3 - AWS Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) features

Question 1

VPCs build upon the _________________ built into AWS regions and Availability Zones (AZs). Your VPCs live within a region, and you can have multiple VPCs per account.

Answer 1

High availability

Question 2

Just like in your private network infrastructures, VPCs are made up of _______ that you can use to provide segmentation at Layer 3 (the Network layer).

Answer 2

Subnets

Question 3

You can use ____________ to route traffic entering and exiting your subnets. You get this familiar model without needing to worry about the physical routers themselves.

Answer 3

Route tables

Question 4

Translates your privately addressed VPC resources to access the Internet using public IP addresses.

Answer 4

NAT Gateways

Question 5

__________________________ allow you to control access to your VPC subnets; these are stateless constructs, meaning you must configure inbound and outbound rules, as there is no automatic recognition of state with traffic flows and no automated access entries.

Answer 5

NACLs - Network Access Control Lists