Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) Explained
FAQs
What is the difference between a VPN and VPC?
A virtual private network (VPN) is used to access a private network using the internet (or a public infrastructure). A VPN ensures the security and privacy of data through various encryption methods — for example, accessing your company’s network (intranet) from your home.
A virtual private cloud (VPC) is a cloud service that is used to host applications and can be scaled on-demand. VPC allows remote access to any number of virtual machines and servers on the cloud. It’s not restricted by hardware constraints. For example, a company can store confidential data in a VPC while sharing other services in a public cloud.
Is a VPC a server?
No, a VPC is an isolated cloud environment that can have virtual storage, computing resources, and servers in a multi-tenant cloud environment. AWS and Azure are some popular VPC providers.
What is the difference between EC2 and VPC?
EC2 is a service running on AWS. It’s a virtual machine that gives scalability, flexibility, and compute power. EC2 instances run on a single, flat network shared with multiple customers.
A VPC is a logically isolated cloud environment that provides resources like servers, storage, and compute, over a virtual network. A VPC is associated with a single AWS account.
What is a VPC example?
A good example of a VPC could be a public website or web application, where the organization can select the VPC with one subnet for accessing specific resources.
Is a VPC a SaaS?
VPC is not a SaaS, but it can help build SaaS applications through network peering This enables private access to services across VPC networks in different projects or organizations.
How many VPCs can you have?
AWS allows you to have multiple VPCs in an account. Within a VPC, you can have 50 active VPC peering connections by default, which you can extend up to 125.
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