Activating a gateway in a virtual private cloud - Amazon Storage Gateway
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Amazon FSx File Gateway is no longer available to new customers. Existing customers of FSx File Gateway can continue to use the service normally. For capabilities similar to FSx File Gateway, visit this blog post.

Activating a gateway in a virtual private cloud

You can create a private connection between your on-premises gateway appliance and cloud-based storage infrastructure. You can use this connection to activate your gateway and configure it to transfer data to Amazon storage services without communicating over the public internet. Using the Amazon VPC service, you can launch Amazon resources, including private network interface endpoints, in a custom virtual private cloud (VPC). A VPC gives you control over network settings such as IP address range, subnets, route tables, and network gateways. For more information about VPCs, see What is Amazon VPC? in the Amazon VPC User Guide.

To activate your gateway in a VPC, use the Amazon VPC Console to create a VPC endpoint for Storage Gateway and get the VPC endpoint ID, then specify this VPC endpoint ID when you create and activate the gateway. For more information, see Connect your Amazon FSx File Gateway to Amazon.

To configure your FSx File Gateway to transfer data through the VPC, you must establish a VPN or Amazon DirectConnect link between the Amazon FSx for Windows File Server VPC and the network where your gateway is deployed.

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You must activate your gateway in the same region where you create the VPC endpoint for Storage Gateway.