Exposing OpenVPN server behind NAT gateway

Question

I have created the following setup; I have a private subnet with two EC2 instances, which are each running the OpenVPN access server in clustering mode. The private subnet is connected to a NAT gateway, which is on a public subnet. The NAT gateway is my attempt to use a single IP address, regardless of which server the user connects to (so that we do not have to whitelist multiple IP addresses when scaling up). 
I also have a Route 53 record which points to the IP addresses of the EC2 instances and I have VPC endpoints which allow me to access the EC2 instances using the session manager.
When I try to reach the instance from the internet by either connecting to https://:443 or https://:443 the site can't be reached. I suspect that the connection does not reach the EC2 instances due to some oversight in the setup.

Any help would be much appreciated :)

N.B. Before attempting this setup, when the servers were still running on public networks, accessing them through either the IP or record name would work. I have also connected to the instances and set up OpenVPN as I did when I first set the instances up on public networks.

Tracy Honeycutt · Answer

Instances in private subnets can connect to the internet through a public NAT gateway, but cannot receive unsolicited inbound connections from the internet.

You can use a Network Load Balancer to route traffic to the EC2 instance running OpenVPN. You can updated your Route 53 record to send your OpenVPN traffic to the NLB.

You can use a [Network Load Balancer](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticloadbalancing/latest/network/introduction.html) to route traffic to the EC2 instance running OpenVPN. You can updated your Route 53 record to send your OpenVPN traffic to the NLB.

Exposing OpenVPN server behind NAT gateway

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