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# Connect AWS to your Orka cluster

> Connect AWS to your Orka cluster: one-time access from EC2 via VPN client, or a persistent IPsec site-to-site tunnel between your Amazon VPC and Orka.

Overview of how to connect AWS to your Orka cluster. Deep dive for detailed instructions on bringing up a tunnel between the two.

## One-Time Access

If you need to establish one-time or temporary access to your Orka cluster from a single virtual machine hosted in Amazon Web Services (AWS), you can [connect via VPN](/orka/networking-with-orka-at-macstadium/vpn-connection) from the AWS machine to your Orka cluster.

## VPN Tunnel

If you need to connect an entire Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) to your Orka cluster through a stable, persistent connection, you need to establish an IPsec site-to-site VPN between the two clouds (VPN tunnel):

1. [Create a Site-to-Site VPN for your Amazon VPC.](/orka/networking-with-orka-at-macstadium/1-aws-side-of-the-vpn-tunnel)
2. [Download and adjust the AWS-specific configuration file for the VPN.](/orka/networking-with-orka-at-macstadium/2-aws-vpn-tunnel-configuration-file)
3. [Apply the configuration to your Cisco ASAv device using the Cisco ASDM-IDM.](/orka/networking-with-orka-at-macstadium/3-aws-orka-side-of-the-vpn-tunnel)

### You Can Also

* [Verify the VPN tunnel.](/orka/networking-with-orka-at-macstadium/4-aws-verifying-the-vpn-tunnel)
* [Perform VPN tunnel troubleshooting.](/orka/networking-with-orka-at-macstadium/aws-vpn-tunnel-troubleshooting)