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Architecting, configuring, and managing your Virtual Private Clouds in AWS

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COURSE
Beginner
3m 24s
Architecting, Configuring, and Managing your VPCs in AWS Introduction
This lesson introduces the AWS Virtual Private Clouds course, designed to help you learn about architecting, configuring, and managing your VPCs.
COURSE
Beginner
1h 17m
Working with AWS Networking and Amazon VPC
This lesson gives you an overview of the AWS Virtual Private Cloud and its associated networking components.
HANDS-ON LAB
Beginner
Up to 1h 30m
Introduction to Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
Learn how to create an isolated network using Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
HANDS-ON LAB
Beginner
Up to 2h 35m
Securing your VPC using Public and Private Subnets
Learn how to increment the network security creating a public and private subnet on VPC and filter traffic using network ACL
COURSE
Intermediate
18m 8s
Examining AWS Routing
In this lesson, we discuss AWS Routing fundamentals and industry-standard routing protocols such as Border Gateway Protocol.
HANDS-ON LAB
Advanced
Up to 2h
Set Up VPC Peering between Amazon Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs)
Set up VPC peering between Amazon Virtual Private Clouds, leverage Amazon Route 53 private hosted zones, and diagnose network issues with VPC flow logs in this Lab
COURSE
Beginner
28m 36s
AWS Networking Features Essential for a Solutions Architect
This lesson explores some of the different networking features and components across your AWS infrastructure.
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This course has been designed to provide you with an all round understanding of AWS Virtual Private Clouds, commonly referred to as VPCs. VPCs are essentially your own private area of AWS allowing you to safely provision resources and launch services in this virtual network environment. 

Learning 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
  • Understand static and dynamic routing in AWS
  • Learn BGP's role in routing in AWS
  • Understand what Elastic IP Addresses (EIPs) are
  • Understand when to use Elastic Network Interfaces (ENIs)
  • Learn how to use EC2 Enhanced Networking with the Elastic Network Adapter (ENA)
  • How to use VPC Endpoints to secure connectivity
  • Learn how the AWS Global Accelerator plays a part in performance
  • The benefits of sharing VPCs
  • The role of RAM in sharing VPCs
  • The capabilities and restrictions of VPC sharing
  •  Learn how to create and analyze a connection using the VPC reachability Analyzer
  • Discuss IPv4, IPv6 and how to configure it to be supported by Amazon VPCs and EC2 Instances
  • Understand what an AWS Network Firewall is
  • Learn the differences between Network Access Control List, Security Groups, and an AWS Network Firewall
  • Understand the options for deploying AWS Network Firewalls from Distributed, Centralized, and a combination of both
  • Learn how to centrally manage all AWS Network Firewalls using AWS Firewall Manager
  • Understand AWS PrivateLink, as well as its typical use cases
  • AWS PrivateLink components
  • How to provide and control access to a PrivateLink resource
  • Learn how to create your own large network topology that uses AWS Transit Gateway to connect multiple VPCs
  • Understand when and why it becomes appropriate to transition away from the standard methods of VPC peering when connecting large numbers of networks
  • Inter-regional communication patterns
  • Intra-regional communication patterns


Prerequisites:

As a perquisite to taking this course, you may find it beneficial in having some familiarity with the fundamentals of AWS and some of its core services.

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Covered Topics

Networking
Security
High Availability
Amazon Web Services
Networking for AWS
Security for AWS
Amazon VPC
Amazon VPC Endpoints
Amazon Firewall Manager