Module 6 - Guided Lab: Creating a Virtual Private Cloud

Lab overview and objectives

Traditional networking is difficult. It involves equipment, cabling, complex configurations, and specialist skills. Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) hides the complexity, and simplifies the deployment of secure private networks.

This lab shows you how to build your own virtual private cloud (VPC), deploy resources, and create private peering connections between VPCs.

After completing this lab, you should be able to:

• Deploy a VPC
• Create an internet gateway and attach it to the VPC
• Create a public subnet
• Create private subnet
• Create an application server to test the VPC

Duration

This lab will require approximately 30 minutes to complete.

AWS service restrictions

In this lab environment, access to AWS services and service actions might be restricted to the ones that are needed to complete the lab instructions. You might encounter errors if you attempt to access other services or perform actions beyond the ones that are described in this lab.

At the end of this lab, your architecture will look like the following example:

Accessing the AWS Management Console

1. At the top of these instructions, choose Start Lab to launch your lab.

   A Start Lab panel opens, and it displays the lab status.

   Tip: If you need more time to complete the lab, restart the timer for the environment by choosing the Start Lab button again.

2. Wait until the Start Lab panel displays the message Lab status: ready, then close the panel by choosing the X.