1.vpc_network

VPC CloudFormation Stacks

You will find here a collection of cloudformation templates to deploy a VPC with all the network resources to run distributed training workloads with AWS ParallelCluster, Amazon EKS or AWS Batch. These VPC templates can be deployed in all AWS regions.

Architectures

The architectures each deploy a VPC, public and private subnets, gateways and endpoints. You can deploy them through the AWS Console or AWS CLI.

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1. Template VPC Multiple AZs

This template deploys a VPC with private subnets in multiple Availability zones. Public subnets can be optionally created in every AZ (done by default). This template serves most use cases.

• Template file: 1.vpc-multi-az.yaml

List of Parameters

The templates takes parameters that are mandatory and optional, see below for more details.

Name	Type	Details
AvailabilityZones	Required	Pick the AZs in which to deploy a private and a public subnet.
NumberOfAZs	Required	Number of AZs in which you will deploy subnets, it must be equal to the number of AZs selected for AvailabilityZones.
VPCName	Optional	Name of the VPC and subnets you will deploy, defaults to ML VPC.
CreatePublicSubnet	Optional	Create public subnets in every selected AZ, defaults to true.
CreateS3Endpoint	Optional	Create an S3 VPC endpoint, defaults to true.
CreateDynamoDBEndpoint	Optional	Create a DynamoDB VPC endpoint, defaults to true.

Please note that the deployment of public subnets is optional.

Deploy with the AWS CLI

The command to deploy the template through the CLI is shown below. Feel free to edit for your own configuration and parameters. Please ensure that the NumberOfAZs parameter value matches the number of AZs that you specified.

aws cloudformation create-stack --stack-name vpc-stack-ml\
                                --template-body file://1.vpc-multi-az.yaml \
                                --parameters ParameterKey=AvailabilityZones,ParameterValue=us-east-1a\\,us-east-1b\\,us-east-1c\\,us-east-1d\\,us-east-1e\\,us-east-1f\
                                    ParameterKey=NumberOfAZs,ParameterValue=6 \
                                    ParameterKey=VPCName,ParameterValue="ML HPC VPC" \
                                --capabilities CAPABILITY_IAM

Architecture Diagram

2. Template VPC One AZs

This template deploys a VPC with a private subnet and a public subnet in a specific Availability Zone. This template is recommended if you want to deploy subnets in a single specific AZ.

• Template file: 2.vpc-one-az.yaml

List of Parameters

The templates takes parameters that are mandatory and optional, see below for more details.

Name	Type	Details
SubnetsAZ	Required	Availability zone in which to deploy subnets.
VPCName	Optional	Name of the VPC and subnets you will deploy, defaults to ML VPC.
CreateS3Endpoint	Optional	Create an S3 VPC endpoint, defaults to true.
CreateDynamoDBEndpoint	Optional	Create a DynamoDB VPC endpoint, defaults to true.

Deploy with the AWS CLI

The command to deploy the template through the CLI is shown below. Feel free to edit for your own configuration and parameters.

aws cloudformation create-stack --stack-name vpc-stack-ml\
                                --template-body file://2.vpc-one-az.yaml \
                                --parameters ParameterKey=SubnetsAZ,ParameterValue=us-east-1a \
                                             ParameterKey=VPCName,ParameterValue="ML HPC VPC" \
                                --capabilities CAPABILITY_IAM

Architecture Diagram