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Global Accelerator, NLB and Private Subnets
In the Global Accelerator documention it states that Application Load Balancers can be on private subnets. Is this also true for NLB - can the customer NLB be on a private subnet as well?
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A Network Load Balancer endpoint can be internet-facing or internal.
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/global-accelerator/latest/dg/about-endpoints-caveats.html
The NLB needs to be internet-facing
From https://docs.aws.amazon.com/global-accelerator/latest/dg/about-endpoints.html
An Application Load Balancer endpoint can be internet-facing or internal. A Network Load Balancer endpoint must be internet-facing.
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The above answer is no longer accurate. The NLB can be internet-facing or internal.
A Network Load Balancer endpoint can be internet-facing or internal - https://docs.aws.amazon.com/global-accelerator/latest/dg/about-endpoints-caveats.html
A Network Load Balancer endpoint can now be internet-facing or internal: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/global-accelerator/latest/dg/about-endpoints-caveats.html