Connecting the deployed VPC to your on-premises network

There are many AWS and third-party network services that connect the deployed VPC to your network.

Deployment scenarios depend on the specifics of your organization's network infrastructure. Milestone recommends that you consult your organization's IT department or network consultant.

AWS has services that securely connect your on-premises network or branch office site to your VPC. These services allow full connectivity to on-premises cameras, devices, recording servers, and Active Directory.

AWS Site-to-Site VPN

If you have a simple deployment, you can use AWS Site-to-Site VPN to connect your on-premise network to a single VPC. This connection type requires that you do a special configuration of the router. See Site-to-Site VPN.

AWS provides a list of tested devices but other devices might be compatible. For more information about compatible gateway devices, see Your customer gateway device on AWS.

AWS Transit Gateway

AWS Transit Gateway acts as a centralized, managed connectivity hub between VPCs and VPN connections. If you have an advanced XProtect deployment with multiple distributed sites, use AWS Transit Gateway to connect multiple VPCs using multiple VPN connections. See AWS Transit Gateway.

If you are an existing AWS customer, you likely already have an AWS Transit Gateway infrastructure in place.

Gateway devices that use both the VPN Gateway and the Transit Gateway must support the Internet Key Exchange (IKE) protocol. AWS also requires special configuration of your gateway devices. For more information and a list of tested gateway devices, see the AWS Site-to-Site VPN user guide.

AWS Direct Connect

AWS Direct Connect allows you to establish a dedicated connection from an on-premises network to one or more VPC. It provides an alternative to using the internet to utilize AWS cloud services. With AWS Direct Connect, you can have secure and private connections to AWS for workloads which require higher speed or lower latency than the internet. It is best suited for large enterprises using AWS infrastructure and services. See AWS Direct Connect features.