AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate

Detailed Explanation

Let's analyze the architecture and identify single points of failure:

Current Architecture:

1. Management VPC:

   • Uses VPNs through a single customer gateway device in the data center
   • This is a single point of failure - if the customer gateway device fails, the Management VPC loses connectivity to the data center

2. Production VPC:

   • Uses a virtual private gateway with two attached AWS Direct Connect connections
   • This already has redundancy with two Direct Connect connections

3. VPC Peering:

   • Single VPC peering connection between Management and Production VPCs
   • VPC peering connections are inherently redundant and highly available within AWS infrastructure

Analysis of Options:

A. Add a set of VPNs between the Management and Production VPCs.

• This doesn't address the actual single point of failure (the single customer gateway device)
• It adds unnecessary complexity without solving the redundancy issue

B. Add a second virtual private gateway and attach it to the Management VPC.

• The Management VPC uses VPNs, not a virtual private gateway
• This doesn't address the single customer gateway device issue

C. Add a second set of VPNs to the Management VPC from a second customer gateway device.

• CORRECT: This directly addresses the single point of failure
• Adds redundancy by introducing a second customer gateway device
• Provides failover capability if the primary customer gateway device fails
• Follows AWS best practices for high availability

D. Add a second VPC peering connection between the Management VPC and the Production VPC.

• VPC peering connections are already highly available within AWS
• AWS doesn't support multiple peering connections between the same two VPCs
• This doesn't address the actual single point of failure

Key Points:

• The main single point of failure is the single customer gateway device in the Management VPC's VPN connection
• AWS Direct Connect connections in the Production VPC already have redundancy (two connections)
• VPC peering is inherently redundant within AWS infrastructure
• The solution must provide redundancy at the customer gateway level for the Management VPC's VPN connection

Best Practice: For mission-critical VPN connections, AWS recommends using multiple customer gateway devices with separate VPN tunnels to ensure high availability and eliminate single points of failure.