IBM Cloud VPC: Routing Private Subnet Traffic Through a NAT Gateway
Give private-subnet VSIs outbound internet access without assigning floating IPs to every instance. Compare NAT gateways with public gateways and verify the route.
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Give private-subnet VSIs outbound internet access without assigning floating IPs to every instance. Compare NAT gateways with public gateways and verify the route.
Security Groups and Network ACLs in IBM Cloud VPC provide layered defense: SGs are stateful instance allow‑lists; ACLs are stateless subnet guardrails with deny rules. See a three‑tier example, CLI steps, Flow Log verification, and trade‑offs.
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