ec2_vpc_net - Configure AWS virtual private clouds

New in version 2.0.

Synopsis

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
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
cidr_block
required
The primary CIDR of the VPC. After 2.5 a list of CIDRs can be provided. The first in the list will be used as the primary CIDR and is used in conjunction with the name to ensure idempotence.
dhcp_opts_id
the id of the DHCP options to use for this vpc
dns_hostnames
bool
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
Whether to enable AWS hostname support.
dns_support
bool
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
Whether to enable AWS DNS support.
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.
multi_ok Default:
no
By default the module will not create another VPC if there is another VPC with the same name and CIDR block. Specify this as true if you want duplicate VPCs created.
name
required
The name to give your VPC. This is used in combination with cidr_block to determine if a VPC already exists.
profile
(added in 1.6)
Uses a boto profile. Only works with boto >= 2.24.0.
purge_cidrs
bool

(added in 2.5)
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Remove CIDRs that are associated with the VPC and are not specified in cidr_block.
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
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
The state of the VPC. Either absent or present.
tags
The tags you want attached to the VPC. This is independent of the name value, note if you pass a 'Name' key it would override the Name of the VPC if it's different.

aliases: resource_tags
tenancy
    Choices:
  • default ←
  • dedicated
Whether to be default or dedicated tenancy. This cannot be changed after the VPC has been created.
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.

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 a VPC with dedicated tenancy and a couple of tags
  ec2_vpc_net:
    name: Module_dev2
    cidr_block: 10.10.0.0/16
    region: us-east-1
    tags:
      module: ec2_vpc_net
      this: works
    tenancy: dedicated

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
vpc
complex
always
info about the VPC that was created or deleted

  instance_tenancy
string
always
indicates whether VPC uses default or dedicated tenancy

Sample:
default
  cidr_block_association_set
list
success
IPv4 CIDR blocks associated with the VPC

Sample:
{'cidr_block_association_set': [{'association_id': 'vpc-cidr-assoc-97aeeefd', 'cidr_block': '20.0.0.0/24', 'cidr_block_state': {'state': 'associated'}}]}
  classic_link_enabled
NoneType
always
indicates whether ClassicLink is enabled

  tags
complex
always
tags attached to the VPC, includes name

    Name
string
always
name tag for the VPC

Sample:
pk_vpc4
  id
string
always
VPC resource id

Sample:
vpc-c2e00da5
  is_default
bool
always
indicates whether this is the default VPC

  state
string
always
state of the VPC

Sample:
available
  cidr_block
string
always
The CIDR of the VPC

Sample:
10.0.0.0/16
  dhcp_options_id
string
always
the id of the DHCP options assocaited with this VPC

Sample:
dopt-0fb8bd6b


Status

This module is flagged as stableinterface which means that the maintainers for this module guarantee that no backward incompatible interface changes will be made.

Maintenance

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

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

Support

For more information about Red Hat’s support of this module, please refer to this Knowledge Base article

Author

  • Jonathan Davila (@defionscode)
  • Sloane Hertel (@s-hertel)

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