VPN & Direct Connect

This lesson has been designed to give you an overview of the AWS Virtual Private Cloud and its associated networking components. This will help you to architect and build your VPC for a variety of different workloads and use cases. The topics covered within this lesson include:

• Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs)
• Subnets
• Route Tables
• Network Access Control Lists (NACLs)
• Security Groups
• NAT Gateways
• Bastion Hosts
• VPN and Direct connection
• VPC Peering
• AWS Transit Gateway

Who should attend this lesson?

• Those who are relatively new to AWS to gain a better understanding of how to construct and architect virtual private cloud

• Those looking to learn more about AWS networking features and components

• Those studying for the AWS solutions architect certifications 

Lesson Objectives

• Confidently architect a VPC across multiple availability zones within a Region
• Explain different networking components commonly used within AWS VPCs
• Secure your VPCs, helping you to protect your resources within them
• Assess which method of connectivity to your VPCs would be best in different scenarios

Prerequisites:

To get the most from this lesson you should have had some exposure to AWS, for example, EC2, although this is not essential.