VPCEndpoint trying to create even if "createVpcEndpoints": false

[BryceViva]

I have the config set to be privatewebsite = true and "createVpcEndpoints": false, but when I run CDK Deploy, It still tries to deploy a VPCEndpoint. I am unable to deploy endpoints in the environment this is going.

Am I missing some flag to make sure an Endpoint isn't going to be created?

Thanks for all help.

[kmanuwai]

The definition of a private website here is that the website will only be accessible from the VPC or any client (i.e. on a VPN) that can reach the internal only Application Load Balancer that sits in front of the S3 hosted website.

So you need VPC Endpoints to be deployed for that to work. I.e. privatewebsite = true will overpower "createVpcEndpoints": false

See here for more details: https://aws-samples.github.io/aws-genai-llm-chatbot/documentation/private-chatbot.html

[BryceViva]

Is it possible to use an existing VPC endpoint?

[kmanuwai]

You should be able to use existing VPC endpoints although I have not tested this.
If you remove the endpoints you don't want created from here:

aws-genai-llm-chatbot/lib/shared/index.ts

Lines 80 to 82 in 372710a

	if (
	typeof props.config.vpc?.createVpcEndpoints === "undefined" ||
	props.config.vpc?.createVpcEndpoints === true

Then in this part of the code, your already existing VPC endpoint should be picked up:

aws-genai-llm-chatbot/lib/user-interface/private-website.ts

Line 42 in 372710a

// Retrieving S3 Endpoint Ips for ALB Target