VPC configuration

VPC Configuration

1. In the AWS console interface, perform the following:

• Search for and select VPC

2. In the VPC management interface:

• Select Your VPC
• Click on Create VPC

3. The VPC configuration panel appears:

• Choose VPC and more
• Name it fcaj-lab
• Select CIDR block 10.0.0.0/16

4. Configure the VPC architecture:

   • Number of Availability Zones: 2 (for maximum resilience)
   • Number of public subnets: 2 (one per AZ)
   • Number of private subnets: 2 (one per AZ)
   • NAT gateways: None (we’ll keep costs minimal for this lab)

5. In the VPC endpoint section:

• Select None
• Click on Create VPC

6. After creating the VPC, we will check the information of the newly created VPC (fcaj-lab-vpc)

7. Review the overview of the VPC configuration:

Public Subnet Configuration

ℹ️ Information: For EC2 instances in public subnets to receive public IP addresses automatically, we need to enable auto-assign public IPv4 addresses.

1. In the VPC management interface, scroll down in the left sidebar:

• Select Subnet
• Select a public subnet: fcaj-lab-subnet-public1-us-east-1a
• Click Edit subnet settings

3. The public subnet configuration panel appears:

• Check Enable auto-assign public IPv4 address
• Click Save

4. Similarly, we will configure fcaj-lab-subnet-public-1b:

• Select fcaj-lab-subnet-public2-us-east-1b
• Click on Action
• Choose Edit subnet settings

5. Check Enable auto-assign public IPv4 address. Click Save

Thus, we have configured the VPC and enabled public IPv4 for the public subnets.