Course Overview
- Course Title: AWS VPC and Networking in Depth: Learn Practically!
- Instructor: Chetan Agrawal (Former Senior Architect at AWS, AWS SA Professional, Advanced Networking, Security & AI Certified)
- Target Audience:
- AWS beginners looking to deepen their networking knowledge
- Cloud engineers, DevOps professionals, and solutions architects working with AWS
- IT professionals preparing for AWS networking-related roles
- Developers needing to understand VPC and private connectivity for secure applications
- Prerequisites:
- Good to have: Basic AWS cloud knowledge (e.g., launching an EC2 instance)
- Must have: Active AWS account for hands-on exercises
Curriculum Highlights
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Key Topics Covered:
- Amazon VPC fundamentals – VPC, CIDR (IPv4/IPv6), subnets, route tables, security groups, NACLs
- Public vs. private subnets and Internet Gateway (IGW) configuration
- NAT (Network Address Translation) – NAT Gateway vs. NAT Instance
- AWS private connectivity options:
- VPC Peering (intra-region & cross-region)
- VPC Endpoints & PrivateLink for secure AWS service access
- Transit Gateway for multi-VPC & hybrid networking
- Site-to-Site VPN & Direct Connect for on-premises integration
- AWS Client VPN for remote access
- DNS & application services:
- Amazon Route 53 (DNS, failover, latency-based routing)
- Application Load Balancer (ALB) (HTTPS, sticky sessions, path-based routing)
- CloudFront for HTTPS-enabled static websites
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC) – AWS CloudFormation for automated VPC deployment
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Key Skills Learned:
- Design and deploy secure, scalable VPC architectures from scratch
- Implement public/private subnet isolation with NAT & security controls
- Configure hybrid & multi-VPC connectivity (Peering, Transit Gateway, VPN)
- Automate VPC deployments using CloudFormation templates
- Troubleshoot networking issues in AWS environments
- Secure applications with ALB, CloudFront, and private endpoints
- Enable HTTPS, DNS failover, and high-availability networking
Course Format
- Duration:
- 12 hours on-demand video
- 20+ hands-on labs & exercises
- Format:
- Self-paced online course (lifetime access)
- Practical focus (theory + step-by-step AWS console walkthroughs)
- Resources:
- 17 downloadable resources (CloudFormation templates, lab guides)
- Mobile & TV access
- Certificate of completion