Configuring Interface VPC Endpoints for Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio MCP

You can establish a private connection between your VPC and Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio MCP service by creating an interface VPC endpoint. Interface endpoints are powered by Amazon VPC, which enables you to privately access the MCP server in your VPC without an internet gateway, NAT device, VPN connection, or connection. Instances in your VPC don't need public IP addresses to communicate with the MCP service and traffic between your VPC and MCP service does not leave the Amazon network.

Each interface endpoint is represented by one or more Elastic Network Interfaces in your VPC subnets. For more information, see Interface VPC endpoints in the Amazon VPC User Guide.

Step 1: Creating an interface VPC endpoint for Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio MCP

You can create a VPC endpoint for the Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio MCP service using either the Amazon VPC console or the AWS CLI. For more information, see Creating an interface endpoint in the Amazon VPC User Guide.

Create a VPC endpoint for Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio MCP using the following service name:

If you enable private DNS for the endpoint, you can make API requests to Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio MCP using its default DNS name for the Region, for example, sagemaker-unified-studio-mcp.us-east-1.api.aws

For more information, see Accessing a service through an interface endpoint in the Amazon VPC User Guide.

Step 2: Creating a VPC endpoint Policy for Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio MCP

You can attach an endpoint policy to your VPC endpoint that controls access to Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio MCP. The policy specifies the following information:

For more information, see Controlling access to services with VPC endpoints in the Amazon VPC User Guide.

Example: VPC endpoint policy to allow MCP access to a specific IAM role

The following is an example of an endpoint policy for Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio MCP access. When attached to an endpoint, this policy grants access to the listed Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio MCP actions for a specific IAM role principal on all resources.

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",		 	 	 
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Principal": {
        "AWS": "arn:aws:iam::ACCOUNT-ID:role/YourRoleName"
      },
      "Action": [
        "sagemaker-unified-studio-mcp:InvokeMcp",
        "sagemaker-unified-studio-mcp:CallReadOnlyTool",
        "sagemaker-unified-studio-mcp:CallPrivilegedTool"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

Step 3: Testing your VPC

The curl command validates end-to-end network connectivity from your VPC network (EC2) to the VPC endpoint by making an HTTP/HTTPS request. A curl response receiving a Message back from the MCP server confirms that the complete network path is functional.

Method 1: With Private DNS Enabled (Recommended)

curl https://sagemaker-unified-studio-mcp.us-east-1.api.aws/spark-upgrade/mcp

Method 2: Without Private DNS Enabled

curl -k https://vpce-0069xxxx-ejwh6xxx.sagemaker-unified-studio-mcp.us-east-1.vpce.amazonaws.com/spark-upgrade/mcp

In both cases, the curl command returns a response: {"Message":"...."}. Returning with a Message verifies the successful network path connectivity to the VPC endpoint of the MCP service.

Step 4: Start using the MCP VPC endpoint

Once you have verified the connection, you can follow the steps to configure the MCP in Setup for Upgrade Agent. Simply use the private VPC endpoint in your MCP configuration.