AWS For Beginners

VPC Peering VPC Peering feature is used when we need to establish connectivity between subnet in two different VPCs in the same or different account. Let’s take a scenario of creating VPC Peering between two VPC in the same account to keep it simple. NOTE: All the IP address and CIDR range depicted in the below diagram and subsequent steps is for example only. Step 1: Create a VPC A with CIDR Range 10.0.0.0/16 and keep Default in Tenancy dropdown.   Step 2: Create a VPC B with CIDR Range 172.16.0.0/16 and keep Default in Tenancy dropdown.  Step 3: Enter Name tag as SubNetA and map to VPC A in VPC dropdown. Note that VPC CIDRs of VPC A is auto-populated and status as associated. Selecting Availability zone is not mandatory. However, AWS will select one of the Availability Zone when we create a subnet. Enter 10.0.1.0/24 as IPv4 CIDR block and then click on Create button. Step 4: Create SubNet A and map to VPC B in VPC dropdown. Note th...

Active Directory and Federated user creation Requirement: Create users in Active Directory and provide selective access to AWS services. Solution: Create EC2 Windows machine (OS version 2008/2012/2016) Configure AD in windows machine Configure DNS Server Configure PTR record in DNS Create test users in AD Reset the Administrator user password in AD Create Directory service in IAM Create role and policy in Directory Service and establish trust. Create AWS Domain/console URL to access from federated user Enable management console access to Domain URL.  Add users in Directory service Test the access for federated users Detailed steps: Create AD and create users in AD. Should be able to login to AWS Console with selective access. 1.        Launch a Windows 2012 R2 instance in custom VPC and subnet. a.        Create the VPC with CIDR range 10.0.0.0/16 b.    ...