AWS::GlobalAccelerator Construct Library
All classes with the Cfn
prefix in this module (CFN Resources) are always stable and safe to use.
The APIs of higher level constructs in this module are experimental and under active development.
They are subject to non-backward compatible changes or removal in any future version. These are
not subject to the Semantic Versioning model and breaking changes will be
announced in the release notes. This means that while you may use them, you may need to update
your source code when upgrading to a newer version of this package.
Introduction
AWS Global Accelerator (AGA) is a service that improves the availability and performance of your applications with local or global users. It provides static IP addresses that act as a fixed entry point to your application endpoints in a single or multiple AWS Regions, such as your Application Load Balancers, Network Load Balancers or Amazon EC2 instances.
This module supports features under AWS Global Accelerator that allows users set up resources using the @aws-cdk/aws-globalaccelerator
module.
Accelerator
The Accelerator
resource is a Global Accelerator resource type that contains information about how you create an accelerator. An accelerator includes one or more listeners that process inbound connections and direct traffic to one or more endpoint groups, each of which includes endpoints, such as Application Load Balancers, Network Load Balancers, and Amazon EC2 instances.
To create the Accelerator
:
import globalaccelerator = require('@aws-cdk/aws-globalaccelerator');
new globalaccelerator.Accelerator(stack, 'Accelerator');
Listener
The Listener
resource is a Global Accelerator resource type that contains information about how you create a listener to process inbound connections from clients to an accelerator. Connections arrive to assigned static IP addresses on a port, port range, or list of port ranges that you specify.
To create the Listener
listening on TCP 80:
new globalaccelerator.Listener(stack, 'Listener', {
accelerator,
portRanges: [
{
fromPort: 80,
toPort: 80,
},
],
});
EndpointGroup
The EndpointGroup
resource is a Global Accelerator resource type that contains information about how you create an endpoint group for the specified listener. An endpoint group is a collection of endpoints in one AWS Region.
To create the EndpointGroup
:
new globalaccelerator.EndpointGroup(stack, 'Group', { listener });
Add Endpoint into EndpointGroup
You may use the following methods to add endpoints into the EndpointGroup
:
addEndpoint
to add a generic endpoint
into the EndpointGroup
.addLoadBalancer
to add an Application Load Balancer or Network Load Balancer.addEc2Instance
to add an EC2 Instance.addElasticIpAddress
to add an Elastic IP Address.
const endpointGroup = new globalaccelerator.EndpointGroup(stack, 'Group', { listener });
const alb = new elbv2.ApplicationLoadBalancer(stack, 'ALB', { vpc, internetFacing: true });
const nlb = new elbv2.NetworkLoadBalancer(stack, 'NLB', { vpc, internetFacing: true });
const eip = new ec2.CfnEIP(stack, 'ElasticIpAddress');
const instances = new Array<ec2.Instance>();
for ( let i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
instances.push(new ec2.Instance(stack, `Instance${i}`, {
vpc,
machineImage: new ec2.AmazonLinuxImage(),
instanceType: new ec2.InstanceType('t3.small'),
}));
}
endpointGroup.addLoadBalancer('AlbEndpoint', alb);
endpointGroup.addLoadBalancer('NlbEndpoint', nlb);
endpointGroup.addElasticIpAddress('EipEndpoint', eip);
endpointGroup.addEc2Instance('InstanceEndpoint', instances[0]);
endpointGroup.addEndpoint('InstanceEndpoint2', instances[1].instanceId);
Accelerator Security Groups
When using certain AGA features (client IP address preservation), AGA creates elastic network interfaces (ENI) in your AWS account which are
associated with a Security Group, and which are reused for all AGAs associated with that VPC. Per the
best practices page, AGA creates a specific security group
called GlobalAccelerator
for each VPC it has an ENI in. You can use the security group created by AGA as a source group in other security
groups, such as those for EC2 instances or Elastic Load Balancers, in order to implement least-privilege security group rules.
CloudFormation doesn't support referencing the security group created by AGA. CDK has a library that enables you to reference the AGA security group
for a VPC using an AwsCustomResource.
const vpc = new Vpc(stack, 'VPC', {});
const alb = new elbv2.ApplicationLoadBalancer(stack, 'ALB', { vpc, internetFacing: false });
const accelerator = new ga.Accelerator(stack, 'Accelerator');
const listener = new ga.Listener(stack, 'Listener', {
accelerator,
portRanges: [
{
fromPort: 443,
toPort: 443,
},
],
});
const endpointGroup = new ga.EndpointGroup(stack, 'Group', { listener });
endpointGroup.addLoadBalancer('AlbEndpoint', alb);
const agaSg = ga.AcceleratorSecurityGroup.fromVpc(stack, 'GlobalAcceleratorSG', vpc);
alb.connections.allowFrom(agaSg, Port.tcp(443));