Cloud VPN
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Cloud VPN creates an encrypted tunnel between your on-premises network and your cloud VPC. Your office and the cloud become one seamless network. Employees access cloud resources as if they were local, and the traffic is encrypted. It's like a secret underground passage between your office and the data center.
Real Talk
Cloud VPN establishes encrypted IPsec tunnels between on-premises networks, remote offices, or other cloud environments and a cloud VPC. AWS offers Site-to-Site VPN and Client VPN, GCP provides Cloud VPN (classic and HA), and Azure has VPN Gateway. HA VPN configurations provide 99.99% availability with redundant tunnels.
When You'll Hear This
"Our office connects to AWS through a Site-to-Site VPN." / "Cloud VPN gives us secure access to private resources without exposing them to the internet."
Related Terms
Hybrid Cloud
Hybrid cloud is the mix of using your own on-premise servers AND cloud services at the same time.
VPC (Virtual Private Cloud)
A VPC is your own private section of the AWS cloud — like a gated neighborhood where your servers live.
VPN (Virtual Private Network)
A VPN creates an encrypted tunnel from your device to a server somewhere else.