Work with routing policies

Add a routing policy to an Enterprise Edition transit router

1. Log on to CEN console.
2. On the Instances page, find the CEN instance that you want to manage and click its ID.
3. On the Basic Information > Transit Router tab, find the transit router in the target region and click the ID of the target transit router.
4. On the details page of the transit router instance, click the Transit Router Route Table tab.
5. In the left-side area of the route table details page, click the ID of the default route table.
6. On the details page of the default route table, click the Route Maps tab.
7. On the Route Maps tab, click Add Route Map.
8. On the Add Route Map page, set the following parameters and click OK.

   Parameter	Description
   Routing Policy Priority	Set a priority for the routing policy. Valid values: 1 to 100. A smaller value indicates a higher priority. On an Enterprise Edition transit router, you cannot specify the same priority for routing policies that apply in the same region and direction. The system evaluates routes against the match conditions of routing policies in descending order of priority. A smaller value indicates a higher priority. Therefore, set appropriate values to sort the routing policies in the desired order.
   Description	Enter a description for the routing policy. The description cannot start with http:// or https://. It must start with a letter and can contain letters, digits, hyphens (-), periods (.), and underscores (_).
   Associated Route Table	Select a route table to associate with the routing policy. You can associate a routing policy with the system route table or a custom route table.
   Direction	Select the direction in which the routing policy applies. Import to Regional Gateway: Routes are advertised to the transit router deployed in the current region. For example, routes are advertised from network instances deployed in the current region or other regions to the transit router deployed in the current region. Export from Regional Gateway: Routes are advertised from the transit router deployed in the current region. For example, routes are advertised from transit routers deployed in the current region to network instances deployed in the current region or transit routers deployed in other regions.
   Match Conditions	Select a match condition for the routing policy. Click Add Match Condition to add multiple match conditions. For more information, see Match conditions.
   Routing Policy Action	Select an action for the routing policy. Permit: After all conditions are matched, the matched routes are permitted. If you select Permit, you can click Add Policy Entry and configure the following policy values: Preference: Specify a priority for the routes that are permitted. Valid values: 1 to 100. Default value: 50. A smaller value indicates a higher priority. Community: Specify a community value. Add and Replace are supported. Appended AS Path: An autonomous system (AS) path is appended when the transit router receives or advertises a route. The requirements of appended AS paths vary based on the direction in which the routing policy applies: When AS paths are appended in the inbound direction, you must specify the list of source instance IDs and the source region in the match condition. In addition, the source region must be the same as the region in which the routing policy applies. When AS paths are appended in the outbound direction, you must specify the list of destination instance IDs in the match condition. Deny: Routes that meet all the match conditions are denied. If you select Deny, you cannot configure policy values.
   Priority of Associated Routing Policy	Specify a priority for the routing policy to be associated. You can set the parameter only if you select Permit for Routing Action Policy. Only permitted routes continue to match the routing policy that has the specified priority. The region and direction of the routing policy to be associated must be the same as those of the current routing policy. The priority of the routing policy to be associated must be lower than the priority of the current routing policy.

Add a routing policy to a Basic Edition transit router

1. Log on to CEN console.
2. On the Instances page, find the CEN instance that you want to manage and click its ID.
3. On the Basic Information > Transit Router tab, find the transit router in the target region and click the ID of the target transit router.
4. On the transit router details page, choose Route Table > Route Maps.
5. On the Route Maps tab, click Add Route Map.
6. On the Add Route Map page, set the following parameters and click OK.

   Parameter	Description
   Routing Policy Priority	Set a priority for the routing policy. Valid values: 1 to 100. A smaller value indicates a higher priority. You cannot specify the same priority for routing policies that apply in the same region and direction. The system evaluates routes against the match conditions of routing policies in descending order of priority. A smaller value indicates a higher priority. Therefore, set appropriate values to sort the routing policies in the desired order.
   Description	Enter a description for the routing policy. The description cannot start with http:// or https://. It must start with a letter and can contain letters, digits, hyphens (-), periods (.), and underscores (_).
   Region	Select the region in which the routing policy applies.
   Direction	Select the direction in which the routing policy applies. Import to Regional Gateway: Routes are advertised to the transit router deployed in the current region. For example, routes are advertised from network instances deployed in the current region or other regions to the transit router deployed in the current region. Export from Regional Gateway: Routes are advertised from the transit router deployed in the current region. For example, routes are advertised from transit routers deployed in the current region to network instances deployed in the current region or transit routers deployed in other regions.
   Match Conditions	Select a match condition for the routing policy. Click Add Match Condition to add multiple match conditions. For more information, see Match conditions.
   Routing Policy Action	Select an action for the routing policy. Permit: After all conditions are matched, the matched routes are permitted. If you select Permit, you can click Add Policy Entry and configure the following policy values: Preference: Specify a priority for the routes that are permitted. Valid values: 1 to 100. Default value: 50. A smaller value indicates a higher priority. Community: Specify a community value. Add and Replace are supported. Appended AS Path: An autonomous system (AS) path is appended when the transit router receives or advertises a route. The requirements of appended AS paths vary based on the direction in which the routing policy applies: When AS paths are appended in the inbound direction, you must specify the list of source instance IDs and the source region in the match condition. In addition, the source region must be the same as the region in which the routing policy applies. When AS paths are appended in the outbound direction, you must specify the list of destination instance IDs in the match condition. Deny: Routes that meet all the match conditions are denied. If you select Deny, you cannot configure policy values.
   Priority of Associated Routing Policy	Specify a priority for the routing policy to be associated. This parameter is optional. You can set the parameter only if you select Permit for Routing Action Policy. Only permitted routes continue to match the routing policy that has the specified priority. The region and direction of the routing policy to be associated must be the same as those of the current routing policy. The priority of the routing policy to be associated must be lower than the priority of the current routing policy.

Modify a routing policy

1. Log on to CEN console.
2. On the Instances page, find the CEN instance that you want to manage and click its ID.
3. On the Basic Information > Transit Router tab, find the transit router in the target region and click the ID of the target transit router.
4. On the details page of the transit router instance, click the Transit Router Route Table tab.
5. On the Route Table tab, find the routing policy that you want to modify.
   • If you are using a Basic Edition transit router, click the Route Maps tab to find the routing policy.
   • If you are using an Enterprise Edition transit router, click the ID of the route table in the left-side area. On the details page of the route table, click the Route Maps tab and find the routing policy.
6. Find the routing policy and click Modify in the Actions column.
7. On the Edit Route Map page, modify the priority, description, match conditions, and action of the routing policy, and then click OK.

Delete a routing policy

1. Log on to CEN console.
2. On the Instances page, find the CEN instance that you want to manage and click its ID.
3. On the Basic Information > Transit Router tab, find the transit router in the target region and click the ID of the target transit router.
4. On the details page of the transit router instance, click the Transit Router Route Table tab.
5. On the Route Table tab, find the routing policy that you want to modify.
   • If you are using a Basic Edition transit router, click the Route Maps tab to find the routing policy.
   • If you are using an Enterprise Edition transit router, click the ID of the route table in the left-side area. On the details page of the route table, click the Route Maps tab and find the routing policy.
6. Find the routing policy and click Delete in the Actions column.
7. In the Delete Route Map message, click OK.

References

• Routing policy overview
• CreateCenRouteMap: creates a routing policy.
• ModifyCenRouteMap: modifies a routing policy.
• DeleteCenRouteMap: deletes a routing policy.
• DescribeCenRouteMaps: queries information about routing policies.