Replace or restore the target for a local route

You can change the target of the default local route. If you replace the target of a local route, you can later restore it to the default local target. If your VPC has multiple CIDR blocks, your route tables have multiple local routes—one per CIDR block. You can replace or restore the target of each of the local routes as needed.

To update the local route using the console

1. Open the Amazon VPC console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/vpc/.

2. In the navigation pane, choose Route tables, and then select the route table.

3. From the Routes tab, choose Edit routes.

4. For the local route, clear Target and then choose a new target.

5. Choose Save changes.

To restore the target for a local route using the console

1. Open the Amazon VPC console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/vpc/.

2. In the navigation pane, choose Route tables, and then select the route table.

3. Choose Actions, Edit routes.

4. For the route, clear Target, and then choose local.

5. Choose Save changes.

To replace the target for a local route using the AWS CLI

Use the replace-route command. The following example replaces the target of the local route with eni-11223344556677889.

aws ec2 replace-route --route-table-id rtb-01234567890123456 --destination-cidr-block 10.0.0.0/16 --network-interface-id eni-11223344556677889

To restore the target for a local route using the AWS CLI

The following example restores the local target for route table rtb-01234567890123456.

aws ec2 replace-route --route-table-id rtb-01234567890123456 --destination-cidr-block 10.0.0.0/16 --local-target