In this step, you will build the network infrastructure in AWS. In this section, you’ll leverage the template from AWS Quick Start to build a secure and high availability (HA) network infrastructure using AWS CloudFormation. This is the architecture that will be built from the template.
Login to AWS Management Console
In the CloudFormation interface, select Create stack.
In the Create stack interface:
Implement stack configuration:
Perform Network configuration:
Note: The warning notice highlights that this configuration allows any IP to remote into the RDP port of the EC2 instance, which is not secure for production.
In Amazon EC2 configuration step:
Note: The note provides additional information about the RDGW hosts and the use of AutoScaling groups for availability and scalability.
For other options, keep the default value and select Next.
Select Next.
On the Review HybridDNS screen, check the settings again. Select the two checkboxes and select Create Stack.
The template takes about 15 minutes to complete. In the meantime, we’ll take a look at what the CloudFormation template will create. After completing the stack initialization, the stack state will change to CREATE_COMPLETE.
View Output of the newly created Stack.