Route Table Overview

A route table contains a set of rules that are used to determine where network traffic is directed.

You can add custom routes to a VPC so that ECSs that have no EIP in the VPC can access the Internet.

Background

The entry to visit the route table module varies by region.
  • If the route table module is not decoupled from the VPC module in your selected region, you have to visit the route table module by clicking the Route Tables tab on the VPC details page.
  • If the route table module is decoupled from the VPC module in your selected region, you can visit the route table module directly after you click Route Tables on the navigation pane of the VPC console.
    Figure 1 Entry to the route table module

This section applies to the regions where you have to visit the route table module through the VPC details page. Otherwise, refer to Route Table (Route Table Module Can Be Directly Accessed from the Navigation Pane).