Posted On: Sep 3, 2024
Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) direct APIs now support the Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) protocol when you connect your Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) to EBS Direct APIs using Amazon PrivateLink. EBS direct APIs enable customers to simplify their backup and recovery workflows by directly creating and reading EBS snapshots via APIs. Through Amazon PrivateLink, customers can access EBS direct APIs as if it were in your VPC. With this change, customers can meet their IPv6 compliance needs, integrate with existing IPv6-based on-premises applications, and remove the need for expensive networking equipment to handle the address translation between IPv4 and IPv6.
To use this new capability, you can configure your applications to use the Amazon EBS direct APIs IPv6 endpoints, or dual-stack Amazon EBS direct APIs endpoints which support both IPv4 and IPv6. When you make a request to a dual-stack Amazon EBS direct APIs endpoint, the endpoint resolves to an IPv6 or an IPv4 address, depending on the protocol used by your network and client.
You can access Amazon EBS direct APIs with the IPv6 protocol through Amazon PrivateLink in all Amazon Web Services Regions where EBS direct APIs are available including the Amazon Web Services China (Beijing) Region, operated by Sinnet and the Amazon Web Services China (Ningxia) Region, operated by NWCD. To learn more, visit our documentation.