title: Accessing ECS instances from AWS Lambda running in VPC
body: <p>I am running a Lambda function in a VPS and have been able to connect to my S3 and RDS resources. However I cannot connect to containers I have running in the VPC through ECS (These containers are exposed to the internet via ELB).</p>
  
  <p>I am aware that accessing the internet via a Lambda function in a VPC requires a managed NAT Gateway (<a href="https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-access-resources-in-a-vpc-from-your-lambda-functions/" rel="nofollow">https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-access-resources-in-a-vpc-from-your-lambda-functions/</a>) but is it possible to connect to EC2/ECS resources in a VPC without the NAT gateway?</p>