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Optimizing Network Resources to Maintain a Secure Instance

This lab will present you with several security concerns due to non-optimal network services being utilized for your company, *Flying Bears & You, Inc.*. You will correct these concerns and ensure that an EC2 instance is secure from any public access and is still able to reach resources within the VPC.

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Level
Beginner
Last updated
Sep 24, 2025
Duration
30m

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Table of Contents
  1. Challenge

    Create and Test an Endpoint

    You will review the current environment to understand what needs to be changed and why. Then, you will create and test a VPC endpoint to allow the private instance access to S3.

  2. Challenge

    Create, Configure, and Test a NAT Gateway

    This objective will include creating a NAT gateway to allow the private instance access to the internet. You will need to update the route table as well to ensure that access is complete. You will test that access in the EC2 instance.

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