ANS-C01 Network Management and Operations Practice Question
A company wants to monitor network traffic between two VPCs connected via a Transit Gateway. Which THREE AWS services can be used to capture and analyze this traffic?
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Why each option matters
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VPC Flow Logs
Options A, C, and D are correct. VPC Flow Logs capture IP traffic for network interfaces, Transit Gateway Flow Logs capture traffic through the transit gateway, and third-party network monitoring appliances deployed in a VPC can capture and analyze traffic. Option B is incorrect because AWS Config records configuration changes, not traffic. Option E is incorrect because AWS CloudTrail logs API calls, not network traffic.
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VPC Flow Logs
Why this is correct
Captures IP traffic for VPCs.
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AWS Config
Why it's wrong here
Tracks configuration changes.
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Third-party network monitoring appliance deployed in a VPC
Why this is correct
Can capture traffic via mirroring.
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Transit Gateway Flow Logs
Why this is correct
Captures traffic through Transit Gateway.
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AWS CloudTrail
Why it's wrong here
Logs API calls, not network traffic.
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