37.1 About AWS Virtual Private Clouds

PlateSpin Transformation Manager discovers available virtual private clouds for the target AWS Cloud platform. VPCs vary according to the AWS Cloud selected for the platform. The permissions of the AWS account might also influence the virtual private clouds available for the platform.

VPCs List

For an AWS Platform, the Virtual Private Cloud tab displays the following information for each discovered VPC:

Region

The parent region for the network in the AWS Cloud for the target platform. For example: Central US, West US, or North Europe.

Address Space

The available IPv4 address space for the network, expressed in CIDR notation.

Tenancy

The available IPv4 address space for the network, expressed in CIDR notation.

Tenancy Indicates the type of hardware to use for the target VMs:

  • Shared hardware (default)

  • Dedicated hardware

  • Dedicated host (a specific host or auto-placement)

Subnets

The subnets available in the network. Select Subnets, then choose the VPC to view a list of its member subnets and information about them.

Edit VPC Dialog

For an AWS Platform, the Edit VPC dialog displays the following information for a specified virtual private cloud:

Platform

The parent target platform for the VPC.

Name

The name of the VPC in the target platform environment.

Description

(Optional) Specify a brief description of the VPC. This text appears by default in the VPCs list.

Associations: Workloads

A list of the workloads that have been configured to use the VPC in Manual (tracking) mode.