POST /#Action=CreateTrafficMirrorTarget
Creates a target for your Traffic Mirror session.
A Traffic Mirror target is the destination for mirrored traffic. The Traffic Mirror source and the Traffic Mirror target (monitoring appliances) can be in the same VPC, or in different VPCs connected via VPC peering or a transit gateway.
A Traffic Mirror target can be a network interface, a Network Load Balancer, or a Gateway Load Balancer endpoint.
To use the target in a Traffic Mirror session, use CreateTrafficMirrorSession.
Servers
- https://ec2.{region}.amazonaws.com
- https://ec2.amazonaws.com
- https://ec2.{region}.amazonaws.com.cn
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:
|
Action |
String | Yes |
Possible values:
|
Request body fields
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
NetworkInterfaceId |
String | No |
The network interface ID that is associated with the target. |
TagSpecifications[] |
Array | No |
The tags to assign to the Traffic Mirror target. |
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. |
GatewayLoadBalancerEndpointId |
String | No |
The ID of the Gateway Load Balancer endpoint. |
NetworkLoadBalancerArn |
String | No |
The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the Network Load Balancer that is associated with the target. |
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 |
Description |
String | No |
The description of the Traffic Mirror target. |
How to start integrating
- Add HTTP Task to your workflow definition.
- Search for the API you want to integrate with and click on the name.
- This loads the API reference documentation and prepares the Http request settings.
- Click Test request to test run your request to the API and see the API's response.