ec2_vpc_route_table - how to configure a local route

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Hi, I’m trying to set up a VPC in AWS using Ansible. I’m running into a problem when I try to create a route table that should route packets to local. The following does not work:

  • name: create route table for private subnets
    ec2_vpc_route_table:
    vpc_id: “{{ vpc_id }}”
    tags:
    Name: “{{ vpc_name }}-private”
    subnets:
  • “{{ vpc_subnet_ids[‘private-a’] }}”
    routes:
  • dest: 0.0.0.0/0
    gateway_id: “local”

This results in the error message “The gateway ID ‘local’ does not exist”.

When I create the route table I want manually using the AWS Console and examine it with ec2_vpc_route_table_info, I get the following:

“routes”: [
{
“destination_cidr_block”: “10.0.0.0/16”,
“gateway_id”: “local”,
“instance_id”: null,
“interface_id”: null,
“network_interface_id”: null,
“origin”: “CreateRouteTable”,
“state”: “active”
},

My Google-Fu is too weak to find a solution, does anyone have any hints?

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I noticed in the meantime that the RouteTable automatically contains a route to the local network so there is no need to create one specifically.

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Hello,

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/komalsuthar_vimaldaga-aws-vpc-activity-6765953256347713538-FdtL

Hope this helps…