Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)

Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) is a service that enables users to launch AWS resources, such as EC2 instances, into a logically isolated virtual network that they define. It provides control over IP address ranges, subnets, route tables, and network gateways, mimicking an on-premises data…

Key facts

First appeared: 2009
Category: technology
Problem solved: VPC was created to address the limitations of EC2-Classic, where instances shared a flat public network without subnetting, custom routing, or isolation, making it difficult to replicate secure, multi-tier enterprise architectures in the cloud and connect to on-premises data centers.
Platforms: AWS (multi-region)

Related technologies

Amazon RDS
Transit Gateway
Elastic Load Balancing
AWS VPN
Amazon EC2

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