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ves-io-schema-views-policy_based_routing-API-Create

Published April 5, 2023 | Last modified September 28, 2026

Examples of creating policy_based_routing

Usecase:

Create policy-based-routing-1 with rule-1 to send to forwarding-class-2

Request using vesctl:

vesctl configuration create policy_based_routing -i policy_based_routing.yaml

where file policy_based_routing.yaml has following contents (policy_based_routing.CreateRequest):

RequestJSON:

{
    "metadata": {
        "name": "policy-based-routing-1",
        "namespace": "documentation"
    },
    "spec": {
        "network_pbr": {
            "any": {},
            "network_pbr_rules": [
                {
                    "metadata": {
                        "name": "rule-1"
                    },
                    "forwarding_class_list": [
                        {
                            "namespace": "documentation",
                            "name": "forward-class-2"
                        }
                    ],
                    "dns_name": "www.abc.com",
                    "all_traffic": {}
                }
            ]
        },
        "forwarding_class_list": [
            {
                "namespace": "documentation",
                "name": "forward-class-1"
            }
        ]
    }
}

vesctl yaml response:

ResponseJSON:

{
    "metadata": {
        "name": "policy-based-routing-1",
        "namespace": "documentation",
        "labels": {},
        "annotations": {},
        "description": "",
        "disable": false
    },
    "system_metadata": {
        "uid": "dfa7d5ab-35ad-4a5f-87f4-240b944f7793",
        "creation_timestamp": "2026-06-19T22:13:58.416333Z",
        "deletion_timestamp": null,
        "modification_timestamp": null,
        "initializers": null,
        "finalizers": [],
        "tenant": "acmecorp",
        "creator_class": "examplesvc",
        "creator_id": "examplesvc",
        "object_index": 0,
        "owner_view": null,
        "labels": {}
    },
    "spec": {
        "network_pbr": {
            "any": {},
            "network_pbr_rules": [
                {
                    "metadata": {
                        "name": "rule-1",
                        "description": "",
                        "disable": false
                    },
                    "rule_name": "",
                    "forwarding_class_list": [
                        {
                            "tenant": "acmecorp",
                            "namespace": "documentation",
                            "name": "forward-class-2"
                        }
                    ],
                    "dns_name": "www.abc.com",
                    "all_traffic": {}
                }
            ]
        },
        "forwarding_class_list": [
            {
                "tenant": "acmecorp",
                "namespace": "documentation",
                "name": "forward-class-1"
            }
        ]
    }
}

Request using curl:

curl -X 'POST' -d '{"metadata":{"name":"policy-based-routing-1","namespace":"documentation"},"spec":{"network_pbr":{"any":{},"network_pbr_rules":[{"metadata":{"name":"rule-1"},"forwarding_class_list":[{"namespace":"documentation","name":"forward-class-2"}],"dns_name":"www.abc.com","all_traffic":{}}]},"forwarding_class_list":[{"namespace":"documentation","name":"forward-class-1"}]}}' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -H 'X-Volterra-Useragent: v1/pgm=_var_folders_q2_3kp8z3zs0x5_m7pk1bgb0_ph0000gp_T_go-build1655461974_b001_apidocs.test/host=MTY6VVHQPH/svc=S:examplesvc/site=mytestce01' 'https://acmecorp.console.ves.volterra.io/api/config/namespaces/documentation/policy_based_routings'

curl response:

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Length: 1320
Content-Type: application/json
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2026 22:13:58 GMT
Vary: Accept-Encoding


{
  "metadata": {
    "name": "policy-based-routing-1",
    "namespace": "documentation",
    "labels": {
    },
    "annotations": {
    },
    "description": "",
    "disable": false
  },
  "system_metadata": {
    "uid": "dfa7d5ab-35ad-4a5f-87f4-240b944f7793",
    "creation_timestamp": "2026-06-19T22:13:58.416333Z",
    "deletion_timestamp": null,
    "modification_timestamp": null,
    "initializers": null,
    "finalizers": [
    ],
    "tenant": "acmecorp",
    "creator_class": "examplesvc",
    "creator_id": "examplesvc",
    "object_index": 0,
    "owner_view": null,
    "labels": {
    }
  },
  "spec": {
    "network_pbr": {
      "any": {


      },
      "network_pbr_rules": [
        {
          "metadata": {
            "name": "rule-1",
            "description": "",
            "disable": false
          },
          "rule_name": "",
          "forwarding_class_list": [
            {
              "tenant": "acmecorp",
              "namespace": "documentation",
              "name": "forward-class-2"
            }
          ],
          "dns_name": "www.abc.com",
          "all_traffic": {


          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "forwarding_class_list": [
      {
        "tenant": "acmecorp",
        "namespace": "documentation",
        "name": "forward-class-1"
      }
    ]
  }
}
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