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# Create VPC Environment Challenge

> Hands-on lab · 30m

Launch this lab in the IP Lab Portal, then follow the steps below in the AWS console.

<a className="ip-lab-portal-btn" href="https://labs.intellectualpoint.com/labs/create-vpc-environment-challenge" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">
  Open IP Lab Portal
</a>

## Overview

**Prerequisites**

1. Good knowledge of AWS Service

* Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
* Subnets: Private and Public
* Internet Gateway
* Route Tables

2. Laptop/Desktop
3. Internet Browser
4. Internet Connection

### Challenge Instructions

1. **Region :** Make sure to use **us-east-1** region to create all the resources.
2. You will be provided with the requirements of the challenge. If you are new to AWS Cloud, we recommend you go through our hands-on Labs before taking this challenge.
3. **Challenge Duration: 30 minutes**

### How to submit the challenge

1. After building the infrastructure, click on the **Check my work** button, to validate if you have built the required infrastructure and completed the challenge successfully.
2. Validation status:

* **Success** - You have completed the challenge successfully.
* **Failed** - You have failed to complete the challenge.

3. Once you have successfully validated the challenge, click on **End lab** button to end the challenge.

### Launching Challenge Environment

1. To launch the challenge environment, Click on the **Launch lab** button.
2. Please wait until the cloud environment is provisioned. It will take less than a minute to provision.
3. Once the Challenge is started, you will be provisioned with **IAM user name, Password, Access Key, and Secret Access Key.**

**Note :** You can only start one challenge at any given time.

## Lab guide

### Sign in to AWS Management Console

1. Click on the **Open console** button, and you will get redirected to AWS Console in a new browser tab.
2. On the AWS sign-in page, leave the Account ID as default. Never edit/remove the 12 digit Account ID present in the AWS Console. Otherwise, you cannot proceed with the challenge.
3. Now copy your **User Name** and **Password** in the Lab Console to the **IAM Username** and **Password** in AWS Console and click on the **Sign in** button.
4. Once Signed In to the AWS Management Console, Make the default AWS Region as **US EAST (N. Virginia) us-east-1.**

### Cloud Challenge Details

In this challenge, your Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) skills are put to the test. You'll be given a requirement and you have to reach it using your knowledge of subnets, route tables, and internet gateway used for this challenge. This challenge will help you understand the real-time scenarios.

**A company XYZ wants to develop a Secure Network Infrastructure utilizing VPC. Create dedicated public and private subnets, setup an Internet Gateway, and develop route tables. The below are the tasks that need to be performed by you in order to create the stack.**

1. Create a VPC. Make sure the following things are added.

* IPv4 CIDR block: **10.0.0.0/16**

2. Create Public and Private Subnets for VPC.
3. Create and Internet Gateway and attach it to VPC.
4. Create Public and Private Route Tables.
5. Click on the **Validate** to complete the challenge.

### End lab

1. Sign Out of the AWS Account.
2. You have successfully completed the challenge.
3. Click on **End lab** button in the IP Lab Portal and wait till the process gets completed.

## What gets checked

When you press **Check my work**, the platform verifies each of these:

* **Create Amazon Custom VPC** — Check whether a Custom VPC is created or not.
* **Create Internet Gateway** — Check whether an Internet Gateway is created and attached to the Custom VPC or not.
* **Create Amazon Custom VPC Subnet** — Check whether a Subnet is created for the Custom VPC or not.
* **Create Amazon Custom VPC Public Route Table** — Check whether a Custom VPC Public Route Table is created and an Internet Gateway route is added or not.
* **Create Amazon Custom VPC Private Route Table** — Check whether a Custom VPC Private Route Table is created or not.

## Related help

* [FAQs and Troubleshooting](/aws-cp/support/faqs-and-troubleshooting)