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Optimizing Network Resources to Maintain a Secure Instance
This lab will present you with several security concerns due to non-optimal network services being utilized for your company, *Flying Bears & You, Inc.*. You will correct these concerns and ensure that an EC2 instance is secure from any public access and is still able to reach resources within the VPC.

Lab Info
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Challenge
Create and Test an Endpoint
You will review the current environment to understand what needs to be changed and why. Then, you will create and test a VPC endpoint to allow the private instance access to S3.
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Challenge
Create, Configure, and Test a NAT Gateway
This objective will include creating a NAT gateway to allow the private instance access to the internet. You will need to update the route table as well to ensure that access is complete. You will test that access in the EC2 instance.
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