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NAT Gateway and Other Services

Figure 1 shows how NAT Gateway and other services are working together.

Figure 1 How NAT Gateway and other services are working together
Table 1 Related services

Cloud Service

Interaction

Reference

Direct Connect

On-premises servers connected to a VPC through Direct Connect can use a public NAT gateway to access the Internet or provide services that are accessible from the Internet.

Using a Public NAT Gateway and Direct Connect to Accelerate Internet Access

Elastic Cloud Server (ECS)

ECSs 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 use a public NAT gateway to 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.

What Is Cloud Trace Service?