AWS PrivateLinkis the most suitable solution for providing fine-grained access control while allowing multiple VPCs, potentially across multiple accounts, to access the new application. This approach offers the following advantages:
Fine-grained control: Endpoint policies can restrict access to specific services or principals.
No need for route table updates: Unlike VPC peering or transit gateways, AWS PrivateLink does not require complex route table management.
Scalable architecture: PrivateLink scales to support traffic from multiple VPCs.
Secure connectivity: Ensures private connectivity over the AWS network, without exposing resources to the internet.
Why Other Options Are Not Ideal:
Option A:
VPC peering is not scalable when connecting multiple VPCs or accounts.
Route table management becomes complex as the number of VPCs increases.Not scalable.
Option B:
While transit gateways provide scalable VPC connectivity, they are not ideal for fine-grained access control.
Transit gateways allow connectivity but do not inherently restrict access to specific applications.Not ideal for fine-grained access control.
Option D:
Exposing the application through an ALB over the internet is not secure and does not align with the requirement to use private network resources.Security risk.
AWS References:
AWS PrivateLink:AWS Documentation - PrivateLink
AWS Networking Services Comparison:AWS Whitepaper - Networking Services
