start docs page http://aws.amazon.com/documentation/vpc/
Getting Started Guide
http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonVPC/latest/GettingStartedGuide/ExerciseOverview.html
first info to create a vpc e first instances
propose a first simple configuration for vpc
- A Day in the Life of a Billion Packets (CPN401) - why use vpc and potentiality - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zd5hsL-JNY4
- Amazon EC2 to Amazon VPC: A case study (CPN301) - migration from ec2 to vpc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxvVYRFJCuc min 17
FAQ about VPC in Italian Language
Confronto con EC2 e VPC amazon-faq-vpc-ec2
RDS inside vpc
Before create and rds instance inside vcp are necessary some steps descibed here http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/USER_VPC.InstanceInVPC.html:
Assuming that you have already created a subnet because you have already configured your vpc
- Creating a DB Subnet Group
- Creating a VPC Security Group
- at the end Creating a DB Instance in a VPC
User Guide
VPN for vpc
You can create a vpn connection from your corporate network and one vpc, but very oftnet you need to have multiple VPCs and you can't create multiple vpn conncetions because it requires manual action on phisical routers and also multiple public ip on premise site ecc.
In this article there are some solutions proposed https://aws.amazon.com/answers/networking/aws-multiple-vpc-vpn-connection-sharing/
- Use Direct Connect, this solution is more complex and also expensive than a VPC VPN solutions but also very powerful
- Use a Shared Services VPC , this means have one VPC with the VPN and in this VPC there are only proxy http/socks to connect from AWS to your company
- Transit VPC , one VPC with VPN and inside some ec2 machines that acts like routers, it is possible buy this on marketplace to have very good products
- Shared Service and Transit VPCs, mix the two solutions
Official document from AWS for Virtual Private Cloud Connectivity Options
https://d0.awsstatic.com/whitepapers/aws-amazon-vpc-connectivity-options.pdf
Connect VPC from different regions and many VPN products
Amazon VPC from different Regions
this is a very hot topic and deserve his own page
NAT instances HA
- High Availability for Amazon VPC NAT Instances: An Example https://aws.amazon.com/articles/2781451301784570
- Making AWS NAT Instances Highly Available (without the compromises) http://www.cakesolutions.net/teamblogs/making-aws-nat-instances-highly-available-without-the-compromises