terraform aws - how to add default route to vpc default route table?

Question

When you create an AWS VPC in terraform, it will be assigned a default route table that will route traffic just within the CIDR block of the VPC.

I want to add a default route to this to send all other traffic to the Internet.

Answer 1

This can be done by using the aws_route to add the default route to the existing VPC route table. For example:

resource "aws_vpc" "vpc" {
  cidr_block       = "${var.classb}.0.0/16"
}

resource "aws_intenet_gateway" "ig" {
  vpc_id = "${aws_vpc.vpc.id}"
}

resource "aws_route" "simulation_default_route" {
  route_table_id         = "${aws_vpc.vpc.default_route_table_id}"
  destination_cidr_block = "0.0.0.0/0"
  gateway_id             = "${aws_internet_gateway.ig.id}"
}

Answer 2

This should also work if you prefer to use route table way.

resource "aws_default_route_table" "rtb-default" {
  default_route_table_id = aws_vpc.main.default_route_table_id
  route {
    cidr_block = "0.0.0.0/0"
    nat_gateway_id = aws_nat_gateway.ngw-main.id
  }
}