Using NAT Gateway with Other Services

Direct Connect

On-premises servers connected to a VPC through Direct Connect can use a public NAT gateway to communicate with the Internet.

Allowing On-Premises Servers to Communicate with the Internet

Virtual Private Network (VPN)

A VPN establishes an encrypted, Internet-based communication tunnel between your on-premises network and a VPC. This ensures secure access to the Internet through a public NAT gateway.

Allowing On-Premises Servers to Communicate with the Internet

ECS and BMS

ECSs and BMSs can use a public NAT gateway to communicate with the Internet.

Allowing a Private Network to Access the Internet Using SNAT

Allowing Internet Users to Access a Service in a Private Network Using DNAT

VPC

ECSs in a VPC can connect to the Internet.

Allowing a Private Network to Access the Internet Using SNAT

Elastic IP (EIP)

With a public NAT gateway, servers in a VPC can share an EIP to access the Internet or provide Internet-accessible services.

Allowing a Private Network to Access the Internet Using SNAT

Allowing Internet Users to Access a Service in a Private Network Using DNAT

Cloud Eye

You can view NAT gateway monitoring data on the Cloud Eye console.

Viewing Metrics

Identity and Access Management (IAM)

If you need to assign different permissions to employees in your enterprise to control their access to your NAT Gateway resources, IAM is a good choice for fine-grained permissions management.

Identity and Access Management

Cloud Trace Service (CTS)

With CTS, you can record operations on NAT Gateway for later query, audit, and backtracking.

Cloud Trace Service