Amazon ELB for EC2 instances in private subnet in VPC

Question

If I just add the private subnet to the ELB, it will not get any connections.

If I attach both subnets to the ELB then it can access the instances, but it often will get time-outs. (Refer Screenshot 1)

If I attach to only public subnet then my instance attached to ELB gets OutOfService because I do not have any instance in the Public Subnet, instance count shows 0. (Refer Screenshot 2)

Screenshot 1: Both subnets attached 

Screenshot 2: Only public subnet attached 

My instance attached to ELB gets OutOfService. I have even tried with allowing ports in the Security Groups for EC2 instances and ELB, but it did not help.

Please help, I am breaking my head with this.

Answer 1

Make sure what you are doing aligns with the following configuration settings:

• The routing table of private subnet should route to a NAT gateway which is in Public subnet
• The routing table of public subnet should route to Internet Gateway attached to your VPC.
• Make sure that the security group of your autoscaling groups allows access to the security group of your load balancer.
• Make sure you have attached only public subnets to your ELB.
• The health checks on the instances should be working locally.