A Complete Guide for Virtual Private Cloud Using AWS

This course helps you master AWS VPC with hands-on experience, covering basics to advanced topics like VPC peering and Transit Gateway.

Beginner

38 Lessons

Certificate of Completion

This course helps you master AWS VPC with hands-on experience, covering basics to advanced topics like VPC peering and Transit Gateway.

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This course includes

20 Playgrounds

5 Quizzes

This course includes

20 Playgrounds

5 Quizzes

Course Overview

In today’s world, it is crucial to understand how to configure and design an efficient network architecture for your infrastructure. In this course, you’ll learn about Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) which allows you to create a logically isolated virtual network in the cloud for resource placement. You’ll learn the fundamentals of network addressing, including classful and classless addressing. You’ll understand the core concepts of Amazon VPC and its related components while doing hands-on using Amaz...Show More

What You'll Learn

An understanding of AWS infrastructure including public and private hosted services

Practical knowledge of the classful and classless network addressing fundamentals

Hands-on experience working with Amazon VPC and its core components

A working knowledge of subnets, internet gateway, route tables, firewalls, NAT gateway and VPC flow logs

Familiarity with advanced VPC concepts such as VPC peering, Transit Gateway and VPC endpoint

What You'll Learn

An understanding of AWS infrastructure including public and private hosted services

Course Content

Introduction

Get familiar with AWS VPC, global infrastructure, and hosted services for secure cloud solutions.

Introduction to Course AWS Global Infrastructure AWS Public and Private Hosted Services

Network Addressing Fundamentals

Get started with IP fundamentals, classful addressing, CIDR, subnetting, and networking exercises.

Understand IP, IPv4, and IPv6 Classful IPv4 Addressing Classless Inter-Domain Routing and Subnetting Exercise: Networking Fundamentals Quiz: Networking Fundamentals

VPC Fundamentals

Master the steps to create and configure a VPC, default and custom, including subnets.

Understand Amazon VPC Interact with Default VPC Work with a Custom VPC Understand and Configure Subnets Exercises: VPC Fundamentals Quiz: VPC Fundamentals

VPC Networking and Security

Enhance your skills in configuring VPC networking, routing, firewalls, IP management, and security on AWS.

Public Subnet and Internet Gateway Public Subnet, VPC Routing, and Route Tables Stateful and Stateless Firewalls Understand and Configure NACLs Understand and Configure Security Groups Understand Elastic IPs Understand and Configure the NAT Gateway The Egress-Only Internet Gateway Exercises: VPC Networking and Security Quiz: VPC Networking and Security

Monitoring VPC

Solve problems in monitoring VPC with flow logs and practical exercises on AWS.

Understand VPC Flow Logs Create and Manage VPC Flow Logs Exercises: Monitoring VPC Quiz: Monitoring VPC

Advanced VPC Connectivity

7 Lessons

Follow the process of establishing and securing advanced connectivity options for VPC with AWS.

Appendix

2 Lessons

Practice using AWS CLI and manage AWS security credentials efficiently.

Conclusion

1 Lesson

Learn how to use Virtual Private Cloud and explore further AWS services.

Course Author

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