Project 2: AWS VPC Network and Instance Creation

OVERVIEW

• VPC
• Internet-gateway
• subnet (switch)
• route-table
• NACL-network access control list(external firewall)
• security group (internal firewall)
• windows Computer

Objective

We want to create a VPC network

Step 1️⃣

Create your VPC in your AWS Console

Step 2️⃣

Create your internet gateway and attach it to your VPC

Step 3️⃣

Create your subnets, then go to your route table and associate it with the route table

Step 4️⃣

We need to create a route table to enable any network that is not our local network to go to the internet through our internet gateway. (Go to our route table, click on routes, and edit it- add all traffic, add IGW, select our IGW, and save)

Step 5️⃣

We need to create NACLs- Network access control lists, which have inbound and outbound rules

Sometimes the NACLs may be automatically created. Check the VPC ID to check if any have been created under your VPC. If it hasn’t been created, then go ahead and create your NACLs and associate them with your subnets.

Go ahead and confirm your inbound and outbound rules to enable those you want to access it.

Step 6️⃣ : Create your security group

Step 7️⃣: Create an instance, logging in with RDP

Logged in using my RDP

screenshot of my Windows server using RDP client. NOTE: YOU NEED TO EDIT YOUR IP ADDRESS IN THE INBOUND RULES IN NACLs and SECURITY GROUPS EVERY TIME YOU WANT TO LOG IN!**🙂

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