AWS Certified Solution Architect – Points to remember (VPC)

Virtual private cloud.

VPC Limitations

You can use a network address translation (NAT) gateway to enable instances in a private subnet to connect to the internet or other AWS services, but prevent the internet from initiating a connection with those instances.

NAT are ideal for instances which need one interntet connection for example patching but no incoming connection from internet.

Bastion hosts (Which are in a public subnet) should be used to connect to the instances in your private subnet.

Other way to connect to server in private subnet is to have a direct VPN connection.

You dont have to