Amazon Web Services → Microsoft Azure
Azure equivalent of Internet gateway (and egress-only internet gateway)
Azure has no internet gateway resource.
About Internet gateway (and egress-only internet gateway)
| Provider | Amazon Web Services |
|---|---|
| Status | Generally available |
| What it is | Horizontally scaled VPC component that allows internet traffic to and from resources with public IPs. The egress-only variant allows outbound-only IPv6. |
| Documentation | docs.aws.amazon.com |
| Pricing | Official pricing page |
Azure mappings (1)
| Capability | Azure equivalent | Match |
|---|---|---|
| Internet gateway (inbound and outbound internet access) | Public IP addresses and prefixes, Private subnets (default outbound access off) | Partial match |
Routing & internet access(1)
Internet gateway (inbound and outbound internet access) Partial match
Azure has no internet gateway resource. Resources reach the internet through a public IP, NAT Gateway, load balancer outbound rules, or Azure Firewall. Default outbound access (implicit internet access for VMs) is being phased out with private subnets.
- Control. On AWS, a subnet without a route to an internet gateway has no internet path. On Azure, VMs in older subnets could get implicit default outbound access, which Microsoft is retiring in favor of explicit outbound methods.
- IPv6 egress-only. AWS has an egress-only internet gateway for IPv6. On Azure, use NAT Gateway StandardV2 (IPv6) or NSG rules.