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Networking and Content Delivery

VPC, CloudFront, Route 53 and networking services

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Amazon VPC - Virtual Private Cloud

Amazon VPC lets you provision a logically isolated section of the AWS cloud where you can launch resources in a virtual network you define.

Main components:
- Subnets: IP address ranges in your VPC
- Internet Gateway: Enables internet communication
- Security Groups: Virtual firewalls at instance level
- Network ACLs: Access control at subnet level

🎯 Key Points

  • βœ“ VPC provides network isolation
  • βœ“ Full control over network environment
  • βœ“ Security Groups act as firewalls
  • βœ“ Public and private subnets

CloudFront and Route 53

Amazon CloudFront:
- Global content delivery network (CDN)
- Low-latency content distribution
- Integration with S3, EC2 and other services

Amazon Route 53:
- Scalable DNS service
- Domain registration
- Traffic routing with flexible policies
- Resource health monitoring

🎯 Key Points

  • βœ“ CloudFront accelerates content delivery
  • βœ“ Route 53 manages DNS and domains
  • βœ“ Both improve user experience
  • βœ“ Integration with other AWS services