Egress Only Internet Gateway

  • Same as NAT Gateway, but for IPv6
  • Egress means outgoing
  • Egress Only Internet Gateway
  • Allow traffic to go outside
  • Deny any traffic coming inside
  • Very much like NAT Instance / NAT Gateway
  • But only works for IPv6
  • Uses
  • IPv6 does not have Private Address
  • When we provision EC2 Instance with IPv6 Address in Private Subnet
    • Since IPv6 does not have Private Address, it will get a IPv6 Public Address
    • To restrict coming internet from outside use Egress Only Internet Gateway