Amazon Networking Services
In the previous chapters, we learned about Amazon compute and storage services, focusing on EC2, EBS, EFS, and S3. We provisioned EC2 instances and the cloud storage that can be used by EC2 and other services. In this chapter, we will discuss Amazon cloud networking, where all the cloud resources are connected and communicate with each other.
We will cover the following topics in this chapter:
- Computer network basics – the fundamental network concepts, such as IP address, network address, and CIDR notation.
- Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) – the Amazon cloud network where EC2 and other services communicate with each other. We will provision VPCs, subnets, and EC2 instances in the VPC/subnets and explore EC2 instance communications within the VPC and to the internet.
- AWS network security – this becomes a priority once our VPC and EC2 instances are exposed to the internet. We will show how to build and configure network...