Subnet Configurations for Distributed Data Processing

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Creating subnet configurations suitable for distributed data processing involves defining a network topology that allows for efficient communication between processing nodes while ensuring that network resources are properly segmented and secured. To achieve this with Pulumi, you would typically select a cloud provider and create a VPC (Virtual Private Cloud), followed by the creation of subnets within it. Different subnets may serve different types of processing nodes, such as computation-intensive nodes, storage nodes, and management nodes, each with their own security groups and network access controls.

For illustration purposes, let's assume that you are setting up this infrastructure on AWS, which is a common cloud provider for such tasks. The program would involve using the Pulumi AWS package to create a VPC, subnets, and any other necessary networking resources.

In the example below, I will demonstrate how you can create a VPC and a couple of subnets dedicated to distributed data processing tasks using Pulumi and Python. You will see how to define resources and outputs. The outputs can be used to retrieve the generated subnet IDs which may be useful for setting up the actual data processing resources like EC2 instances or EMR clusters.

Here's a Pulumi program written in Python to set up such an infrastructure:

```python
import pulumi
import pulumi_aws as aws

# Create a new VPC for the distributed data processing deployment
vpc = aws.ec2.Vpc("data-processing-vpc",
                  cidr_block="10.0.0.0/16",
                  tags={
                      "Name": "data-processing-vpc"
                  })

# Create a subnet for computation-intensive nodes
computation_subnet = aws.ec2.Subnet("computation-subnet",
                                    vpc_id=vpc.id,
                                    cidr_block="10.0.1.0/24",
                                    availability_zone="us-west-2a",
                                    tags={
                                        "Name": "computation-subnet"
                                    })

# Create a subnet for storage nodes
storage_subnet = aws.ec2.Subnet("storage-subnet",
                                vpc_id=vpc.id,
                                cidr_block="10.0.2.0/24",
                                availability_zone="us-west-2b",
                                tags={
                                    "Name": "storage-subnet"
                                })

# Export the IDs of the created subnets
pulumi.export("computation_subnet_id", computation_subnet.id)
pulumi.export("storage_subnet_id", storage_subnet.id)
```

In this code:

- We set up a new VPC with the CIDR block `10.0.0.0/16`, which gives us a lot of IP addresses that we can assign to instances within the VPC.
- We create two subnets within this VPC:
    - A `computation_subnet` designed for nodes that will handle the computational workload. It's located in the `us-west-2a` availability zone.
    - A `storage_subnet` intended for nodes that will handle data storage, placed in a different availability zone, `us-west-2b`, for high availability.
- The `tags` with the key `"Name"` help to give a human-readable name to resources.
- Finally, we use `pulumi.export` to output the IDs of the created subnets, which you will need to reference when deploying EC2 instances or other services within the VPC.

After running your Pulumi program, you’ll have a network infrastructure that is ready for setting up your distributed data processing application. To deploy this configuration, you'll need to have the AWS CLI configured with the appropriate credentials and Pulumi CLI installed on your system.

Remember that this is a basic setup. Depending on your actual application requirements, you may need to add more configuration details, such as network ACLs (Access Control Lists), security groups, NAT gateways for subnets that do not have direct internet access, and more.