtual interface you attach to a VGW so that's a VPG I assume?


SECOND QUESTION
Are all VPCs always ASN 7224?

[that1guy15]

First time in a LONG time on this forum I have said this but,

I have no clue what any of those sentences mean...

Have a twitter buddy who is digging into AWS pretty deep right now. Id love to get some exposure to it or some of the other cloud offerings. Seems like cool stuff.

[wintermute000]

LOL yeah for normal features I'd Just run it up on my own account but you can't exactly lab a direct connect

[deanwebb]

We'll be looking at AWS soon, but I'm only going to muss about with the security stuff.

[routerdork]

I bought some AWS courses from the Udemy sale for $10 a piece but haven't had time to do them.

[DanC]

I have no clue what any of those sentences mean...

Lol

Glad it's not just me!

[AnthonyC]

I haven't worked with DirectConnect but from here (http://docs.aws.amazon.com/directconnect/latest/UserGuide/createhostedvirtualinterface.html and here (http://docs.aws.amazon.com/directconnect/latest/UserGuide/Welcome.html):

To connect to Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC), you must first do the following:

    Provide a private Autonomous System Number (ASN). Amazon allocates a private IP address in the 169.x.x.x range to you.

    Create a virtual private gateway and attach it to your VPC. For more information about creating a virtual private gateway, see Adding a Hardware Virtual Private Gateway to Your VPC in the Amazon VPC User Guide.

To connect to public AWS products such as Amazon EC2 and Amazon S3, you need to provide the following:

    A public ASN that you own (preferred) or a private ASN.

    Public IP addresses (/31) (that is, one for each end of the BGP session) for each BGP session. If you do not have public IP addresses to assign to this connection, log on to AWS and then open a ticket with AWS Support.

    The public routes that you will advertise over BGP.