VyOS Universal Router for AWS Outposts
VyOS has been available in Amazon EC2 for a few years and became a popular cloud router option. Now VyOS is also validated for use in the AWS Outpost environment, so it can bring advanced VPN and routing functionality to your hybrid clouds as well.
What is the AWS outposts offering
You can use an Outposts rack in different ways
AWS Outpost provides
A large array of custom compute, memory and storage options that allow you to build the right configuration for your applications.
Single programming interface: APIs and CLI tools that work with AWS services in the cloud also work with Outposts.
Health and performance metrics that you can monitor from the AWS Console.
Native access to additional AWS services.
Fully managed infrastructure.
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Industry-standard site-to-site IPsec and VTI protocols can be used to connect to other AWS regions and other clouds.
Support for BGP allows exchanging routes with AWS and other clouds, either over VPN tunnels or AWS Direct Connect links.
VyOS also supports a variety of VPN protocols for connecting to existing on-premises installations and third-party services, including OpenVPN, WireGuard, and DMVPN.
VyOS supports multiple other features including other dynamic routing protocols, remote access VPN servers, and more, so it can serve as an enterprise router in the cloud easily.
Cloud networking needs
Despite the benefits, we should not forget about cloud-specific networking needs. Cloud applications need to be connected to other clouds and on-premises installations, and cloud routers need to integrate with the cloud to be easy to deploy.
Benefits of AWS Outposts
Data residency
There may be legal or practical reasons to keep data in a particular country or state. With AWS Outposts, you can choose where your workloads run. You can also easily move your data between cloud regions and Outposts, so it’s easy to keep up with regulatory changes.
Latency requirements
One of the most common challenges in migration to the cloud is migrating latency-sensitive applications. With AWS Outposts you can keep latency-sensitive components on premises — indefinitely or until you are ready to migrate.
Local data processing
Large data lakes, such as training data sets for machine learning, can be difficult to migrate to the cloud due to cost, size, or bandwidth constraints. With AWS Outposts you can make on-premises data available to cloud applications and keep it there or migrate it gradually.