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# AWS PrivateLink Overview in Confluent Cloud

[AWS PrivateLink](https://aws.amazon.com/privatelink/) allows for one-way
secure connection access between your VPC and Confluent Cloud with added protection
against data exfiltration. This networking option is popular for its unique
combination of security and simplicity.

In Confluent Cloud, you can set up an inbound PrivateLink from AWS VPC to a Confluent Cloud
cluster or outbound PrivateLink from Confluent Cloud to an AWS VPC using the
following networking solutions.

| Supported networking solution                                                                                    | Supported services                                                                                                                                                       |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| [Inbound PrivateLink - Dedicated](private-links/aws-privatelink.md#cloud-networking-privatelink-aws)             | - Dedicated Kafka<br/>- Flink<br/>- Schema Registry                                                                                                                      |
| [Inbound PrivateLink - Serverless](aws-platt.md#cloud-networking-privatelink-aws-esku)                           | - Enterprise Kafka<br/>- Flink<br/>- Schema Registry                                                                                                                     |
| [Outbound PrivateLink - Dedicated](aws-egress-privatelink.md#cloud-networking-privatelink-aws-egress)            | Connect with Dedicated Kafka clusters                                                                                                                                    |
| [Outbound PrivateLink - Serverless](aws-egress-privatelink-esku.md#cloud-networking-privatelink-aws-egress-esku) | - Connect with Enterprise Kafka clusters<br/>- Cluster Linking with Enterprise Kafka clusters<br/>- Flink external table lookups<br/>- Inferences for external AI models |

If you use PrivateLink, your cluster will not have public endpoints, and you can
only access your cluster from Private Endpoints in accounts you have registered
with Confluent Cloud.
