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VPC

Components

Gateway

  • Internet: gives subnets access to the internet

Network Router

  • Connects Gateway to Route Table

Route Table

  • Directs traffic to desired Gateway or Subnet

Network ACL

  • Protects Subent

Subnet

  • Private: Subnets can access internet, the internet can not access Subnet
  • Public: Subnets can access internet, internet can access Subnet
  • Each Subnet can choose one availability zone

Security Group

  • Protects Instances

Instance

  • The application server

Security

Components

Diagrams

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Subnet