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Michal
Michal

Reputation: 109

How VPC sharing works

I do not understand VPC sharing concept.

So I have my root account and under this account I've created two accounts: - myVPCShare1 - myVPCShare2 Both account have full administrator rights.

VPC sharing documentation says that it allows to share vpc's between accounts.

So I've created VPC (shareVPC) with subnet (sharedSubnet) using myVPCShare1 account and I switched to myVPCShare2 and I see both shareVPC sharedSubnet without doing VPC sharing. Moreover, using myVPCShare1 I've created EC2 instance and I also can see this instance when I switch to myVPCShare2.

So my question is: Can someone explain me the purpose/usage of VPC sharing ?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 152

Answers (1)

Michael - sqlbot
Michael - sqlbot

Reputation: 179194

Here'e the basis of your misunderstanding:

So I have my root account and under this account I've created two accounts

No, you haven't. You've created two users in the same AWS account.

Those two users, the root user, and any other users of yours are all owned by the same AWS account, and thus see all the account's resources (such as the EC2 instance described above) as long as they have permission to do so.

VPC Sharing applies across account boundaries -- not within the same account.

Upvotes: 3

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