create-virtual-router¶

Description¶

Creates a virtual router within a service mesh.

Specify a listener for any inbound traffic that your virtual router receives. Create a virtual router for each protocol and port that you need to route. Virtual routers handle traffic for one or more virtual services within your mesh. After you create your virtual router, create and associate routes for your virtual router that direct incoming requests to different virtual nodes.

For more information about virtual routers, see Virtual routers .

Synopsis¶

  create-virtual-router
[--client-token <value>]
--mesh-name <value>
[--mesh-owner <value>]
--spec <value>
[--tags <value>]
--virtual-router-name <value>
[--cli-input-json | --cli-input-yaml]
[--generate-cli-skeleton <value>]

Options¶

--client-token (string)

Unique, case-sensitive identifier that you provide to ensure the idempotency of the request. Up to 36 letters, numbers, hyphens, and underscores are allowed.

--mesh-name (string)

The name of the service mesh to create the virtual router in.

--mesh-owner (string)

The Amazon Web Services IAM account ID of the service mesh owner. If the account ID is not your own, then the account that you specify must share the mesh with your account before you can create the resource in the service mesh. For more information about mesh sharing, see Working with shared meshes .

--spec (structure)

The virtual router specification to apply.

listeners -> (list)

The listeners that the virtual router is expected to receive inbound traffic from. You can specify one listener.

(structure)

An object that represents a virtual router listener.

portMapping -> (structure)

An object that represents a port mapping.

port -> (integer)

The port used for the port mapping.

protocol -> (string)

The protocol used for the port mapping. Specify one protocol.

JSON Syntax:

{
  "listeners": [
    {
      "portMapping": {
        "port": integer,
        "protocol": "http"|"tcp"|"http2"|"grpc"
      }
    }
    ...
  ]
}

--tags (list)

Optional metadata that you can apply to the virtual router to assist with categorization and organization. Each tag consists of a key and an optional value, both of which you define. Tag keys can have a maximum character length of 128 characters, and tag values can have a maximum length of 256 characters.

(structure)

Optional metadata that you apply to a resource to assist with categorization and organization. Each tag consists of a key and an optional value, both of which you define. Tag keys can have a maximum character length of 128 characters, and tag values can have a maximum length of 256 characters.

key -> (string)

One part of a key-value pair that make up a tag. A key is a general label that acts like a category for more specific tag values.

value -> (string)

The optional part of a key-value pair that make up a tag. A value acts as a descriptor within a tag category (key).

Shorthand Syntax:

key=string,value=string ...

JSON Syntax:

[
  {
    "key": "string",
    "value": "string"
  }
  ...
]

--virtual-router-name (string)

The name to use for the virtual router.

--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.

Examples¶

To create a new virtual router

The following create-virtual-router example uses a JSON input file to create a virtual router with a listener for HTTP using port 80.

aws appmesh create-virtual-router \
    --cli-input-json file://create-virtual-router.json

Contents of create-virtual-router.json:

{
    "meshName": "app1",
    "spec": {
        "listeners": [
            {
                "portMapping": {
                    "port": 80,
                    "protocol": "http"
                }
            }
        ]
    },
    "virtualRouterName": "vrServiceB"
}

Output:

{
    "virtualRouter": {
        "meshName": "app1",
        "metadata": {
            "arn": "arn:aws:appmesh:us-east-1:123456789012:mesh/app1/virtualRouter/vrServiceB",
            "createdAt": 1563810546.59,
            "lastUpdatedAt": 1563810546.59,
            "uid": "a1b2c3d4-5678-90ab-cdef-11111EXAMPLE",
            "version": 1
        },
        "spec": {
            "listeners": [
                {
                    "portMapping": {
                        "port": 80,
                        "protocol": "http"
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        "status": {
            "status": "ACTIVE"
        },
        "virtualRouterName": "vrServiceB"
    }
}

For more information, see Virtual Routers in the AWS App Mesh User Guide.

Output¶

virtualRouter -> (structure)

The full description of your virtual router following the create call.

meshName -> (string)

The name of the service mesh that the virtual router resides in.

metadata -> (structure)

The associated metadata for the virtual router.

arn -> (string)

The full Amazon Resource Name (ARN) for the resource.

createdAt -> (timestamp)

The Unix epoch timestamp in seconds for when the resource was created.

lastUpdatedAt -> (timestamp)

The Unix epoch timestamp in seconds for when the resource was last updated.

meshOwner -> (string)

The Amazon Web Services IAM account ID of the service mesh owner. If the account ID is not your own, then it’s the ID of the account that shared the mesh with your account. For more information about mesh sharing, see Working with shared meshes .

resourceOwner -> (string)

The Amazon Web Services IAM account ID of the resource owner. If the account ID is not your own, then it’s the ID of the mesh owner or of another account that the mesh is shared with. For more information about mesh sharing, see Working with shared meshes .

uid -> (string)

The unique identifier for the resource.

version -> (long)

The version of the resource. Resources are created at version 1, and this version is incremented each time that they’re updated.

spec -> (structure)

The specifications of the virtual router.

listeners -> (list)

The listeners that the virtual router is expected to receive inbound traffic from. You can specify one listener.

(structure)

An object that represents a virtual router listener.

portMapping -> (structure)

An object that represents a port mapping.

port -> (integer)

The port used for the port mapping.

protocol -> (string)

The protocol used for the port mapping. Specify one protocol.

status -> (structure)

The current status of the virtual router.

status -> (string)

The current status of the virtual router.

virtualRouterName -> (string)

The name of the virtual router.

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