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AWS VPC Core Concepts in an Analogy and Guide

3 pointsby colemorrisonabout 8 years ago

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colemorrisonabout 8 years ago
The base analogy - Building a VPC like building a Sim City<p>- The AWS Account: The Landscape<p>- The VPC: The City (Range of Postal Codes)<p>- Subnets: Individual Postal Codes<p>- Route Tables: The Road Infrastructure<p>- Network ACLs: The Security Gates around Postal Codes<p>- Servers&#x2F;Services: The Buildings<p>- Security Groups: The Security Guards for Buildings<p>- Availability Zones: Parallel Dimensions<p>- Regions: Alternate Realities