Amazon_VPC_19

Ensure NAT gateway state is available

Description

To ensure proper operation, the NAT gateway state should be available without any failure codes. If the NAT gateway could not be created, check the error code/status for the failure in the State message on the main screen.

Remediation

To check the status and failure code of NAT gateway, follow the steps below:
1. Sign in to the Amazon VPC console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/vpc/
2. Choose NAT Gateways
3. Check for State and State message in the main screen.
4. Follow the references according to the state message.

References : https://docs.aws.amazon.com/vpc/latest/userguide/nat-gateway-troubleshooting.html
CLI: https://awscli.amazonaws.com/v2/documentation/api/latest/reference/ec2/describe-nat-gateways.html

Service

VPC

Severity

High

Compliance

Mapping

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