VPC Flashcards
VPC Acronym
Virtual Private Cloud
Public IPv4
Can be used on the internet
Lost when you restart instance
Private IPv4
IP’s can be used on internal network
Elastic IP
Fixed public IPv4 address
Ongoing cost if instance stopped
VPC is…
Private network
Internet gateway
Sends VPC traffic to the internet
NAT Gateways
Allow private subnets to reach internet
NACL
Rules at the subnet level
Security Groups
Firewall at the Instance level
Only ALLOW rules
Can include IP’s and other security groups
VPC Flow Logs
Subnet flow logs
Elastic network interface flow logs
Capture info about IP traffic going into interfaces
VPC Peering
Connect two VPC
Is VPC Peering transitive?
No
VPC Endpoints
Access via a private AWS network
VPC Endpoint Gateway
Private connection to specific AWS service
AWS PrivateLink (Endpoint Services)
Private network connection to VPC’s on other accounts