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Multi-AZ three-tier web application spanning two AWS availability zones with CloudFront CDN, Application Load Balancers, Auto Scaling EC2 instances, and RDS PostgreSQL primary-replica replication. Traffic flows from users through CloudFront to Internet Gateway, then to ALBs across AZ-1 and AZ-2, distributing requests to t3.medium EC2 instances in private app subnets protected by app-sg security groups. Application tier reads and writes to RDS PostgreSQL Primary in AZ-1 and reads from Read Replica in AZ-2, while NAT Gateways enable outbound connectivity and CloudWatch monitors all layers. This architecture demonstrates AWS best practices for fault tolerance, auto-scaling, and separation of concerns across presentation, application, and data tiers. Fork and customize this diagram on Diagrams.so to match your VPC CIDR blocks, instance types, and database configurations.

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How do I design a highly available three-tier web application on AWS across multiple availability zones?

This diagram shows a production-ready pattern: CloudFront caches static assets, Application Load Balancers distribute traffic across Auto Scaling EC2 instances in private subnets across AZ-1 and AZ-2, and RDS PostgreSQL Primary-Replica replication ensures database resilience. Security groups isolate each tier, NAT Gateways enable outbound connectivity, and CloudWatch monitors all components for op

AWS Multi-AZ Three-Tier Web Application

AWSintermediatethree-tier architecturemulti-AZhigh availabilityRDSAuto Scaling
Domain: Cloud AwsAudience: AWS solutions architects designing highly available web applications
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July 14, 2026

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August 2, 2026 at 6:25 AM

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