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A company is planning to deploy a new web application in AWS and needs to ensure that it has a dedicated, isolated network environment. They need full control over IP address ranges, subnets, route tables, and network gateways. Which AWS service provides this foundational networking capability?

  1. AAmazon S3
  2. BAmazon Route 53
  3. CAmazon VPC
  4. DAmazon EC2
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Correct answer: C. Amazon VPC

Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) enables you to launch AWS resources into a virtual network that you've defined, giving you complete control over your virtual networking environment, including IP address range, subnets, route tables, and network gateways.

Why the other options are wrong

  • A. Amazon S3 is an object storage service and has no direct role in defining network topology.
  • B. Amazon Route 53 is a DNS service and while critical for connecting to the network, it doesn't define the underlying network structure.
  • D. Amazon EC2 provides virtual servers but doesn't define the network environment itself.

Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)

A service that lets you provision a logically isolated section of the AWS Cloud where you can launch AWS resources in a virtual network that you define.

  • Logically isolated virtual network
  • Full control over IP ranges, subnets, route tables
  • Foundation for networking in AWS
  • Can connect to on-premises networks

Memory trick: VPC: your private cloud, network's core, control the flow, and nothing more.

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