ec2_vpc_nat_gateway - Manage AWS VPC NAT Gateways.¶

New in version 2.2.

Synopsis
- Requirements
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Return Values
Status
Maintenance
- Author

Synopsis ¶

Ensure the state of AWS VPC NAT Gateways based on their id, allocation and subnet ids.

Requirements ¶

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

boto
boto3
botocore
python >= 2.6

Parameters ¶

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
allocation_id		The id of the elastic IP allocation. If this is not passed and the eip_address is not passed. An EIP is generated for this NAT Gateway.
aws_access_key		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		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
client_token		Optional unique token to be used during create to ensure idempotency. When specifying this option, ensure you specify the eip_address parameter as well otherwise any subsequent runs will fail.
ec2_url		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.
eip_address		The elastic IP address of the EIP you want attached to this NAT Gateway. If this is not passed and the allocation_id is not passed, an EIP is generated for this NAT Gateway.
if_exist_do_not_create	Default: no	if a NAT Gateway exists already in the subnet_id, then do not create a new one.
nat_gateway_id		The id AWS dynamically allocates to the NAT Gateway on creation. This is required when the absent option is present.
profile (added in 1.6)		Uses a boto profile. Only works with boto >= 2.24.0.
region		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
release_eip	Default: yes	Deallocate the EIP from the VPC. Option is only valid with the absent state. You should use this with the wait option. Since you can not release an address while a delete operation is happening.
security_token (added in 1.6)		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	Ensure NAT Gateway is present or absent.
subnet_id		The id of the subnet to create the NAT Gateway in. This is required with the present option.
validate_certs bool (added in 1.5)	Choices: no yes ←	When set to "no", SSL certificates will not be validated for boto versions >= 2.6.0.
wait	Default: no	Wait for operation to complete before returning.
wait_timeout	Default: 300	How many seconds to wait for an operation to complete before timing out.

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: These examples do not set authentication details, see the AWS Guide for details.

- name: Create new nat gateway with client token.
  ec2_vpc_nat_gateway:
    state: present
    subnet_id: subnet-12345678
    eip_address: 52.1.1.1
    region: ap-southeast-2
    client_token: abcd-12345678
  register: new_nat_gateway

- name: Create new nat gateway using an allocation-id.
  ec2_vpc_nat_gateway:
    state: present
    subnet_id: subnet-12345678
    allocation_id: eipalloc-12345678
    region: ap-southeast-2
  register: new_nat_gateway

- name: Create new nat gateway, using an EIP address  and wait for available status.
  ec2_vpc_nat_gateway:
    state: present
    subnet_id: subnet-12345678
    eip_address: 52.1.1.1
    wait: yes
    region: ap-southeast-2
  register: new_nat_gateway

- name: Create new nat gateway and allocate new EIP.
  ec2_vpc_nat_gateway:
    state: present
    subnet_id: subnet-12345678
    wait: yes
    region: ap-southeast-2
  register: new_nat_gateway

- name: Create new nat gateway and allocate new EIP if a nat gateway does not yet exist in the subnet.
  ec2_vpc_nat_gateway:
    state: present
    subnet_id: subnet-12345678
    wait: yes
    region: ap-southeast-2
    if_exist_do_not_create: true
  register: new_nat_gateway

- name: Delete nat gateway using discovered nat gateways from facts module.
  ec2_vpc_nat_gateway:
    state: absent
    region: ap-southeast-2
    wait: yes
    nat_gateway_id: "{{ item.NatGatewayId }}"
    release_eip: yes
  register: delete_nat_gateway_result
  with_items: "{{ gateways_to_remove.result }}"

- name: Delete nat gateway and wait for deleted status.
  ec2_vpc_nat_gateway:
    state: absent
    nat_gateway_id: nat-12345678
    wait: yes
    wait_timeout: 500
    region: ap-southeast-2

- name: Delete nat gateway and release EIP.
  ec2_vpc_nat_gateway:
    state: absent
    nat_gateway_id: nat-12345678
    release_eip: yes
    wait: yes
    wait_timeout: 300
    region: ap-southeast-2

Return Values ¶

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

Key	Returned	Description
create_time string	In all cases.	The ISO 8601 date time formatin UTC. Sample: 2016-03-05T05:19:20.282000+00:00'
nat_gateway_addresses string	In all cases.	List of dictionairies containing the public_ip, network_interface_id, private_ip, and allocation_id. Sample: [{'public_ip': '52.52.52.52', 'network_interface_id': 'eni-12345', 'private_ip': '10.0.0.100', 'allocation_id': 'eipalloc-12345'}]
nat_gateway_id string	In all cases.	id of the VPC NAT Gateway Sample: nat-0d1e3a878585988f8
state string	In all cases.	The current state of the NAT Gateway. Sample: available
subnet_id string	In all cases.	id of the Subnet Sample: subnet-12345
vpc_id string	In all cases.	id of the VPC. Sample: vpc-12345

Status ¶

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

Maintenance ¶

This module is flagged as community which means that it is maintained by the Ansible Community. See Module Maintenance & Support for more info.

For a list of other modules that are also maintained by the Ansible Community, see here.

Author ¶

Allen Sanabria (@linuxdynasty)
Jon Hadfield (@jonhadfield)
Karen Cheng (@Etherdaemon)

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