Edit a Route in a Route Table

Prerequisites

• You need the 'security_manager' role in your RightScale account.
• Currently, route tables can only be created in AWS VPCs.

Overview

Editing a route table allows you to modify the destination CIDR address block, Next Hop, or description of a route within a route table. 

Note: You cannot modify the default route that is created for your network. 

Steps

1. Go to Manage > Networks > select network > Route Tables and find your route table.
2. Select your route table and from the Routes tab, click Edit. You can change the description, Destination C

• Destination CIDR: The CIDR location where the network traffic will be directed.
• Next Hop: The location where the network traffic will be directed. It can either be an internet gateway attached to the network or a NAT instance in a VPC. For example, traffic coming from a CIDR address block of 172.0.0.0/24 will be directed to one of the Next Hop options. You can select one of the following:
  • Local -The default route of the network. When instances are launched within the network, the local route covers those instances by default. The local route cannot be modified.  
  • IP Address - Route to an individual IP address.
  • Instance - Route to an individual instance.
  • Network Gateway - Route to an internet gateway or a VPN gateway. 
• Description: (Optional) The description of the route.
• Status: Describes the status of the route. 
• Created at: The date and time that the route was created.
• Last Updated at: The date and time that the route was updated.

3. Click Save.

See also

• Network Manager
• Create a Route Table
• Edit a Route Table
• Delete a Route Table
• Create a New Route for a Route Table