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VPC CheatSheetΒΆ

  • VPC: Virtual Private Cloud
  • Subnets: Tied to an AZ, network parition of the VPC
  • Internet Gateway / Instances: Give you internet access to private subnets
  • NAT Gateway / Instances: give internet access to private subnets
  • Network ACL: Sateless, subnet rules for inbount and outbound
  • Security Groups: Stateful, operate at the EC2 instance level or ENI
  • VPC Peering: Connect two VPC with non overlapping IP ranges, non transitive
  • VPC Endpoints: Provide private access to AWS Services within VPC
  • VPC Flow Logs: network traffic logs
  • Site to Site VPN: VPN over public internet between on-premises DC and AWS
  • Direct Connect: direct privat connection to AWS