POST /#Action=CreateTrafficMirrorFilterRule

Creates a Traffic Mirror filter rule.

A Traffic Mirror rule defines the Traffic Mirror source traffic to mirror.

You need the Traffic Mirror filter ID when you create the rule.

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Request headers

Name Type Required Description
X-Amz-Content-Sha256 String No
X-Amz-Credential String No
Content-Type String Yes The media type of the request body.

Default value: "text/xml"

X-Amz-Date String No
X-Amz-Algorithm String No
X-Amz-SignedHeaders String No
X-Amz-Security-Token String No
X-Amz-Signature String No

Query parameters

Name Type Required Description
Version String Yes

Possible values:

  • "2016-11-15"
Action String Yes

Possible values:

  • "CreateTrafficMirrorFilterRule"

Request body fields

Name Type Required Description
DestinationCidrBlock String Yes

The destination CIDR block to assign to the Traffic Mirror rule.

ClientToken String No

Unique, case-sensitive identifier that you provide to ensure the idempotency of the request. For more information, see How to ensure idempotency.

RuleAction String Yes

The action to take on the filtered traffic.

Possible values:

  • "reject"
  • "accept"
SourceCidrBlock String Yes

The source CIDR block to assign to the Traffic Mirror rule.

RuleNumber Integer Yes

The number of the Traffic Mirror rule. This number must be unique for each Traffic Mirror rule in a given direction. The rules are processed in ascending order by rule number.

TrafficMirrorFilterId String Yes

The ID of the filter that this rule is associated with.

TrafficDirection String Yes

The type of traffic.

Possible values:

  • "ingress"
  • "egress"
Protocol Integer No

The protocol, for example UDP, to assign to the Traffic Mirror rule.

For information about the protocol value, see Protocol Numbers on the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) website.

DryRun Boolean No

Checks whether you have the required permissions for the action, without actually making the request, and provides an error response. If you have the required permissions, the error response is DryRunOperation. Otherwise, it is UnauthorizedOperation.

Description String No

The description of the Traffic Mirror rule.

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