# Using CodeGuru Profiler with VPC Endpoints
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If you use Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) to host your AWS resources, you can establish a private connection between your VPC and Amazon CodeGuru Profiler. You can use this connection to access and submit profiles to your profiling group without crossing the public internet.

Amazon VPC is an AWS service that you can use to launch AWS resources in a virtual network that you define. With a VPC, you have control over your network settings, such the IP address range, subnets, route tables, and network gateways. With VPC endpoints, the AWS network handles the routing between the VPC and AWS services.

To connect your VPC to CodeGuru Profiler, you define an interface VPC endpoint for CodeGuru Profiler. An interface endpoint is an elastic network interface with a private IP address that serves as an entry point for traffic destined to a supported AWS service. The endpoint provides reliable, scalable connectivity to CodeGuru Profiler —and it doesn't require an internet gateway, a network address translation (NAT) instance, or a VPN connection. For more information, see [What Is Amazon VPC](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/vpc/latest/userguide/) in the *Amazon VPC User Guide*.

Interface VPC endpoints are enabled by AWS PrivateLink. This AWS technology enables private communication between AWS services by using an elastic network interface with private IP addresses. 

## Creating Amazon VPC Endpoints for CodeGuru Profiler
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You can create a VPC endpoint to use with CodeGuru Profiler to submit profiles to your profiling group.

To start using CodeGuru Profiler with your VPC, use the Amazon VPC console to create an interface VPC endpoint for CodeGuru Profiler. For instructions, see the procedure "To create an interface endpoint to an AWS service using the console" in [Creating an Interface Endpoint](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/vpc/latest/userguide/vpce-interface.html#create-interface-endpoint). Note the following procedure steps:
+ Step 3 –For **Service category**, choose *AWS services*.
+ Step 4 – For **Service Name**, choose *com.amazonaws.region.codeguru-profiler* – Creates a VPC endpoint for CodeGuru Profiler operations. 

For more information, see [Getting Started](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/vpc/latest/userguide/GetStarted.html) in the *Amazon VPC User Guide*.

**Note**  
CodeGuru Profiler does not support Amazon VPC endpoint policies at this time.