VPC Flashcards
virtual data center in the cloud
VPC
Logically isolated part of AWS Cloud where you can define your own network
VPC
Conisits of internet gateways, route tables, network access control lists, subnets, and security groups
VPC
How many AZ are subnets in?
1
Created automatically when creating a VPC
Route table, Network ACL, Security Group
How many reserved IP are in there in a CIDR block?
5
10.0.0.0 is reserved for
Network Address
10.0.0.1 is reserved for
VPC Router
10.0.0.2 is reserved for
IP address of the DNS Server
10.0.0.3 is reserved for
Future use
10.0.0.255 is reserved for
Network broadcast address
How to make a subnet public
Add internet gateway
Used to enable instances in a private subnet to connect to the internet or other AWS services while preventing the internet from initiating a connection with those instances
NAT Gateway
Redundant inside the AZ
NAT Gateway
Starts at 5gbps and scales to 45 Gbps
NAT Gateway
Are NAT gateways automatically assigned a public IP?
Yes
Virtual firewalls for an EC2 instance, by default everything is blocked
Security Groups
If you send a request from your instance the response traffic for that request is allowed to flow in regardless of inbound security group rules
Stateful