AWS 3-Tier Web Application with RDS Replica — AWS architecture diagram

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AWS 3-tier web application spanning two availability zones with WAF protection, Application Load Balancer, Auto Scaling EC2 instances, and RDS PostgreSQL primary-replica replication. Traffic flows from users through WAF and ALB to t3.medium EC2 instances in private subnets across AZ-1 and AZ-2, while application servers connect to both primary and read-replica RDS databases for write and read operations. This architecture demonstrates multi-AZ resilience, automatic scaling, and database high availability using managed AWS services within a VPC. Fork this diagram on Diagrams.so to customize instance types, subnet ranges, or add additional tiers like ElastiCache or CloudFront. The read replica enables read-heavy workloads to scale independently while maintaining synchronous replication from the primary database.

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How do I design a highly available AWS 3-tier web application with database read replicas across multiple availability zones?

This diagram shows a production AWS architecture with WAF and ALB protecting traffic, Auto Scaling EC2 instances in private subnets across two AZs, and RDS PostgreSQL configured with a read replica for scaling read-heavy queries. The multi-AZ design with NAT Gateways ensures fault tolerance and automatic failover capabilities.

AWS 3-Tier Web Application with RDS Replica

AWSintermediate3-tier architectureRDShigh availabilityAuto ScalingVPC
Domain: Cloud AwsAudience: AWS solutions architects designing highly available web applications
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August 12, 2026

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August 15, 2026 at 10:36 PM

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