Creating a default route

The purpose of creating one is for all outbound traffic to take a default route to the Internet gateway.

Creating a default route in the route table of the VPC

In the COCKPIT 3DS OUTSCALE console, under the Network/Security menu:

  1. Select Route tables.
  2. Select the route table corresponding to the VPC created earlier (Documentation-VPC in the example).
    Details about the route table will appear in the lower section of the configuration window.
  3. In the details of the route table, click on Create Route.
  4. In the Target field, select your Internet gateway.
  5. Click on All IPs.
    The value 0.0.0.0/0 will automatically be entered in the Destination field.
  6. Confirm by clicking on Create.

Associating this route table with the public sub-network of the VPC

  1. Select the route table corresponding to the VPC created earlier (Documentation-VPC in the example).
  2. Click on Attach.
  3. Select the public subnetwork of the VPC (Documentation-VPC-Public in the example).
  4. Click on Attach to confirm the configuration.
    The Explicit associations column reflects this new status (switched from 0 to 1).