Creating an AWS Custom VPC.

AWS Account Required

Full Administrator Access Required

What is a VPC ?

A VPC is a Virtual Private Cloud which gives the user the leverage to utilize AWS resources in a virtual network. This can be further understood as a virtual network that is logically isolated and offers both small and large organizations the needed infrastructure develop and deploy web applications in a timely and effective manner; while offering benefits such as scalability, cost savings, security and control.

Creating a Custom VPC

Login to your AWS account

On the search bar, type “VPC” and press enter

Select the VPC Dashboard

Click on VPCs

Click “Create VPC”

Type in the name tag for your VPC

Assign a CIDR block

Choose an option to either include or not include an IPv6 CIDR block

Choose the Tenancy type (Default or Dedicated)

Add Tags

Added VPC name should populate automatically

Click “Create VPC”

Now that our custom VPC has been created, we can see this under “Your VPC”