community.aws.ec2_vpc_vpn – Create, modify, and delete EC2 VPN connections.

Note

This plugin is part of the community.aws collection (version 1.4.0).

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.aws.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.aws.ec2_vpc_vpn.

New in version 1.0.0: of community.aws

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.
If profile is set this parameter is ignored.
Passing the aws_access_key and profile options at the same time has been deprecated and the options will be made mutually exclusive after 2022-06-01.

aliases: ec2_access_key, access_key
aws_ca_bundle
path
The location of a CA Bundle to use when validating SSL certificates.
Only used for boto3 based modules.
Note: The CA Bundle is read 'module' side and may need to be explicitly copied from the controller if not run locally.
aws_config
dictionary
A dictionary to modify the botocore configuration.
Only the 'user_agent' key is used for boto modules. See http://boto.cloudhackers.com/en/latest/boto_config_tut.html#boto for more boto configuration.
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.
If profile is set this parameter is ignored.
Passing the aws_secret_key and profile options at the same time has been deprecated and the options will be made mutually exclusive after 2022-06-01.

aliases: ec2_secret_key, secret_key
connection_type
string
Default:
"ipsec.1"
The type of VPN connection.
At this time only ipsec.1 is supported.
customer_gateway_id
string
The ID of the customer gateway.
debug_botocore_endpoint_logs
boolean
    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
Default:
15
The time, in seconds, to wait before checking operation again.
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.

aliases: aws_endpoint_url, endpoint_url
filters
dictionary
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
string
The BGP ASN number associated with a BGP device. Only works if the connection is attached. This filtering option is currently not working.
cgw
string
The customer gateway id as a string or a list of those strings.
cgw-config
string
The customer gateway configuration of the VPN as a string (in the format of the return value) or a list of those strings.
cidr
string
The destination cidr of the VPN's route as a string or a list of those strings.
static-routes-only
string
The type of routing; true or false.
tag-keys
string
The key of a tag as a string or a list of those strings.
tag-values
string
The value of a tag as a string or a list of those strings.
tags
string
A dict of key value pairs.
vgw
string
The virtual private gateway as a string or a list of those strings.
vpn
string
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.
Using profile will override aws_access_key, aws_secret_key and security_token and support for passing them at the same time as profile has been deprecated.
aws_access_key, aws_secret_key and security_token will be made mutually exclusive with profile after 2022-06-01.

aliases: aws_profile
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
list / elements=string
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.
If profile is set this parameter is ignored.
Passing the security_token and profile options at the same time has been deprecated and the options will be made mutually exclusive after 2022-06-01.

aliases: aws_security_token, access_token
state
string
    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
dictionary
Tags to attach to the VPN connection.
tunnel_options
list / elements=dictionary
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.
PreSharedKey
string
The pre-shared key (PSK) to establish initial authentication between the virtual private gateway and customer gateway.
TunnelInsideCidr
string
The range of inside IP addresses for the tunnel.
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
string
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
string
The ID of the virtual private gateway.
wait_timeout
integer
Default:
600
How long, in seconds, before wait gives up.

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_PROFILE or AWS_DEFAULT_PROFILE, 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, AWS_CA_BUNDLE

  • 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
  community.aws.ec2_vpc_vpn:
    state: present
    vpn_gateway_id: vgw-XXXXXXXX
    customer_gateway_id: cgw-XXXXXXXX

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

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

- name: modify VPN tags (identifying VPN by filters)
  community.aws.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
  community.aws.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
  community.aws.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
  community.aws.ec2_vpc_vpn:
    state: present
    vpn_connection_id: vpn-XXXXXXXX
    routes: []
    purge_routes: true

- name: delete a VPN identified by filters
  community.aws.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 / elements=string
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 / elements=string
state=present
The telemetry for the VPN tunnel.

Sample:
{'vgw_telemetry': [{'accepted_route_count': 123, 'last_status_change': 'datetime(2015, 1, 1)', 'outside_ip_address': 'string', 'status': 'up', 'status_message': 'string'}]}
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'}


Authors

  • Sloane Hertel (@s-hertel)