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In the AWS integration, Abiquo creates VPCs with NAT support with a public subnet, and allows VMs on different subnets to be connected to the same load balancer. Abiquo now supports the AWS gateway address as the first address in the network.
Abiquo now configures VPC networking Scenario 2 as described in the AWS documentation http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonVPC/latest/UserGuide/VPC_Scenario2.html.
Under this configuration, users must attach Elastic IPs to VMs with a connection to the public subnet. And by default, VMs in private networks will have internet access through the public subnet. This is helpful for automation because a VM can now connect to the internet to download its configuration, for example, using Chef, without an Elastic IP.
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