Standard Internet NAT gateways of Alibaba Cloud are discontinued.

Date

Starting November 20, 2020, Alibaba Cloud stops offering standard Internet NAT gateways in all regions. We apologize for the inconvenience this may cause.

Impact

After standard Internet NAT gateways are discontinued, you can use enhanced Internet NAT gateways to provide Internet access. You can use one of the following methods to use enhanced Internet NAT gateways:

Create an enhanced Internet NAT gateway

Enhanced Internet NAT gateways are an upgrade from standard Internet NAT gateways and use a more advanced architecture. Compared with standard Internet NAT gateways, enhanced Internet NAT gateways provide higher performance and higher elasticity. Enhanced Internet NAT gateways support flexible billing methods and fine-grained maintenance. For more information, see Enhanced Internet NAT gateways (new).

You can create an enhanced Internet NAT gateway in the NAT Gateway console or by calling an API operation.
  • When you create an enhanced Internet NAT gateway in the console, you must specify a vSwitch. For more information, see Create an Internet NAT gateway.
  • When you call an API operation to create an enhanced Internet NAT gateway, you must set the NatType parameter to Enhanced and set the VSwitchId parameter. For more information, see CreateNatGateway.

Upgrade a standard Internet NAT gateway to an enhanced Internet NAT gateway

You can continue using existing standard Internet NAT gateways. To improve how you manage Internet traffic, we recommend that you upgrade your standard Internet NAT gateways to enhanced Internet NAT gateways. For more information, see Upgrade a standard Internet NAT gateway to an enhanced Internet NAT gateway.