Enable Internet Access for Your Fleet, Image Builder, or App Block Builder - Amazon AppStream 2.0

Enable Internet Access for Your Fleet, Image Builder, or App Block Builder

After your NAT gateway is available on a VPC, you can enable internet access for your fleet, image builder, and app block builder.

Enable Internet Access for Your Fleet

You can enable internet access either when you create the fleet or later.

To enable internet access at fleet creation
  1. Complete the steps in Create a Fleet up to Step 4: Configure Network.

  2. Choose a VPC with a NAT gateway.

  3. If the subnet fields are empty, select a private subnet for Subnet 1 and, optionally, another private subnet for Subnet 2. If you don't already have a private subnet in your VPC, you may need to create a second private subnet.

  4. Continue with the steps in Create a Fleet.

To enable internet access after fleet creation by using a NAT gateway
  1. In the navigation pane, choose Fleets.

  2. Select a fleet and verify that the state is Stopped.

  3. Choose Fleet Details, Edit, and choose a VPC with a NAT gateway.

  4. Choose a private subnet for Subnet 1 and, optionally, another private subnet for Subnet 2. If you don't already have a private subnet in your VPC, you may need to create a second private subnet.

  5. Choose Update.

You can test your internet connectivity by starting your fleet, and then connecting to your streaming instance and browsing to the internet.

Enable Internet Access for Your Image Builder

If you plan to enable internet access for your image builder, you must do so when you create the image builder.

To enable internet access for an image builder
  1. Complete the steps in Launch an Image Builder to Install and Configure Streaming Applications, up to Step 3: Configure Network.

  2. Choose the VPC with a NAT gateway.

  3. If Subnet is empty, select a subnet.

  4. Continue with the steps in Launch an Image Builder to Install and Configure Streaming Applications.

Enable Internet Access for Your App Block Builder

If you plan to enable internet access for your app block builder, you must do so when you create the app block builder.

To enable internet access for an app block builder
  1. Complete the steps in Create an App Block Builder up to Step 2: Configure Network.

  2. Choose the VPC with a NAT gateway.

  3. If Subnet is empty, select a subnet.

  4. Continue with the steps in Create an App Block Builder.