Hybrid Cloud Network Success Story: AWS Cloud WAN integration with VyOS

f.maidana@vyos.io (Fernando Maidana) — Mon, 03 Jun 2024 20:32:07 GMT

Hello, Community!

I'm Fernando from the network engineering team at VyOS Networks, and I'd like to introduce an insightful customer success story in our series on cloud networking use cases. I will only refer to the customer as "The Company" to preserve their confidentiality. Still, I'd like to tell you how they vastly improved their hybrid infrastructure using our VyOS routers integrated with the AWS Cloud WAN Tunnel-less Connect feature.

Background

The Company needed to streamline its operations across various global sites without the complexities of traditional VPN tunnels. The introduction of AWS Cloud WAN Tunnel-less Connect on VyOS looked like an optimal solution—connecting VyOS routers directly to AWS Cloud WAN. This integration not only simplified network setups but could also greatly improve the site-to-cloud connection speed since it could use AWS's global high-speed network directly.

The Challenge

"The Company" needed seamless connectivity across multiple data centers and regional offices and wanted to avoid the overhead of tunneling protocols because encapsulation can easily become a bottleneck in high-speed networks. They also wanted a solution to support on-demand operations. At the same time, connection security wasn't an immediate concern since it was implemented at the application protocol level and through site firewall policies.

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Hybrid Cloud Network Success Story: AWS Cloud WAN integration with VyOS

Background

The Challenge