Attaching an Internet Gateway to a VPC
You can attach an Internet gateway to a Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) in order to connect instances in one or more subnets directly to the Internet thanks to a route in their route table, security group rules and External IPs.
Attaching an Internet Gateway Using Cockpit v1
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Click VPC > Internet Gateways.
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Click the Internet gateway you want to attach to a VPC.
The Internet gateway is selected. -
Click Attach .
The ATTACH IGW-XXXXXX dialog box appears. -
Select a VPC from the VPC list.
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Click Attach to validate.
The Internet gateway is attached to the selected VPC.
Linking an Internet Service Using Cockpit v2-beta
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Click inside the Internet Services dashboard to make checkboxes appear.
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Check the box of the Internet service you want to link.
The Internet service is selected and an action menu appears. -
Click
Link Internet Service.
The LINK INTERNET SERVICE dialog box appears. -
Select a Net from the Net list.
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Click Link Internet Service to validate.
The Internet service is linked to the Net.
Attaching an Internet Gateway Using AWS CLI
To attach an Internet gateway to a VPC, use the attach-internet-gateway command following this syntax:
$ aws ec2 attach-internet-gateway \
--profile YOUR_PROFILE \
--internet-gateway-id igw-12345678 \
--vpc-id vpc-12345678 \
--endpoint https://fcu.eu-west-2.outscale.com
This command contains the following attributes that you need to specify:
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(optional)
profile
: The named profile you want to use, created when configuring AWS CLI. For more information, see Installing and Configuring AWS CLI. -
internet-gateway-id
: The ID of the Internet gateway. -
vpc-id
: The ID of the VPC. -
endpoint
: The endpoint corresponding to the Region you want to send the request to.
The Internet gateway is attached to the specified VPC.
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