Cloud Networking Architecture Design Lab

🛠 Lab from the Platform Engineering Bootcamp. Used in Week 4. Bootcamp landing page: https://academy.tekanaid.com/bootcamps/platform-engineering-bootcamp Parent course(s):

• Week 4: Networking Fundamentals for Platform Engineers (slug: networking-fundamentals-platform-engineers)

In this design-focused lab, you'll plan and design a complete cloud networking architecture for the TaskFlow platform without implementing it in AWS. This lab teaches you to think like a platform engineer by creating architecture plans, documenting design decisions, and understanding network design principles.

You authenticate against your own fork of the canonical TaskFlow repository, then design and commit VPC CIDR blocks for multiple environments (dev, staging, production), a 3-tier network architecture (web, application, database), routing strategies, and comprehensive security designs. Every design document is committed and pushed to your TaskFlow fork under docs/architecture/networking/, so this networking architecture becomes a permanent part of the same TaskFlow project you have been growing since Week 1.

This lab prepares you for AWS implementation in Week 9 by teaching fundamental VPC design concepts through hands-on planning exercises.

You'll learn to:

• Design VPC CIDR blocks for multiple environments
• Plan subnet architecture (public/private, multi-AZ)
• Create 3-tier application network designs
• Configure routing tables and gateway placement
• Design security groups and Network ACLs
• Document architecture decisions with rationale
• Understand high availability patterns
• Apply cloud networking best practices