Network Security
VPC Architecture
Internet
↓
CloudFront / ALB (HTTPS only)
↓
Application VPC (10.2.0.0/16)
↓ (VPC Peering)
Database VPC (10.1.0.0/16) - NO internet access
Security Groups
RDS accepts traffic only from:
- Access VPC (bastion)
- Application VPC (APIs)
No Public Database
Database VPC has:
- No internet gateway
- No NAT gateway
- Only VPC peering routes