How do I configure and attach an internet gateway for use with Elastic Load Balancing?

Last updated: 2022-08-25

First, create an internet gateway and attach it to your Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC).

Next, configure the internet gateway to route traffic to and from the internet:

• Add an entry to the route table for your subnet that points to your internet gateway.
• Confirm that your Amazon VPC's security groups and network access control list (ACL) allow traffic to and from the internet. For example configurations for network ACLs, see Network ACL rules .
• Confirm that any instances that route traffic through the internet gateway have a public IP address or an attached Elastic IP address.
• If you're creating a new load balancer, choose an internet-facing load balancer.