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title: "What is the difference between ingress and egress?"
date: "2025-06-25T09:08:07+00:00"
summary: "Understand ingress and egress: Inbound vs. outbound traffic for your application. Learn key differences for network security."
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*   SSH Ingress or private SSH access: Inbound traffic to your application (such as web requests or SSH). For more information, visit [Private SSH Access](/acquia-cloud-platform/private-ssh-access "Private SSH Access").
*   Egress or private connection through VPN or VPC peering: Outbound traffic from your application (such as API calls to external services). For more information, visit [Private Connection Using VPN](/acquia-cloud-platform/private-egress-using-vpn-and-vpc-peering "Private Egress Using VPN and VPC Peering").