Laptop to Production
Module 03

Networking

Your private network on AWS, and deciding exactly what the internet can reach.

QuickCart: The app must reach the API. Nobody should ever reach the database.

Lessons in this module

  1. What is a VPC?Your own private section of AWS's network.
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  2. Subnets and IP rangesSlicing the network, and planning addresses for growth.
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  3. Routes, gateways and NATHow traffic finds its way in and out.
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  4. Security groupsThe firewall on every resource, and chaining them.
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  5. Domain names and HTTPSRoute 53, certificates and a padlock in the browser.
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Put this module to work in Project 1: A network by hand.

Next module: 04 – Running code