Best practices

Now, let's take a look at the best practices that we should adhere to when designing a VPC. Generally, we should make sure that we follow these principles:

• Design our networks and subnets in the appropriate sizes
• Design our networks with high availability requirements in mind
• Understand special requirements for routing
• Understand the limitations of VPC peering when required
• Understand general VPC limits

Network and VPC sizing

When designing a VPC, we first need to look into network address configuration. Make sure that you design the network and subnet addressing with enough space to comfortably accommodate both the existing size and any future requirements for your application. The general rule when...