ec2_vpc_vpn – Create, modify, and delete EC2 VPN connections

New in version 2.4.

Synopsis

  • This module creates, modifies, and deletes VPN connections. Idempotence is achieved by using the filters option or specifying the VPN connection identifier.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

  • boto

  • boto3

  • botocore

  • python >= 2.6

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
aws_access_key
string
AWS access key. If not set then the value of the AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID, AWS_ACCESS_KEY or EC2_ACCESS_KEY environment variable is used.

aliases: ec2_access_key, access_key
aws_secret_key
string
AWS secret key. If not set then the value of the AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY, AWS_SECRET_KEY, or EC2_SECRET_KEY environment variable is used.

aliases: ec2_secret_key, secret_key
connection_type
-
    Choices:
  • ipsec.1 ←
The type of VPN connection.
customer_gateway_id
-
The ID of the customer gateway.
debug_botocore_endpoint_logs
boolean
added in 2.8
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Use a botocore.endpoint logger to parse the unique (rather than total) "resource:action" API calls made during a task, outputing the set to the resource_actions key in the task results. Use the aws_resource_action callback to output to total list made during a playbook. The ANSIBLE_DEBUG_BOTOCORE_LOGS environment variable may also be used.
delay
integer
added in 2.8
Default:
15
The time to wait before checking operation again. in seconds.
ec2_url
string
Url to use to connect to EC2 or your Eucalyptus cloud (by default the module will use EC2 endpoints). Ignored for modules where region is required. Must be specified for all other modules if region is not used. If not set then the value of the EC2_URL environment variable, if any, is used.
filters
-
An alternative to using vpn_connection_id. If multiple matches are found, vpn_connection_id is required. If one of the following suboptions is a list of items to filter by, only one item needs to match to find the VPN that correlates. e.g. if the filter 'cidr' is ['194.168.2.0/24', '192.168.2.0/24'] and the VPN route only has the destination cidr block of '192.168.2.0/24' it will be found with this filter (assuming there are not multiple VPNs that are matched). Another example, if the filter 'vpn' is equal to ['vpn-ccf7e7ad', 'vpn-cb0ae2a2'] and one of of the VPNs has the state deleted (exists but is unmodifiable) and the other exists and is not deleted, it will be found via this filter. See examples.
bgp
-
The BGP ASN number associated with a BGP device. Only works if the connection is attached. This filtering option is currently not working.
cgw
-
The customer gateway id as a string or a list of those strings.
cgw-config
-
The customer gateway configuration of the VPN as a string (in the format of the return value) or a list of those strings.
cidr
-
The destination cidr of the VPN's route as a string or a list of those strings.
static-routes-only
-
The type of routing; true or false.
tag-keys
-
The key of a tag as a string or a list of those strings.
tag-values
-
The value of a tag as a string or a list of those strings.
tags
-
A dict of key value pairs.
vgw
-
The virtual private gateway as a string or a list of those strings.
vpn
-
The VPN connection id as a string or a list of those strings.
profile
string
Uses a boto profile. Only works with boto >= 2.24.0.
purge_routes
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Whether or not to delete VPN connections routes that are not specified in the task.
purge_tags
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Whether or not to delete VPN connections tags that are associated with the connection but not specified in the task.
region
string
The AWS region to use. If not specified then the value of the AWS_REGION or EC2_REGION environment variable, if any, is used. See http://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/rande.html#ec2_region

aliases: aws_region, ec2_region
routes
-
Routes to add to the connection.
security_token
string
AWS STS security token. If not set then the value of the AWS_SECURITY_TOKEN or EC2_SECURITY_TOKEN environment variable is used.

aliases: access_token
state
-
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
The desired state of the VPN connection.
static_only
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Indicates whether the VPN connection uses static routes only. Static routes must be used for devices that don't support BGP.
tags
-
Tags to attach to the VPN connection.
tunnel_options
-
added in 2.5
An optional list object containing no more than two dict members, each of which may contain 'TunnelInsideCidr' and/or 'PreSharedKey' keys with appropriate string values. AWS defaults will apply in absence of either of the aforementioned keys.
validate_certs
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
When set to "no", SSL certificates will not be validated for boto versions >= 2.6.0.
vpn_connection_id
-
The ID of the VPN connection. Required to modify or delete a connection if the filters option does not provide a unique match.
vpn_gateway_id
-
The ID of the virtual private gateway.
wait_timeout
integer
added in 2.8
Default:
600
How long before wait gives up, in seconds.

Notes

Note

  • If parameters are not set within the module, the following environment variables can be used in decreasing order of precedence AWS_URL or EC2_URL, AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID or AWS_ACCESS_KEY or EC2_ACCESS_KEY, AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY or AWS_SECRET_KEY or EC2_SECRET_KEY, AWS_SECURITY_TOKEN or EC2_SECURITY_TOKEN, AWS_REGION or EC2_REGION

  • Ansible uses the boto configuration file (typically ~/.boto) if no credentials are provided. See https://boto.readthedocs.io/en/latest/boto_config_tut.html

  • AWS_REGION or EC2_REGION can be typically be used to specify the AWS region, when required, but this can also be configured in the boto config file

Examples

# Note: None of these examples set aws_access_key, aws_secret_key, or region.
# It is assumed that their matching environment variables are set.

- name: create a VPN connection
  ec2_vpc_vpn:
    state: present
    vpn_gateway_id: vgw-XXXXXXXX
    customer_gateway_id: cgw-XXXXXXXX

- name: modify VPN connection tags
  ec2_vpc_vpn:
    state: present
    vpn_connection_id: vpn-XXXXXXXX
    tags:
      Name: ansible-tag-1
      Other: ansible-tag-2

- name: delete a connection
  ec2_vpc_vpn:
    vpn_connection_id: vpn-XXXXXXXX
    state: absent

- name: modify VPN tags (identifying VPN by filters)
  ec2_vpc_vpn:
    state: present
    filters:
      cidr: 194.168.1.0/24
      tag-keys:
        - Ansible
        - Other
    tags:
      New: Tag
    purge_tags: true
    static_only: true

- name: set up VPN with tunnel options utilizing 'TunnelInsideCidr' only
  ec2_vpc_vpn:
    state: present
    filters:
      vpn: vpn-XXXXXXXX
    static_only: true
    tunnel_options:
      -
        TunnelInsideCidr: '169.254.100.1/30'
      -
        TunnelInsideCidr: '169.254.100.5/30'

- name: add routes and remove any preexisting ones
  ec2_vpc_vpn:
    state: present
    filters:
      vpn: vpn-XXXXXXXX
    routes:
      - 195.168.2.0/24
      - 196.168.2.0/24
    purge_routes: true

- name: remove all routes
  ec2_vpc_vpn:
    state: present
    vpn_connection_id: vpn-XXXXXXXX
    routes: []
    purge_routes: true

- name: delete a VPN identified by filters
  ec2_vpc_vpn:
    state: absent
    filters:
      tags:
        Ansible: Tag

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key Returned Description
changed
boolean
always
If the VPN connection has changed.

Sample:
{'changed': True}
customer_gateway_configuration
string
state=present
The configuration of the VPN connection.

customer_gateway_id
string
state=present
The customer gateway connected via the connection.

Sample:
{'customer_gateway_id': 'cgw-1220c87b'}
options
complex
state=present
The VPN connection options (currently only containing static_routes_only).

 
static_routes_only
string
state=present
If the VPN connection only allows static routes.

Sample:
{'static_routes_only': True}
routes
list
state=present
The routes of the VPN connection.

Sample:
{'routes': [{'destination_cidr_block': '192.168.1.0/24', 'state': 'available'}]}
state
string
state=present
The status of the VPN connection.

Sample:
{'state': 'available'}
tags
dictionary
state=present
The tags associated with the connection.

Sample:
{'tags': {'name': 'ansible-test', 'other': 'tag'}}
type
string
state=present
The type of VPN connection (currently only ipsec.1 is available).

Sample:
{'type': 'ipsec.1'}
vgw_telemetry
list
state=present
The telemetry for the VPN tunnel.

Sample:
{'vgw_telemetry': [{'outside_ip_address': 'string', 'status': 'up', 'last_status_change': 'datetime(2015, 1, 1)', 'status_message': 'string', 'accepted_route_count': 123}]}
vpn_connection_id
string
state=present
The identifier for the VPN connection.

Sample:
{'vpn_connection_id': 'vpn-781e0e19'}
vpn_gateway_id
string
state=present
The virtual private gateway connected via the connection.

Sample:
{'vpn_gateway_id': 'vgw-cb0ae2a2'}


Status

Authors

  • Sloane Hertel (@s-hertel)

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