Explore the foundations of building an Amazon VPC

Build a custom Amazon VPC from scratch by configuring public and private subnets, an Internet Gateway, route tables, and security groups. Progress to deploying a web server and MySQL RDS instance, then connect and secure these resources to understand how core VPC components work together to support controlled network communication.

Discover how to connect and secure resources in your VPC

Bring your VPC configuration together by deploying application and database resources within an isolated network. Explore how subnets, gateways, route tables, and security groups manage connectivity and enable secure communication between your web server and MySQL RDS instance.

You’ll access learning content and practical activities online through Amazon Web Services (AWS), alongside your FutureLearn course experience, giving you direct access to AWS learning as you progress.

Syllabus

Week 1
Lab - Building Your First Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
- Lab - Building Your First Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
  In this activity, you will manually build an Amazon VPC with public and private subnets, set up internet routing and security groups, and deploy a web server connected to a MySQL RDS database.

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What will you achieve?

By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...

Create an Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
Create a public and private subnets
Create an Internet gateway
Create a Route Table and add a route to the Internet
Create a security group for your web server to only allow HTTP traffic to your web server
Create a security group for your MySQL RDS instance to only allow MySQL traffic from your public subnet
Deploy a web server and a MySQL RDS instance
Configure your application to connect to your MySQL RDS instance

Who is the course for?

This course is ideal for infrastructure engineers and systems operators

Who developed the course?

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

AWS is the world’s most comprehensive cloud, enabling organizations to accelerate innovation, reduce costs, and scale more efficiently.

What's included?

Amazon Web Services (AWS) are offering everyone who joins this course a free digital upgrade, so that you can experience the full benefits of studying online for free. This means that you get:

Unlimited access to this course

Includes any articles, videos, peer reviews and quizzes

A PDF Certificate of Achievement to prove your success when you’re eligible

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