what is shared services VPC/Account ?

Question

Hi Gurus,  
  
At my client place they keeping talking about resources like DB's running in shared services/shared service VPC/shared services account and i'm confused how is it different from having your aws resources in any other aws account/vpc?  
  
 Can someone please explain me in simple terms the advantage of having resources in shared services over regular VPC?  
  
Thanks

Accepted Answer

for that scenario, it's really just an architectural decision..there isn't necessarily a 'shared services' service at AWS..other than vpc interface gateway.  
  
for a single customer/mutliple accounts or vpc...it's just a matter of isolating the particular service (e.g. rds database) in a subnet or subnets and allowing access to that from other vpcs via routes and security groups.  
  
the transit gateway really functions as the next generation vpc peering, so that, I think, is the better option...but it's a region-specific construct, so if you can across accounts or vpcs, use the same region in all places..it should perform better as well.

Answer

Shared services can be many things and have different advantages depending on the particular need.  
  
You should review vpc endpoints:  
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/vpc/latest/userguide/vpc-endpoints.html  
As well as understand vpc peering/Transit Gateway   
  
Generally speaking, if you are talking about across-customer shared servics, looking at vpc endpoints is a secure way to manage access to specific services.  if it's just for a single customer, having a dedicated vpc using shared services and then using vpc peering or transit gateway help keep things secure and manageable.  Having it in a separate account entirely can help simplify the cost tier as well.

Answer

Sorry, is it same as shared VPC then?  I'm having tough time to get around this shared service concept.   
  
same customer different accounts/vpc.  
  
Thanks  
  
Edited by: sali on Mar 2, 2019 8:40 AM

what is shared services VPC/Account ?

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