A company is running Amazon EC2 instances in a private subnet in a VPC. Which AWS service or feature can provide the EC2 instances with network connections to the internet?

The correct answer is B. NAT gateway. A NAT gateway (Network Address Translation gateway) allows instances in a private subnet to initiate outbound traffic to the internet while preventing inbound internet traffic from reaching those instances. This is the most common solution for providing EC2 instances in private s

Submitted by chen.hong· Mar 6, 2026Cloud Technology and Services

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AGateway endpoint
BNAT gateway
CNetwork Load Balancer
DAmazon Route 53

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Explanation

A NAT gateway (Network Address Translation gateway) allows instances in a private subnet to initiate outbound traffic to the internet while preventing inbound internet traffic from reaching those instances. This is the most common solution for providing EC2 instances in private subnets with internet access.

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