How to do it...

1. Log in to your AWS account and open the VPC Dashboard as shown in the earlier recipe.
2. Click on Elastic IP under the Virtual Private Cloud menu. There are no Elastic IPs as we have not created any till now:

1. Click on Allocate New Address. The following window will open. Click on Allocate:

1. An Elastic IP will be provided:

1. Click on NAT Gateways under the Virtual Private Cloud menu:

1. Click on Create NAT Gateway. The following window will open. Select the subnet where you want it to be hosted from the Subnet search menu and the Elastic IP that we created in step 4. Click on Create a NAT Gateway:

1. You will get a confirmation message; you can see it on the dashboard. Initially, the Status will be Pending. The Status will change to Available after some time:

1. You can click on Delete NAT Gateway if it is not needed any more from the console. In that case, also remember to release the Elastic IP.