AWS Certified Advanced Networking – Specialty (ANS-C01) — Question 105

A company has users who work from home. The company wants to move these users to Amazon WorkSpaces for additional security visibility.

The company has deployed WorkSpaces in its own AWS account in VPC A. A network engineer decides to provide the security visibility by using two firewall appliances behind a Gateway Load Balancer (GWLB). The network engineer provisions another VPC, VPC B, in a separate account and deploys the two firewall appliances in separate Availability Zones.

What should the network engineer do to configure the network connectivity for this solution?

Answer options

• A. Create a GWLB in VPC A with the firewall appliance instances as targets. Use the GWLB to create a GWLB endpoint. Add the AWS principal ARN of the WorkSpaces account to the principal allow list of the GWLB endpoint. In the WorkSpaces account, create a VPC endpoint and specify the service name that the AWS Management Console provides for the GWLB endpoint. Modify the route tables of VPC A to point the default route to the VPC endpoint.
• B. Create a GWLB in VPC B with the firewall appliance instances as targets. Use the GWLB to create a GWLB endpoint. Add the AWS principal ARN of the WorkSpaces account to the principal allow list of the GWLB endpoint. In the WorkSpaces account, create a VPC endpoint and specify the service name that the AWS Management Console provides for the GWLB endpoint. Modify the route tables of VPC A to point the default route to the GWLB endpoint.
• C. Create a GWLB in VPC B with the firewall appliance instances as targets. Use the GWLB to create a GWLB endpoint. Add the AWS principal ARN of the WorkSpaces account to the principal allow list of the GWLB endpoint. In the WorkSpaces account, create a VPC endpoint and specify the service name that the AWS Management Console provides for the GWLB endpoint. Modify the route tables of VPC A to point the WorkSpaces subnet to the VPC endpoint.
• D. Create a GWLB in VPC B with the firewall appliance instances as targets. Use the GWLB to create a GWLB endpoint. Add the AWS principal ARN of the account that contains the firewall appliances to the principal allow list of the GWLB endpoint. In the WorkSpaces account, create a VPC endpoint and specify the service name that the AWS Management Console provides for the GWLB endpoint. Modify the route tables of VPC A to point the default route to the VPC endpoint.

Correct answer: B

Explanation

The correct answer is B because the GWLB needs to be created in VPC B, where the firewall appliances are deployed, to manage traffic effectively. Options A, C, and D either incorrectly place the GWLB in VPC A or misconfigure the principal allow list for the GWLB endpoint, which would prevent proper communication between the WorkSpaces and the firewall appliances.