Share a traffic mirror target - Amazon Virtual Private Cloud
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Share a traffic mirror target

A traffic mirror target can be owned by an Amazon account that is different from the traffic mirror source.

You can use Amazon Resource Access Manager (RAM) to share a traffic mirror target across accounts. Use the following procedure to share a traffic mirror target that you own.

You must create a traffic mirror target before you share it. For more information, see Create or delete a traffic mirror target.

To share a traffic mirror target

  1. Open the Amazon Resource Access Manager console at https://console.amazonaws.cn/ram/.

  2. Choose Create a resource share.

  3. Under Description, for Name, enter a descriptive name for the resource share.

  4. For Select resource type, choose Traffic Mirror Targets. Select the traffic mirror target.

  5. For Principals, add principals to the resource share. For each Amazon account, OU, or organization, specify its ID and choose Add.

    For Allow external accounts, choose whether to allow sharing for this resource with Amazon accounts that are external to your organization.

  6. (Optional) Under Tags, enter a tag key and tag value pair for each tag. These tags are applied to the resource share but not to the traffic mirror target.

  7. Choose Create resource share.