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Introducing Amazon VPC Regional NAT Gateway

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This article introduces Amazon VPC Regional NAT Gateway, a new availability mode that simplifies outbound internet connectivity by operating at the VPC level instead of per-availability zone.

  • Single Regional NAT Gateway automatically scales across availability zones based on workload presence
  • Eliminates need for public subnets in every AZ, improving security posture
  • Automatic IP address scaling protects against port exhaustion up to 32 IPs per AZ
  • Integrates with VPC IPAM for governed IP allocation and selection
  • Supports manual or automatic scaling methods with full control options
  • Supports four deployment patterns: simple egress, egress with inspection, centralized egress, and centralized with inspection
  • Automatically expands to new AZs in 15-20 minutes, up to 60 minutes maximum
  • Supports 5 Gbps per AZ, scales to 100 Gbps; up to 5 RNATs per VPC

Regional NAT Gateway simplifies VPC architecture by reducing per-AZ deployments, improving security, and automating IP management while maintaining high availability.



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