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Manage VPCs

You can tailor your own network space and configure how your resources within your network are shared by creating a VPC in Stax. Stax offers you four types of VPCs with different inter VPC connectivity and routing rules for you to choose from; isolated, flat, shared services, and transit.

All VPCs created in Stax are architected with the below configuration:

  • Up to 3 Availability Zones are supported in a Networking Hub. In the event you wish to deploy a Networking Hub into a region with more than three availability zones, only three will be utilized. If you deploy to a region with only two availability zones, only two will be used in your Networking Hub
  • 4 Subnets - Public, Private, Restricted and Transit Gateway Subnets
  • Gateway VPC Endpoints can be created for AWS Services that support them
  • VPC Flow Logging is enabled. All flow logs are routed to an S3 bucket in your logging account

VPCs can be created in any one of three predefined sizes:

  • Small (/23)
  • Medium (/22)
  • Large (/20)

Before You Begin​

  • Ensure you are an Admin or User in your Stax tenancy
  • If you'd like to add a Private Hosted Zone (PHZ) Prefix to your VPC to set the domain name, you will first need to ensure you've set a PHZ Suffix on your Networking Hub (see Manage Networking Hubs)
  • You will need to ensure the CIDR Range you wish to allocate to your VPC has already been created (see Manage CIDR Ranges)
  • You will need to ensure the account in which you wish to deploy your VPC has already been created (see Create an AWS account)
  • If deleting a VPC that contains custom workloads or resources, first delete all resources that depend on the VPC

Navigate to your Hub's main page​

  1. Log in to the Stax console

  2. Select Networks in the left-hand nav

  3. Select the desired Networking Hub from the Networks page

  4. The details of the Networking Hub selected will be displayed

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Create a VPC​

From your Hub's main page:

  1. Select + Create, then select VPC

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  2. In the Create a VPC form, enter a Name and Description to represent the VPC to be created

  3. From the drop-down list, choose the CIDR Range you wish to create the VPC in

  4. Select the desired VPC Type from the options. Review Types of Stax VPCs for guidance on selecting the correct VPC type

  5. If you chose the Flat VPC type, either create or select an existing Zone for the VPC to be a member of

  6. Choose the subnet size

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  7. Within the Gateway VPC Endpoints section, choose any endpoints you wish to enable in the Gateway VPC

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  8. Choose the AWS Account to deploy your VPC into. It cannot be a foundation account. The region is preselected and will align with that of the parent Networking Hub

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  9. Within the Advanced settings section, if you've specified a private hosted zone suffix for your Networking Hub, you'll be able to choose a prefix for the new VPC here. Additionally, you can select whether or not a Virtual Private Gateway, Internet Gateway or CloudWatch VPC Flow Logs is required

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  10. Apply any appropriate tags to the new VPC

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  11. Select Create

The VPC will take a few minutes to create, depending on the options you have selected, but will appear in the list of VPCs immediately with a status of CREATE_IN_PROGRESS.

View a VPC​

From your Hub's main page:

  1. Select the VPCs tab on the main window to see a list of all VPCs in your Networking Hub

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  2. To view the details of a specific VPC, select the VPC from the list

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  3. The details drawer will open to the right revealing the details of your VPC

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Edit a VPC's Details and Gateway VPC Endpoints​

From your Hub's main page:

  1. Select the VPCs tab on the main window

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  2. To edit the details of a specific VPC, click the vertical ellipsis (⋮) located to the right of the VPC name, then select Edit from the list

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  3. Make the required changes to the VPC's details or configuration

  4. Select the Save button

Delete a VPC​

From your Hub's main page:

  1. Select the VPCs tab on the main window

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  2. To delete a specific VPC, click the vertical ellipsis (⋮) located to the right of the VPC name, then select Delete from the list

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    warning

    You cannot delete the Transit VPC - it can only be deleted by Stax as part of deleting the Networking Hub. Additionally, you cannot delete a VPC that contains custom workloads or resources. Delete any resources from the VPC before continuing

  3. Select the Yes, delete button to confirm the deletion of the VPC

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