VPC Section Summary Flashcards

1
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CIDR

A

IP Range

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2
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VPC

A

Virtual Private Cloud - we define a list of IPv4 & IPv6 CIDR

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3
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Subnets

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tied to an AZ, we define a CIDR

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4
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Internet Gateway

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at the VPC level, provide IPv4 & IPv6 Internet Access

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5
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Route Tables

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must be edited to add routes from subnets to the IGW, VPC Peering Connections, VPC Endpoints, …

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6
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Bastion Host

A

public EC2 instance to SSH into, that has SSH connectivity to EC2 instances in private subnets

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7
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NAT Instances

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gives Internet access to EC2 instances in private subnets. Old, must be setup in a public subnet, disable Source/Destination check flag

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NAT Gateway

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managed by AWS, provides scalable Internet access to private EC2 instances, IPv4 only

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9
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Private DNS + Route 53

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enable DNS Resolution + DNS Hostnames (VPC)

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10
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NACL

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stateless, subnet rules for inbound and outbound, don’t forget Ephemeral Ports

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11
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Security Groups

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stateful, operate at the EC2 instance level

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12
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Reachability Analyzer

A

perform network connectivity testing between AWS resources

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13
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VPC Peering

A

connect two VPCs with non overlapping CIDR, non-transitive

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14
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VPC Endpoints

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provide private access to AWS Services (S3, DynamoDB, CloudFormation, SSM) within a VPC

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15
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VPC Flow Logs

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can be setup at the VPC/Subnet/ENI Level, for ACCEPT and REJECT traffic, helps identifying attacks, analyze using Athena or CloudWatch Logs Insights

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16
Q

Site-to-Site VPN

A

setup a Customer Gateway on DC, a Virtual Private Gateway on VPC, and site-to-site VPN over public Internet

17
Q

AWS VPN CloudHub

A

hub-and-spoke VPN model to connect your sites

18
Q

Direct Connect

A

setup a Virtual Private Gateway on VPC, and establish a direct private connection to an AWS Direct Connect Location

19
Q

Direct Connect Gateway

A

setup a Direct Connect to many VPCs in different AWS regions

20
Q

AWS PrivateLink/VPC Endpoint Services

A
  • Connect services privately from your service VPC to customers VPC
  • Doesn’t need VPC Peering, public Internet, NAT Gateway, Route Tables
  • Must be used with Network Load Balancer and ENI
21
Q

ClassicLink

A

connect EC2-Classic EC2 instances privately to your VPC

22
Q

Transit Gateway

A

transitive peering connections for VPC, VPN, & DX

23
Q

Transit Mirroring

A

copy network traffic from ENIs for further analysis

24
Q

Egress-only Internet Gateway

A

like a NAT Gateway, but for IPv6