# NAT Gateway

With IONOS Cloud Managed [<mark style="color:blue;">NAT Gateway</mark>](https://app.gitbook.com/s/-Mj91LQrRzfHvr2Jl2Rv/general-information/glossary-of-terms#nat-gateway), you can enable internet access to virtual machines without exposing them to the internet by a public interface. Leverage our user guides, reference documentation, and FAQs to support your hosting needs.

### Developer Tools

| [<mark style="color:blue;">**Cloud API**</mark>](https://api.ionos.com/docs/cloud/v6/) | [<mark style="color:blue;">**SDKs**</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/reference/software-development-kits/cloud-api-sdks) | [<mark style="color:blue;">**Config Management Tools**</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/reference/general-information/config-management-tools) |
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### Recommended How-To's

| [<mark style="color:blue;">**Setup a NAT Gateway**</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/~/revisions/5wuXj7QmyFwJl8Wh3LBN/early-access/nat-gateway/setup-nat-gateway) | Connect your private subnet instances to the public internet using the DCD interface. |
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### Change Log

10 October 2021 | Live Vertical Scaling Overview section updated