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Configuring a Network Address Translation Amazon Machine Image

Difficulty: Beginner
Duration: Up to 1 hour
Students: 20
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Description

Network Address Translation (NAT) is used to allow EC2 instances in a private subnet to connect to services outside of your VPC. NAT instances are EC2 instances that have been configured to perform NAT on all traffic leaving the private subnet.

Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) can be used to create EC2 instances with pre-configured software.

In this lab, you will configure a NAT instance to allow internet access for EC2 instances in a private subnet. You will also create an Amazon Machine Image (AMI) of the NAT instance.

Learning objectives

Upon completion of this beginner-level lab, you will be able to:

  • Configure an Amazon EC2 instance to perform Network Address Translation (NAT)
  • Create an Amazon Machine Image (AMI) based on an EC2 instance

Intended audience

  • Candidates for AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate & Professional Certifications
  • Cloud Architects
  • DevOps Engineers
  • Software Engineers

Prerequisites

Familiarity with the following will be beneficial but is not required:

  • Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
  • Amazon EC2
  • Amazon Machine Images (AMIs)
  • Linux

The following content can be used to fulfill the prerequisites:

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Covered topics

Networking
Security
Compute
High Availability
Amazon Web Services
Networking for AWS
Security for AWS
Compute for AWS
Amazon VPC
Amazon EC2
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Lab steps

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  1. Logging In to the Amazon Web Services Console
  2. Exploring an Existing Amazon VPC and Network Address Translation
  3. Connecting to a Private Amazon EC2 Instance Using a Bastion Host
  4. Configuring an Amazon EC2 Instance to Perform Network Address Translation
  5. Creating the Network Address Translation Amazon Machine Image

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