Every new AWS account is provisioned with a default VPC in each AWS Region. This allows you to quickly deploy resources without manually configuring networking.
Key Characteristics
- Exists by default in each AWS Region.
- If no subnet is specified when launching an EC2 instance, it will be placed in the default VPC.
- Includes Internet connectivity via an Internet Gateway.
- All subnets in the default VPC are public subnets.
- EC2 instances launched here receive:
- A public IPv4 address by default.
- Both public and private IPv4 DNS names.