AWS local-zones documentation change
Summary
Added operational guidance for transit gateway connections between Local Zones including parent zone requirements and CLI examples
Security assessment
Changes provide operational instructions and connectivity considerations without security context. The added CLI examples are for zone identification, not security controls.
Diff
diff --git a/local-zones/latest/ug/local-zones-connectivity-transit-gateway-lzs.md b/local-zones/latest/ug/local-zones-connectivity-transit-gateway-lzs.md index 56cfb54d2..dd653ae59 100644 --- a//local-zones/latest/ug/local-zones-connectivity-transit-gateway-lzs.md +++ b//local-zones/latest/ug/local-zones-connectivity-transit-gateway-lzs.md @@ -8,0 +9,2 @@ A transit gateway can be used to connect one Local Zone to another within the sa +A transit gateway connection between Local Zones is useful when you have workloads in different Local Zones and also require network connectivity between them. + @@ -13 +15,37 @@ The following diagram shows the transit gateway connection between two Local Zon -A transit gateway connection between Local Zones is useful when you have workloads in different Local Zones and also require network connectivity between them. +###### Considerations + + * You must create a transit gateway attachment in the parent zone. + + * You can't connect a Local Zone to another Local Zone or Outpost that is within the same VPC. + + + + +###### Parent zone + +You can use the AWS Global View console or the command line interface to get the parent zone details for a Local Zone. + +AWS Global View console + + +###### To get the parent zone details for a Local Zone + + 1. Sign in to the [AWS Global View console](https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2globalview/home#RegionsAndZones). + + 2. From the navigation pane, choose **Regions and Zones**. + + 3. Choose the **Local Zones** tab. + + 4. Find the Local Zone. + + 5. Scroll to see the **Parent Zone name** and **Parent Zone ID** for the Local Zone. + + + + +AWS CLI + + +###### To get the parent zone details for a Local Zone + +Use the [describe-availability-zones](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/ec2/describe-availability-zones.html) command. The following example uses a Local Zone in Los Angeles. @@ -15 +52,0 @@ A transit gateway connection between Local Zones is useful when you have workloa -###### Note @@ -17 +54,5 @@ A transit gateway connection between Local Zones is useful when you have workloa -You cannot connect a Local Zone to another Local Zone or Outpost that is within the same VPC. + aws ec2 describe-availability-zones \ + --zone-names us-west-2-lax-1a \ + --query 'AvailabilityZones[0].ParentZoneName' \ + --region us-west-2 \ + --output text