VPC Flashcards
1
Q
What is VPC?
A
- Virtual Private Cloud
- private network to deploy your resources (regional resource)
2
Q
IP Addresses in AWS
A
- IPv4, Elastic IP (fixed public IPv4), IPv6
3
Q
Subnets
A
- allow you to partition your network inside your VPC (Availibility Zone resource)
4
Q
Public & Private subnet
A
- public subnet: is a subnet that is accessible from the internet (Route Tables between internet and subnets)
- private subnet: is a subnet that is not
accessible from the internet
5
Q
Internet Gateway & NAT Gateways
A
- Internet Gateways helps VPC instances connect with internet –> Public Subnets have route to internet gateway
- NAT Gateways allow instances in Private Subnets to access internet while privat
6
Q
NACL (Network ACL) & Security Groups
A
- NACL = A firewall which controls traffic from and to subnet –> attached at the Subnet level
- Security Groups = A firewall that controls traffic to and from an EC2 Instance
7
Q
VPC Flow Logs
A
- Capture information about IP traffic going into your interfaces
- Helps to monitor & troubleshoot connectivity issues
8
Q
VPC Peering
A
- Connect two VPC, privately using
AWS’ network - connection is not transitive
9
Q
VPC Endpoints
A
- allow to connect to services using private network instead of public www network
10
Q
AWS PrivateLink
A
- Privately connect to a service in a 3rd party VPC
11
Q
Site to Site VPN
A
- VPN over public internet between on-premises DC and AWS
12
Q
Direct Connect (DC)
A
- direct private connection to AWS
13
Q
Client VPN
A
- OpenVPN connection from your computer into your VPC
14
Q
Transit Gateway
A
- Connect thousands of VPC and on-premises networks together