community.aws.ec2_vpc_vpn_info module – Gather information about VPN Connections in AWS.

Note

This module is part of the community.aws collection (version 8.0.0).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.aws. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.aws.ec2_vpc_vpn_info.

New in community.aws 1.0.0

Synopsis

  • Gather information about VPN Connections in AWS.

Requirements

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

  • python >= 3.6

  • boto3 >= 1.26.0

  • botocore >= 1.29.0

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

access_key

aliases: aws_access_key_id, aws_access_key, ec2_access_key

string

AWS access key ID.

See the AWS documentation for more information about access tokens https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/aws-sec-cred-types.html#access-keys-and-secret-access-keys.

The AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID, AWS_ACCESS_KEY or EC2_ACCESS_KEY environment variables may also be used in decreasing order of preference.

The aws_access_key and profile options are mutually exclusive.

The aws_access_key_id alias was added in release 5.1.0 for consistency with the AWS botocore SDK.

The ec2_access_key alias has been deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2024-12-01.

Support for the EC2_ACCESS_KEY environment variable has been deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2024-12-01.

aws_ca_bundle

path

The location of a CA Bundle to use when validating SSL certificates.

The AWS_CA_BUNDLE environment variable may also be used.

aws_config

dictionary

A dictionary to modify the botocore configuration.

Parameters can be found in the AWS documentation https://botocore.amazonaws.com/v1/documentation/api/latest/reference/config.html#botocore.config.Config.

debug_botocore_endpoint_logs

boolean

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.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

endpoint_url

aliases: ec2_url, aws_endpoint_url, s3_url

string

URL to connect to instead of the default AWS endpoints. While this can be used to connection to other AWS-compatible services the amazon.aws and community.aws collections are only tested against AWS.

The AWS_URL or EC2_URL environment variables may also be used, in decreasing order of preference.

The ec2_url and s3_url aliases have been deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2024-12-01.

Support for the EC2_URL environment variable has been deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2024-12-01.

filters

dictionary

A dict of filters to apply. Each dict item consists of a filter key and a filter value. See https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeVpnConnections.html for possible filters.

Default: {}

profile

aliases: aws_profile

string

A named AWS profile to use for authentication.

See the AWS documentation for more information about named profiles https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-configure-profiles.html.

The AWS_PROFILE environment variable may also be used.

The profile option is mutually exclusive with the aws_access_key, aws_secret_key and security_token options.

region

aliases: aws_region, ec2_region

string

The AWS region to use.

For global services such as IAM, Route53 and CloudFront, region is ignored.

The AWS_REGION or EC2_REGION environment variables may also be used.

See the Amazon AWS documentation for more information http://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/rande.html#ec2_region.

The ec2_region alias has been deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2024-12-01

Support for the EC2_REGION environment variable has been deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2024-12-01.

secret_key

aliases: aws_secret_access_key, aws_secret_key, ec2_secret_key

string

AWS secret access key.

See the AWS documentation for more information about access tokens https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/aws-sec-cred-types.html#access-keys-and-secret-access-keys.

The AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY, AWS_SECRET_KEY, or EC2_SECRET_KEY environment variables may also be used in decreasing order of preference.

The secret_key and profile options are mutually exclusive.

The aws_secret_access_key alias was added in release 5.1.0 for consistency with the AWS botocore SDK.

The ec2_secret_key alias has been deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2024-12-01.

Support for the EC2_SECRET_KEY environment variable has been deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2024-12-01.

session_token

aliases: aws_session_token, security_token, aws_security_token, access_token

string

AWS STS session token for use with temporary credentials.

See the AWS documentation for more information about access tokens https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/aws-sec-cred-types.html#access-keys-and-secret-access-keys.

The AWS_SESSION_TOKEN, AWS_SECURITY_TOKEN or EC2_SECURITY_TOKEN environment variables may also be used in decreasing order of preference.

The security_token and profile options are mutually exclusive.

Aliases aws_session_token and session_token were added in release 3.2.0, with the parameter being renamed from security_token to session_token in release 6.0.0.

The security_token, aws_security_token, and access_token aliases have been deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2024-12-01.

Support for the EC2_SECRET_KEY and AWS_SECURITY_TOKEN environment variables has been deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2024-12-01.

validate_certs

boolean

When set to false, SSL certificates will not be validated for communication with the AWS APIs.

Setting validate_certs=false is strongly discouraged, as an alternative, consider setting aws_ca_bundle instead.

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

vpn_connection_ids

list / elements=string

Get details of a specific VPN connections using vpn connection ID/IDs. This value should be provided as a list.

Default: []

Notes

Note

  • Caution: For modules, environment variables and configuration files are read from the Ansible ‘host’ context and not the ‘controller’ context. As such, files may need to be explicitly copied to the ‘host’. For lookup and connection plugins, environment variables and configuration files are read from the Ansible ‘controller’ context and not the ‘host’ context.

  • The AWS SDK (boto3) that Ansible uses may also read defaults for credentials and other settings, such as the region, from its configuration files in the Ansible ‘host’ context (typically ~/.aws/credentials). See https://boto3.amazonaws.com/v1/documentation/api/latest/guide/credentials.html for more information.

Examples

# # Note: These examples do not set authentication details, see the AWS Guide for details.
- name: Gather information about all vpn connections
  community.aws.ec2_vpc_vpn_info:

- name: Gather information about a filtered list of vpn connections, based on tags
  community.aws.ec2_vpc_vpn_info:
    filters:
      "tag:Name": test-connection
  register: vpn_conn_info

- name: Gather information about vpn connections by specifying connection IDs.
  community.aws.ec2_vpc_vpn_info:
    filters:
      vpn-gateway-id: vgw-cbe66beb
  register: vpn_conn_info

Return Values

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

Key

Description

vpn_connections

complex

List of one or more VPN Connections.

Returned: always

category

string

The category of the VPN connection.

Returned: always

Sample: "VPN"

customer_gateway_id

string

The ID of the customer gateway at your end of the VPN connection.

Returned: always

Sample: "cgw-17a53c37"

customer_gatway_configuration

string

The configuration information for the VPN connection’s customer gateway (in the native XML format).

Returned: always

options

dictionary

The VPN connection options.

Returned: always

Sample: {"static_routes_only": false}

routes

complex

List of static routes associated with the VPN connection.

Returned: always

destination_cidr_block

string

The CIDR block associated with the local subnet of the customer data center.

Returned: always

Sample: "10.0.0.0/16"

state

string

The current state of the static route.

Returned: always

Sample: "available"

state

string

The current state of the VPN connection.

Returned: always

Sample: "available"

tags

dictionary

Any tags assigned to the VPN connection.

Returned: always

Sample: {"Name": "test-conn"}

type

string

The type of VPN connection.

Returned: always

Sample: "ipsec.1"

vgw_telemetry

complex

Information about the VPN tunnel.

Returned: always

accepted_route_count

integer

The number of accepted routes.

Returned: always

Sample: 0

certificate_arn

string

The Amazon Resource Name of the virtual private gateway tunnel endpoint certificate.

Returned: when a private certificate is used for authentication

Sample: "arn:aws:acm:us-east-1:123456789012:certificate/c544d8ce-20b8-4fff-98b0-example"

last_status_change

string

The date and time of the last change in status.

Returned: always

Sample: "2018-02-09T14:35:27+00:00"

outside_ip_address

string

The Internet-routable IP address of the virtual private gateway’s outside interface.

Returned: always

Sample: "13.127.79.191"

status

string

The status of the VPN tunnel.

Returned: always

Sample: "DOWN"

status_message

string

If an error occurs, a description of the error.

Returned: always

Sample: "IPSEC IS DOWN"

vpn_connection_id

string

The ID of the VPN connection.

Returned: always

Sample: "vpn-f700d5c0"

vpn_gateway_id

string

The ID of the virtual private gateway at the AWS side of the VPN connection.

Returned: always

Sample: "vgw-cbe56bfb"

Authors

  • Madhura Naniwadekar (@Madhura-CSI)