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ec2_vpc_vgw - Create and delete AWS VPN Virtual Gateways.

New in version 2.2.

Synopsis

Creates AWS VPN Virtual Gateways Deletes AWS VPN Virtual Gateways Attaches Virtual Gateways to VPCs Detaches Virtual Gateways from VPCs

Requirements (on host that executes module)

  • boto
  • boto3
  • python >= 2.6

Options

parameter required default choices comments
aws_access_key
 no
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
 no
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
ec2_url
 no
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.
name
 no
name of the vgw to be created or deleted
profile
(added in 1.6)
 no
Uses a boto profile. Only works with boto >= 2.24.0.
region
 no
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)
 no
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
 no present
  • present
  • absent
present to ensure resource is created.
absent to remove resource
tags
 no
dictionary of resource tags
aliases: resource_tags
type
 no
  • ipsec.1
type of the virtual gateway to be created
validate_certs
(added in 1.5)
 no yes
  • yes
  • no
When set to "no", SSL certificates will not be validated for boto versions >= 2.6.0.
vpc_id
 no
the vpc-id of a vpc to attach or detach
vpn_gateway_id
 no
vpn gateway id of an existing virtual gateway
wait_timeout
 no 320
number of seconds to wait for status during vpc attach and detach

Examples

- name: Create a new vgw attached to a specific VPC
  ec2_vpc_vgw:
    state: present
    region: ap-southeast-2
    profile: personal
    vpc_id: vpc-12345678
    name: personal-testing
    type: ipsec.1
  register: created_vgw

- name: Create a new unattached vgw
  ec2_vpc_vgw:
    state: present
    region: ap-southeast-2
    profile: personal
    name: personal-testing
    type: ipsec.1
    tags:
      environment: production
      owner: ABC
  register: created_vgw

- name: Remove a new vgw using the name
  ec2_vpc_vgw:
    state: absent
    region: ap-southeast-2
    profile: personal
    name: personal-testing
    type: ipsec.1
  register: deleted_vgw

- name: Remove a new vgw using the vpn_gateway_id
  ec2_vpc_vgw:
    state: absent
    region: ap-southeast-2
    profile: personal
    vpn_gateway_id: vgw-3a9aa123
  register: deleted_vgw

Return Values

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

name description returned type sample
result The result of the create, or delete action. success dictionary
contains:
name description returned type sample

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

Note

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

Note

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

This is an Extras Module

For more information on what this means please read Extras Modules

For help in developing on modules, should you be so inclined, please read Community Information & Contributing, developing_test_pr and Developing Modules.

© 2012–2016 Michael DeHaan
© 2016 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/ec2_vpc_vgw_module.html