VPC & Networking Flashcards
What service lets you launch AWS resources into a virtual network that you’ve defined?
AWS VPC
What is a subnet?
Partition of your VPC network.
What are the two types of subnets?
Public & Private
How is access defined to subnets, whether public or private?
Route Tables
What service enables resources in your public subnets (such as EC2 instances) to connect to the internet?
Internet Gateway
What service allows your instances in a Private Subnet to access the internet while remaining private?
NAT Gateway
What is a NACL (Network Control List)?
Firewall which controls traffic from and to a subnet using Allow or Deny language.
Firewall that controls traffic to and from an ENI/EC2 instance using Allow language.
Security Groups for VPC
What service captures IP Traffic going into interfaces and services?
VPC Flow Logs
What service connects two VPCs, privately using AWS’ network?
VPC Peering
What enables customers to privately connect to supported AWS services and VPC services using virtual devices?
VPC Endpoints
What VPC Endpoint is used specifically for S3 and DynamoDB?
VPC Endpoint Gateway
What kind of Endpoint is used for any AWS service other than S3 and DynamoDB?
VPC Endpoint Interface
What service provides private connectivity between virtual private clouds (service provider to consumer), supported AWS services, and your on-premises networks without exposing your traffic to the public internet?
AWS PrivateLink
What service connects an on-premises VPN to AWS, quickly over the public internet?
Site-to-Site VPN