When you create an AWS account you will actually have one VPC, virtual private cloud, created by default. This is what gives you the ability to access your EC2 instances when they are created. The VPC is made up of multiple subnets spread across AZ for HA purposes and it also includes a route table that forwards traffic through in internet gateway, this allows you to access your EC2 instances via the internet! Today’s post was short and sweet, I just wanted to go over the default VPC automatically created in your AWS account.