Prefix list references
You can reference a prefix list in your transit gateway route table. A prefix list is a set of one or more CIDR block entries that you define and manage. You can use a prefix list to simplify the management of the IP addresses that you reference in your resources to route network traffic. For example, if you frequently specify the same destination CIDRs across multiple transit gateway route tables, you can manage those CIDRs in a single prefix list, instead of repeatedly referencing the same CIDRs in each route table. If you need to remove a destination CIDR block, you can remove its entry from the prefix list instead of removing the route from every affected route table.
When you create a prefix list reference in your transit gateway route table, each entry in the prefix list is represented as a route in your transit gateway route table.
For more information about prefix lists, see Prefix lists in the Amazon VPC User Guide.
Create a prefix list reference
You can create a reference to a prefix list in your transit gateway route table.
To create a prefix list reference using the console
Open the Amazon VPC console at https://console.amazonaws.cn/vpc/
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In the navigation pane, choose Transit Gateway Route Tables.
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Select the transit gateway route table.
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Choose Actions, Create prefix list reference.
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For Prefix list ID, choose the ID of the prefix list.
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For Type, choose if traffic to this prefix list should be allowed (Active) or dropped (Blackhole).
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For Transit gateway attachment ID, choose the ID of the attachment to which to route traffic.
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Choose Create prefix list reference.
To create a prefix list reference using the Amazon CLI
Use the create-transit-gateway-prefix-list-reference command.
View prefix list references
You can view the prefix list references in your transit gateway route table. You can
also view each entry in the prefix list as an individual route in your transit gateway
route table. The route type for a prefix list route is propagated.
To view a prefix list reference using the console
Open the Amazon VPC console at https://console.amazonaws.cn/vpc/
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In the navigation pane, choose Transit Gateway Route Tables.
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Select the transit gateway route table.
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In the lower pane, choose Prefix list references. The prefix list references are listed.
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Choose Routes. Each prefix list entry is listed as a route in the route table.
To view a prefix list reference using the Amazon CLI
Use the get-transit-gateway-prefix-list-references command.
Modify a prefix list reference
You can modify a prefix list reference by changing the attachment that the traffic is routed to, or indicating whether to drop traffic that matches the route.
You cannot modify the individual routes for a prefix list in the Routes tab. To modify the entries in the prefix list, use the Managed Prefix Lists screen. For more information, see Modifying a prefix list in the Amazon VPC User Guide.
To modify a prefix list reference using the console
Open the Amazon VPC console at https://console.amazonaws.cn/vpc/
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In the navigation pane, choose Transit Gateway Route Tables.
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Select the transit gateway route table.
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In the lower pane, choose Prefix list references.
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Choose the prefix list reference, and choose Modify references.
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For Type, choose if traffic to this prefix list should be allowed (Active) or dropped (Blackhole).
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For Transit gateway attachment ID, choose the ID of the attachment to which to route traffic.
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Choose Modify prefix list reference.
To modify a prefix list reference using the Amazon CLI
Use the modify-transit-gateway-prefix-list-reference command.
Delete a prefix list reference
If you no longer need a prefix list reference, you can delete it from your transit gateway route table. Deleting the reference does not delete the prefix list.
To delete a prefix list reference using the console
Open the Amazon VPC console at https://console.amazonaws.cn/vpc/
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In the navigation pane, choose Transit Gateway Route Tables.
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Select the transit gateway route table.
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Choose the prefix list reference, and choose Delete references.
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Choose Delete references.
To delete a prefix list reference using the Amazon CLI
Use the delete-transit-gateway-prefix-list-reference command.