Top 13 Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) Best Practices

Cloud Academy Blog goes over top 13 Amazon VPC best practices – particularly good for those just starting up with the platform.  The article discusses the following:

1. Choosing the Proper VPC Configuration for Your Organization’s Needs
2. Choosing a CIDR Block for Your VPC Implementation
3. Isolating Your VPC Environments
4. Securing Your Amazon VPC Implementation
5. Creating Your Disaster Recovery Plan
6. Traffic Control and Security
7. Keep your Data Close
8. VPC Peering
9. EIP – Just In Case
10. NAT Instances
11. Determining the NAT Instance Type
12. IAM for Your Amazon VPC Infrastructure
13. ELB on Amazon VPC

Overall, it’s a very handy quick list.