# Private Link

Nimbus lets you set up private connectivity between your cloud provider and Nimbus.

## How it Works

![Datadog to Nimbus](https://ik.imagekit.io/fpjzhqpv1/Excalidraw_8CVOZRM7R.png?updatedAt=1713226588813)

With Nimbus Private Link, you can directly connect your VPC with Nimbus using AWS VPC Endpoints. Note that this is currently only supported for `AWS` accounts in region `us-east-1`.

## Benefits

* cost reduction: with private link, your egress cost go down by 90% (regular egress on AWS is $0.09/GB. With private link, this becomes $0.01/GB)
* compliance and security: prevent sensitive data from traversing the public internet

## Setup

### 1. Create a VPCEndpoint using our cloudformation template

[![Launch Stack](https://cdn.rawgit.com/buildkite/cloudformation-launch-stack-button-svg/master/launch-stack.svg)](https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/home#/stacks/new?stackName=nimbus-privatelink\&templateURL=https://nimbuscommonstack-nimbuspublicassetsde3f333d-vidman8dlq9v.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/private-link-prod.yaml)

Ensure Cloudformation stack is in status `CREATE_COMPLETE` and VPC Endpoint is Available with has Private DNS names enabled before proceeding

![Nimbus Private Link Setup](https://ik.imagekit.io/fpjzhqpv1/Cursor_and_cust_enable-privatelink_DLjvdf5Bw.png?updatedAt=1713228305706)

### 2. Verify the connection

You can test the endpoint by sending data to `$API_KEY-http-intake.privatelink.logs.us1.nimbus.dev` in a connected subnet

```sh
curl -v -d "{msg: ping}" https://$API_KEY-http-intake.privatelink.logs.us1.nimbus.dev 
```

> NOTE: Sending the request outside of the connected VPC will result in `403` response

### 3. Update your Nimbus Endpoints

To switch over to private link, update your Nimbus endpoint. to the new schema by adding `privatelink` to your Nimbus endpoint.

See [integrations](/integrations/integrations.datadog.md) specific docs for your integration endpoints.

```diff
- https://$API_KEY-$INTEGRATION-intake.logs.us1.nimbus.dev
+ https://$API_KEY-$INTEGRATION-intake.privatelink.logs.us1.nimbus.dev
```


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