Networking is a foundational component of using other AWS services such as EC2 and RDS. Using constructs such as Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) and Network Address Translation (NAT) gateways gives you the capability and confidence to secure your resources at a networking level. Amazon Route 53 is the managed Domain Name Service (DNS) that allows you to route internet users to your applications in a variety of flexible ways.
Learning the fundamentals of networking on AWS will give you the ability to create flexible architectures for a variety of cloud-native and hybrid scenarios.
In this chapter, we will cover the following recipes:
- Creating a VPC and subnets
- Managing a transit gateway
- Setting up a Virtual Private Network (VPN)
- Setting up NAT gateways
- Managing domains with Route 53