Requests a VPC peering connection between two VPCs: a requester VPC that you own and an accepter VPC with which to create the connection. The accepter VPC can belong to another AWS account and can be in a different Region to the requester VPC. The requester VPC and accepter VPC cannot have overlapping CIDR blocks.
Note
Limitations and rules apply to a VPC peering connection. For more information, see the limitations section in the VPC Peering Guide .
The owner of the accepter VPC must accept the peering request to activate the peering connection. The VPC peering connection request expires after 7 days, after which it cannot be accepted or rejected.
If you create a VPC peering connection request between VPCs with overlapping CIDR blocks, the VPC peering connection has a status of failed
.
See also: AWS API Documentation
See ‘aws help’ for descriptions of global parameters.
create-vpc-peering-connection
[--dry-run | --no-dry-run]
[--peer-owner-id <value>]
[--peer-vpc-id <value>]
[--vpc-id <value>]
[--peer-region <value>]
[--tag-specifications <value>]
[--cli-input-json | --cli-input-yaml]
[--generate-cli-skeleton <value>]
--dry-run
| --no-dry-run
(boolean)
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 isUnauthorizedOperation
.
--peer-owner-id
(string)
The AWS account ID of the owner of the accepter VPC.
Default: Your AWS account ID
--peer-vpc-id
(string)
The ID of the VPC with which you are creating the VPC peering connection. You must specify this parameter in the request.
--vpc-id
(string)
The ID of the requester VPC. You must specify this parameter in the request.
--peer-region
(string)
The Region code for the accepter VPC, if the accepter VPC is located in a Region other than the Region in which you make the request.
Default: The Region in which you make the request.
--tag-specifications
(list)
The tags to assign to the peering connection.
(structure)
The tags to apply to a resource when the resource is being created.
ResourceType -> (string)
The type of resource to tag. Currently, the resource types that support tagging on creation are:
capacity-reservation
|carrier-gateway
|client-vpn-endpoint
|customer-gateway
|dedicated-host
|dhcp-options
|egress-only-internet-gateway
|elastic-ip
|elastic-gpu
|export-image-task
|export-instance-task
|fleet
|fpga-image
|host-reservation
|image
|import-image-task
|import-snapshot-task
|instance
|internet-gateway
|ipv4pool-ec2
|ipv6pool-ec2
|key-pair
|launch-template
|local-gateway-route-table-vpc-association
|placement-group
|prefix-list
|natgateway
|network-acl
|network-interface
|reserved-instances
|route-table
|security-group
|snapshot
|spot-fleet-request
|spot-instances-request
|snapshot
|subnet
|traffic-mirror-filter
|traffic-mirror-session
|traffic-mirror-target
|transit-gateway
|transit-gateway-attachment
|transit-gateway-multicast-domain
|transit-gateway-route-table
|volume
|vpc
|vpc-peering-connection
|vpc-endpoint
(for interface and gateway endpoints) |vpc-endpoint-service
(for AWS PrivateLink) |vpc-flow-log
|vpn-connection
|vpn-gateway
.To tag a resource after it has been created, see CreateTags .
Tags -> (list)
The tags to apply to the resource.
(structure)
Describes a tag.
Key -> (string)
The key of the tag.
Constraints: Tag keys are case-sensitive and accept a maximum of 127 Unicode characters. May not begin with
aws:
.Value -> (string)
The value of the tag.
Constraints: Tag values are case-sensitive and accept a maximum of 255 Unicode characters.
Shorthand Syntax:
ResourceType=string,Tags=[{Key=string,Value=string},{Key=string,Value=string}] ...
JSON Syntax:
[
{
"ResourceType": "client-vpn-endpoint"|"customer-gateway"|"dedicated-host"|"dhcp-options"|"egress-only-internet-gateway"|"elastic-ip"|"elastic-gpu"|"export-image-task"|"export-instance-task"|"fleet"|"fpga-image"|"host-reservation"|"image"|"import-image-task"|"import-snapshot-task"|"instance"|"internet-gateway"|"key-pair"|"launch-template"|"local-gateway-route-table-vpc-association"|"natgateway"|"network-acl"|"network-interface"|"network-insights-analysis"|"network-insights-path"|"placement-group"|"reserved-instances"|"route-table"|"security-group"|"snapshot"|"spot-fleet-request"|"spot-instances-request"|"subnet"|"traffic-mirror-filter"|"traffic-mirror-session"|"traffic-mirror-target"|"transit-gateway"|"transit-gateway-attachment"|"transit-gateway-connect-peer"|"transit-gateway-multicast-domain"|"transit-gateway-route-table"|"volume"|"vpc"|"vpc-peering-connection"|"vpn-connection"|"vpn-gateway"|"vpc-flow-log",
"Tags": [
{
"Key": "string",
"Value": "string"
}
...
]
}
...
]
--cli-input-json
| --cli-input-yaml
(string)
Reads arguments from the JSON string provided. The JSON string follows the format provided by --generate-cli-skeleton
. If other arguments are provided on the command line, those values will override the JSON-provided values. It is not possible to pass arbitrary binary values using a JSON-provided value as the string will be taken literally. This may not be specified along with --cli-input-yaml
.
--generate-cli-skeleton
(string)
Prints a JSON skeleton to standard output without sending an API request. If provided with no value or the value input
, prints a sample input JSON that can be used as an argument for --cli-input-json
. Similarly, if provided yaml-input
it will print a sample input YAML that can be used with --cli-input-yaml
. If provided with the value output
, it validates the command inputs and returns a sample output JSON for that command.
See ‘aws help’ for descriptions of global parameters.
To create a VPC peering connection between your VPCs
This example requests a peering connection between your VPCs vpc-1a2b3c4d and vpc-11122233.
Command:
aws ec2 create-vpc-peering-connection --vpc-id vpc-1a2b3c4d --peer-vpc-id vpc-11122233
Output:
{
"VpcPeeringConnection": {
"Status": {
"Message": "Initiating Request to 444455556666",
"Code": "initiating-request"
},
"Tags": [],
"RequesterVpcInfo": {
"OwnerId": "444455556666",
"VpcId": "vpc-1a2b3c4d",
"CidrBlock": "10.0.0.0/28"
},
"VpcPeeringConnectionId": "pcx-111aaa111",
"ExpirationTime": "2014-04-02T16:13:36.000Z",
"AccepterVpcInfo": {
"OwnerId": "444455556666",
"VpcId": "vpc-11122233"
}
}
}
To create a VPC peering connection with a VPC in another account
This example requests a peering connection between your VPC (vpc-1a2b3c4d), and a VPC (vpc-11122233) that belongs AWS account 123456789012.
Command:
aws ec2 create-vpc-peering-connection --vpc-id vpc-1a2b3c4d --peer-vpc-id vpc-11122233 --peer-owner-id 123456789012
To create a VPC peering connection with a VPC in a different region
This example requests a peering connection between your VPC in the current region (vpc-1a2b3c4d), and a VPC (vpc-11122233) in your account in the us-west-2
region.
Command:
aws ec2 create-vpc-peering-connection --vpc-id vpc-1a2b3c4d --peer-vpc-id vpc-11122233 --peer-region us-west-2
This example requests a peering connection between your VPC in the current region (vpc-1a2b3c4d), and a VPC (vpc-11122233) that belongs AWS account 123456789012 that’s in the us-west-2
region.
Command:
aws ec2 create-vpc-peering-connection --vpc-id vpc-1a2b3c4d --peer-vpc-id vpc-11122233 --peer-owner-id 123456789012 --peer-region us-west-2
VpcPeeringConnection -> (structure)
Information about the VPC peering connection.
AccepterVpcInfo -> (structure)
Information about the accepter VPC. CIDR block information is only returned when describing an active VPC peering connection.
CidrBlock -> (string)
The IPv4 CIDR block for the VPC.
Ipv6CidrBlockSet -> (list)
The IPv6 CIDR block for the VPC.
(structure)
Describes an IPv6 CIDR block.
Ipv6CidrBlock -> (string)
The IPv6 CIDR block.
CidrBlockSet -> (list)
Information about the IPv4 CIDR blocks for the VPC.
(structure)
Describes an IPv4 CIDR block.
CidrBlock -> (string)
The IPv4 CIDR block.
OwnerId -> (string)
The AWS account ID of the VPC owner.
PeeringOptions -> (structure)
Information about the VPC peering connection options for the accepter or requester VPC.
AllowDnsResolutionFromRemoteVpc -> (boolean)
Indicates whether a local VPC can resolve public DNS hostnames to private IP addresses when queried from instances in a peer VPC.
AllowEgressFromLocalClassicLinkToRemoteVpc -> (boolean)
Indicates whether a local ClassicLink connection can communicate with the peer VPC over the VPC peering connection.
AllowEgressFromLocalVpcToRemoteClassicLink -> (boolean)
Indicates whether a local VPC can communicate with a ClassicLink connection in the peer VPC over the VPC peering connection.
VpcId -> (string)
The ID of the VPC.
Region -> (string)
The Region in which the VPC is located.
ExpirationTime -> (timestamp)
The time that an unaccepted VPC peering connection will expire.
RequesterVpcInfo -> (structure)
Information about the requester VPC. CIDR block information is only returned when describing an active VPC peering connection.
CidrBlock -> (string)
The IPv4 CIDR block for the VPC.
Ipv6CidrBlockSet -> (list)
The IPv6 CIDR block for the VPC.
(structure)
Describes an IPv6 CIDR block.
Ipv6CidrBlock -> (string)
The IPv6 CIDR block.
CidrBlockSet -> (list)
Information about the IPv4 CIDR blocks for the VPC.
(structure)
Describes an IPv4 CIDR block.
CidrBlock -> (string)
The IPv4 CIDR block.
OwnerId -> (string)
The AWS account ID of the VPC owner.
PeeringOptions -> (structure)
Information about the VPC peering connection options for the accepter or requester VPC.
AllowDnsResolutionFromRemoteVpc -> (boolean)
Indicates whether a local VPC can resolve public DNS hostnames to private IP addresses when queried from instances in a peer VPC.
AllowEgressFromLocalClassicLinkToRemoteVpc -> (boolean)
Indicates whether a local ClassicLink connection can communicate with the peer VPC over the VPC peering connection.
AllowEgressFromLocalVpcToRemoteClassicLink -> (boolean)
Indicates whether a local VPC can communicate with a ClassicLink connection in the peer VPC over the VPC peering connection.
VpcId -> (string)
The ID of the VPC.
Region -> (string)
The Region in which the VPC is located.
Status -> (structure)
The status of the VPC peering connection.
Code -> (string)
The status of the VPC peering connection.
Message -> (string)
A message that provides more information about the status, if applicable.
Tags -> (list)
Any tags assigned to the resource.
(structure)
Describes a tag.
Key -> (string)
The key of the tag.
Constraints: Tag keys are case-sensitive and accept a maximum of 127 Unicode characters. May not begin with
aws:
.Value -> (string)
The value of the tag.
Constraints: Tag values are case-sensitive and accept a maximum of 255 Unicode characters.
VpcPeeringConnectionId -> (string)
The ID of the VPC peering connection.