Accelerate IPv6 application migration with AWS PrivateLink and dual stack Network Load Balancers UDP support
Networking & Content Delivery Blog
This article discusses two new features in AWS: UDP support for AWS PrivateLink and UDP support for dual stack Network Load Balancers (NLBs). It provides an overview and steps to configure these features.
Specifically, the article covers:
- How AWS PrivateLink now supports UDP-based services, allowing private connectivity between VPCs and UDP services
- How dual stack NLBs now support UDP listeners, enabling both IPv4 and IPv6 clients to access UDP applications like gaming, VoIP, and media streaming
- Prerequisites and configuration steps for setting up UDP listeners on dual stack NLBs
- Creating and configuring UDP-based VPC Endpoint Services (service provider side)
- Creating and configuring VPC Endpoints to access UDP services (consumer side)
- Monitoring UDP-based services using Amazon CloudWatch metrics
- Considerations and limitations for these new features
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