AWS Virtual Private Cloud Flashcards
What is a VPC?
Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) is a service that lets you launch AWS resources in a logically isolated virtual network that you define.
True or false: A VPC has, at least, one IP virtual network where virtual resources such as servers can be attached.
True.
What are route tables?
A route table is a table of knowledge/ rules in a Virtual Private Cloud (VPC).
What are route tables used for?
Route tables determine the network destinations that can be reached from the local position.
True or false: The subnets do not have to be associated to the route tables.
False. The subnets must be associated to the route tables or else there is no reachability.
What are the two basic routing components in the VPC ?
The VPC’s default router which interconnects the networks of the VPC and the VPC’s default gateway enables transit toward the Internet from the VPC and back.
What is a site-to-site VPN?
A Virtual Private Gateway in the AWS side and a Customer Gateway at the on-premises site.
What does the internet gateway do?
The Internet Gateway (IGW) interconnects the VPC with the external world.
True or false: The default VPC provided by AWS comes with its own Internet Gateway.
True.
What is a peering connection?
A VPC peering connection is a networking virtual link between two VPCs that enables traffic to be exchanged privately between them.
