An education agency hosts a private competition in AWS. Each participating school uses a known centrally managed IP addressing scheme. Schools access the competition over Site-to-Site VPNs using BGP. All traffic must be encrypted in transit, only authorized endpoints may connect, and school firewalls block ICMP. The agency needs a cost-effective way to notify schools when their connectivity fails so they can take corrective action on-premises. Which combination of measures satisfies these needs most economically? (Choose two.)
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Correct answer: Monitor the state of the VPN tunnels by using Amazon CloudWatch. Create a CloudWatch alarm that uses Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS) to notify people at the affected school if the tunnels are down., Create a scheduled AWS Lambda function to monitor the existence of each school's routes in the VPC route table where VPN routes are propagated. Configure the Lambda function to send an Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS) notification to people at the affected school if failure occurs..
Why this is the answer
The first correct option leverages CloudWatch metrics for VPN tunnel state, which are readily available and directly indicate connectivity health. Setting up a CloudWatch alarm with SNS is a cost-effective, automated way to notify schools when tunnels are down. The second correct option addresses the BGP aspect of the VPN. When BGP routes are not propagated into the VPC route table, it signifies a routing issue, even if the tunnels are technically up. A Lambda function checking for these routes and sending an SNS notification provides a crucial, complementary check for full connectivity, especially given the BGP requirement. The Lambda ping option fails because school firewalls block ICMP. The CloudWatch dashboard is less cost-effective for automated notifications. VPC Reachability Analyzer is a diagnostic tool, not designed for continuous, automated monitoring and notification in this scenario.
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