Route Tables

A Route Table is what basically directs the traffic in the VPC. AWS defines a Route Table as a set of rules called routes that are used to determine where network traffic is directed. Each Route Table has two main components called target and destination. The target indicates where the data is being routed to, and the destination indicates the CIDR block range of the target where the data is routed to. With the default VPC, you get one Route Table, which is assigned to the default VPC. It is considered a best practice to leave the default Route Table as it is and create new Route Tables for your own custom VPC. There are two main characteristics that you must know about the Route Table. First, by default, all the subnet traffic is allowed to the other available subnet within your VPC, and is called as a local route. Second, you can modify the local route. The best...