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How to Organize Your AWS VPCs Effectively
2 min readMar 31, 2024
Organizing Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs) in an AWS account efficiently is crucial for ensuring effective resource management, security, and network isolation for your applications. Here are some strategies and best practices for organizing your VPCs in AWS:
1. VPC Planning and Design
- Define Your Network Requirements: Before creating your VPCs, understand your application needs, including isolation requirements, the regions where applications will be hosted, and how internal and external networks will connect.
- IP Addressing Strategy: Plan your IP addressing space for each VPC carefully to avoid overlaps, especially if you plan to connect VPCs with other networks (on-premises or cloud) via VPN or AWS Direct Connect.
2. VPC Segmentation
- Application Environments: Consider creating separate VPCs for different application environments (e.g., development, testing, production) to provide isolation and prevent accidental impacts between environments.
- Business Units: For organizations with multiple business units or projects, creating dedicated VPCs for each unit can help maintain organization and facilitate cost allocation.
