---
layout: "aws"
page_title: "AWS: aws_nat_gateway"
sidebar_current: "docs-aws-resource-nat-gateway"
description: |-
  Provides a resource to create a VPC NAT Gateway.
---

# aws\_nat\_gateway

Provides a resource to create a VPC NAT Gateway.

## Example Usage

```
resource "aws_nat_gateway" "gw" {
  allocation_id = "${aws_eip.nat.id}"
  subnet_id     = "${aws_subnet.public.id}"
}
```

## Argument Reference

The following arguments are supported:

* `allocation_id` - (Required) The Allocation ID of the Elastic IP address for the gateway.
* `subnet_id` - (Required) The Subnet ID of the subnet in which to place the gateway.

-> **Note:** It's recommended to denote that the NAT Gateway depends on the Internet Gateway for the VPC in which the NAT Gateway's subnet is located. For example:

    resource "aws_internet_gateway" "gw" {
      vpc_id = "${aws_vpc.main.id}"
    }

    resource "aws_nat_gateway" "gw" {
      //other arguments

      depends_on = ["aws_internet_gateway.gw"]
    }


## Attributes Reference

The following attributes are exported:

* `id` - The ID of the NAT Gateway.
* `allocation_id` - The Allocation ID of the Elastic IP address for the gateway.
* `subnet_id` - The Subnet ID of the subnet in which the NAT gateway is placed.
* `network_interface_id` - The ENI ID of the network interface created by the NAT gateway.
* `private_ip` - The private IP address of the NAT Gateway.
* `public_ip` - The public IP address of the NAT Gateway.

## Import

NAT Gateways can be imported using the `id`, e.g.

```
$ terraform import aws_nat_gateway.private_gw nat-05dba92075d71c408
```