VPC peering
VPC peering is a cloud networking capability that privately connects separate virtual private clouds by enabling traffic routing between them.
Google Anthos in Action
VPC Network Peering is a cloud networking capability that privately connects separate virtual private cloud networks by exchanging routes.
- How it is used
- Connects services in separate VPCs while preserving separate administrative and security configurations.
- How deep it goes
- Explains address, firewall, and route responsibilities, including PUPI import and export; stops short of console or CLI setup steps.
- Examples
- Uses peered GKE consumer and producer VPCs with distinct PUPI Pod ranges and conditional route exchange.
- What you can do after
- Operate/configure it by coordinating nonoverlapping addresses, firewall permissions, and required route exports and imports.
MongoDB 8.0 in Action, Third Edition
A VPC peering connection is a private network connection that routes traffic between two virtual private clouds.
- How it is used
- Connects private application networks to Atlas for secure database access without routing traffic across the public internet.
- How deep it goes
- Defines private routing, access modes, supported deployments, and a CIDR-based topology, but defers setup procedures.
- Examples
- Illustrates an AWS application VPC with 10.0.0.0/16 peered to an Atlas VPC with 172.31.248.0/21 across three availability zones.
- What you can do after
- Evaluate whether private VPC routing fits security, compliance, latency, and Atlas tier requirements.
Read how MongoDB 8.0 in Action, Third Edition explains VPC peering →
Related concepts
- IPsec VPNalternative to · An IPsec VPN is an encrypted network connection that uses the IPsec protocol suite to securely carry traffic between peer networks over an untrusted network.
- VPCuses · A virtual private cloud is a logically isolated virtual network provisioned within a cloud provider's shared infrastructure.
- MongoDB Atlasused by · MongoDB Atlas is MongoDB's managed cloud database service for provisioning, operating, and securing database deployments.
- IP addressalternative to · An IP address is a numerical address used by the Internet Protocol to identify a network interface and support packet delivery across networks.
- complianceaddresses · Compliance is conformity with applicable legal, regulatory, contractual, policy, or other governing requirements.
- dataset splituses · A dataset split is the division of a dataset into distinct subsets assigned different purposes, such as training, validation, or testing.
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