Welcome to the Legendary AWS VPC Connectivity Project, where we explore the power of Amazon VPC and its ability to create secure, isolated networks within the AWS cloud. This project demonstrates the practical steps of managing EC2 instances, troubleshooting connectivity, and configuring secure communication between resources in a VPC.
- Built an Amazon VPC to host public and private EC2 instances.
- Configured subnets, route tables, Network ACLs, and security groups for network isolation and control.
- Used EC2 Instance Connect to establish secure SSH access to public EC2 instances.
- Configured ICMP rules to enable communication between public and private EC2 instances.
- Tested connectivity with tools like ping and curl.
- Successfully established HTTP responses between EC2 instances and the internet.
Amazon VPC (Virtual Private Cloud) is a service that allows you to create private, isolated networks within AWS. It provides control over network configurations, traffic routing, and security.
Connectivity refers to the ability of devices, instances, or networks to communicate, either within a VPC, between VPCs, or with external networks like the internet.
flowchart TD
A[Amazon VPC] -->|Contains| B[Public Subnet]
A -->|Contains| C[Private Subnet]
B -->|Hosts| D[Public EC2 Instance]
C -->|Hosts| E[Private EC2 Instance]
D -->|Communicates with| E
D -->|Internet Access| F[Internet Gateway]
F -->|Routes Traffic| G[Local Machine]
Created a VPC with public and private subnets. Configured an Internet Gateway for external connectivity. Set up route tables to manage traffic between subnets and the internet.
Launched a public EC2 instance in the public subnet and a private EC2 instance in the private subnet. Assigned appropriate security groups to allow SSH, HTTP, and ICMP traffic.
Used ping to check communication between EC2 instances. Used curl to verify web server responses over HTTP.
Troubleshooting and Securing Connectivity
flowchart LR
A[Public EC2 Instance] -->|Ping Request| B[Private EC2 Instance]
B -->|Ping Response| A
A -->|SSH Access| C[Update Security Group Rules]
B -->|ICMP Enabled| D[Update Network ACL]
A -->|curl HTTP Request| E[Web Server Response]
| Tool | Purpose | Example Command |
|---|---|---|
| Ping | Tests basic network connectivity using ICMP packets. | ping 10.0.1.231 |
| Curl | Sends HTTP requests to check server responses. | curl http://10.0.1.231 |
Successfully connected to EC2 instances using Instance Connect. Verified connectivity across subnets and to the internet. Secured the VPC using ACLs and security groups.
I didn’t expect the need to configure both Network ACLs and Security Groups separately to allow ICMP and SSH traffic, as I initially thought route tables alone would handle connectivity.
🔮 Automated Monitoring: Implement AWS CloudWatch to monitor VPC traffic and connectivity. 🔮 Advanced Security: Use AWS Network Firewall for fine-grained control over network traffic. 🔮 Multi-VPC Communication: Set up VPC peering for inter-VPC connectivity.
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Thank you for exploring this project! Let's build and innovate together. 🚀
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