AWS VPC NAT Gateways

Discussions center on AWS VPC for private subnets without public IPs, using NAT gateways or instances for outbound internet access, security groups, and alternatives like IPv6 egress gateways or VPNs.

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grourk Jun 4, 2012 View on HN

AWS provides this now with VPC.

t0mas88 May 5, 2016 View on HN

Not when using VPC, which almost any modern AWS deployment is.

ericpauley Sep 22, 2023 View on HN

Do they use NAT gateways? These require public IPs.

benmmurphy Nov 22, 2025 View on HN

aws has security groups as well. using NAT for a firewall is overkill.

void_mint Jun 28, 2021 View on HN

Would you feel better if they were AWS IPs?

gm-conspiracy Jun 29, 2018 View on HN

Serious question, anybody try VPN, and then connect to AWS?

somedanishguy Jun 5, 2025 View on HN

I can only recommend fck-nat.dev as an alternative to aws’s own nat instances.

mnutt Aug 1, 2023 View on HN

It looks to be available, but (from the bottom of the article) "Regular NAT gateway charges may apply."

spahl Mar 15, 2011 View on HN

It's not supported: http://aws.amazon.com/vpc/faqs/#R4

hrez Feb 13, 2016 View on HN

Apparently it consumes variable number of IP addresses on VPC subnet. I wish it just NAT-ed into it.