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Use CreateRoute with a CLI - Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud
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Use CreateRoute with a CLI

The following code examples show how to use CreateRoute.

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CLI
Amazon CLI

To create a route

The following create-route example creates a route for the specified route table. The route matches all IPv4 traffic (0.0.0.0/0) and routes it to the specified Internet gateway.

aws ec2 create-route \
    --route-table-id rtb-22574640 \
    --destination-cidr-block 0.0.0.0/0 \
    --gateway-id igw-c0a643a9

Output:

{
    "Return": true
}

For more information, see Configure route tables in the Amazon VPC User Guide.

The following create-route example creates a route in route table rtb-g8ff4ea2. The route matches traffic for the IPv4 CIDR block 10.0.0.0/16 and routes it to VPC peering connection, pcx-1a2b3c4d. This route enables traffic to be directed to the peer VPC in the VPC peering connection.

aws ec2 create-route \
    --route-table-id rtb-g8ff4ea2 \
    --destination-cidr-block 10.0.0.0/16 \
    --vpc-peering-connection-id pcx-1a2b3c4d

Output:

{
    "Return": true
}

For more information, see Update your route tables for a VPC peering connection in the Amazon VPC Peering Guide.

The following create-route example creates a route in the specified route table that matches all IPv6 traffic (::/0) and routes it to the specified egress-only Internet gateway.

aws ec2 create-route \
    --route-table-id rtb-dce620b8 \
    --destination-ipv6-cidr-block ::/0 \
    --egress-only-internet-gateway-id eigw-01eadbd45ecd7943f

Output:

{
    "Return": true
}

For more information, see Enable outbound IPv6 traffic using an egress-only internet gateway in the Amazon VPC User Guide.

  • For API details, see CreateRoute in Amazon CLI Command Reference.

PowerShell
Tools for PowerShell V4

Example 1: This example creates the specified route for the specified route table. The route matches all traffic and sends it to the specified Internet gateway.

New-EC2Route -RouteTableId rtb-1a2b3c4d -DestinationCidrBlock 0.0.0.0/0 -GatewayId igw-1a2b3c4d

Output:

True

  • For API details, see CreateRoute in Amazon Tools for PowerShell Cmdlet Reference (V4).

Tools for PowerShell V5

Example 1: This example creates the specified route for the specified route table. The route matches all traffic and sends it to the specified Internet gateway.

New-EC2Route -RouteTableId rtb-1a2b3c4d -DestinationCidrBlock 0.0.0.0/0 -GatewayId igw-1a2b3c4d

Output:

True

  • For API details, see CreateRoute in Amazon Tools for PowerShell Cmdlet Reference (V5).

For a complete list of Amazon SDK developer guides and code examples, see Create Amazon EC2 resources using an Amazon SDK. This topic also includes information about getting started and details about previous SDK versions.