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Connectivity Components Overview

Aviatrix provides comprehensive connectivity solutions that enable secure, high-performance networking across cloud environments and on-premises data centers. This section covers the key connectivity components available in the Aviatrix platform.

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Core Connectivity Components

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Gateways

Aviatrix gateways are the fundamental building blocks for cloud connectivity. They provide:
  • Transit Gateways: Central hubs for connecting multiple VPCs/VNets and on-premises networks
  • Spoke Gateways: Connect individual VPCs/VNets to transit gateways
  • Edge Gateways: Extend Aviatrix connectivity to on-premises environments and branch locations
For more information on gateway deployment and management, see the Gateway guides.

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Edge Connectivity

Edge components extend your cloud network to on-premises locations, data centers, and branch offices:
  • Edge Spoke: Provides connectivity from edge locations to your cloud infrastructure
  • Edge Transit: Enables transit routing capabilities at edge locations
Learn more about Edge deployment in the Edge Spoke Overview.

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Site-to-Cloud (S2C) Connections

Site-to-Cloud connections enable secure IPsec VPN tunnels between:
  • Cloud networks and on-premises data centers
  • Cloud networks and branch offices
  • Cloud networks and third-party cloud providers
For advanced S2C configurations including NAT for overlapping IP addresses, see S2C NAT for Overlapping Networks.

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Network Architecture

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ActiveMesh

ActiveMesh is Aviatrix’s active-active architecture that provides:
  • High availability with automatic failover
  • Load balancing across multiple gateway paths
  • Optimized network performance
For design considerations, see ActiveMesh Design Notes.

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High Availability

Aviatrix supports high availability configurations for all gateway types to ensure continuous connectivity. Learn more about Gateway HA management.