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# ec2_vpc_vpn – Create, modify, and delete EC2 VPN connections

New in version 2.4.

- Synopsis

- Requirements

- Parameters

- Notes

- Examples

- Return Values

- Status

## 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. aliases: ec2_access_key, access_key
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. aliases: ec2_secret_key, secret_key
connection_type - | Choices: ipsec.1 ← | The type of VPN connection.
customer_gateway_id - |  | The ID of the customer gateway.
debug_botocore_endpoint_logs boolean added in 2.8 | 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 added in 2.8 | Default: 15 | The time to wait before checking operation again. in seconds.
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.
filters - |  | 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 - |  | The BGP ASN number associated with a BGP device. Only works if the connection is attached. This filtering option is currently not working.
| cgw - |  | The customer gateway id as a string or a list of those strings.
| cgw-config - |  | The customer gateway configuration of the VPN as a string (in the format of the return value) or a list of those strings.
| cidr - |  | The destination cidr of the VPN's route as a string or a list of those strings.
| static-routes-only - |  | The type of routing; true or false.
| tag-keys - |  | The key of a tag as a string or a list of those strings.
| tag-values - |  | The value of a tag as a string or a list of those strings.
| tags - |  | A dict of key value pairs.
| vgw - |  | The virtual private gateway as a string or a list of those strings.
| vpn - |  | 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.
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 - |  | 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. aliases: access_token
state - | 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 - |  | Tags to attach to the VPN connection.
tunnel_options - added in 2.5 |  | 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.
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 - |  | 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 - |  | The ID of the virtual private gateway.
wait_timeout integer added in 2.8 | Default: 600 | How long before wait gives up, in seconds.

## 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: 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
      ec2_vpc_vpn:
        state: present
        vpn_gateway_id: vgw-XXXXXXXX
        customer_gateway_id: cgw-XXXXXXXX

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

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

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

    - name: delete a VPN identified by filters
      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 | 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 | state=present | The telemetry for the VPN tunnel. Sample: {'vgw_telemetry': [{'outside_ip_address': 'string', 'status': 'up', 'last_status_change': 'datetime(2015, 1, 1)', 'status_message': 'string', 'accepted_route_count': 123}]}
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'}

## Status

- This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]

- This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

### Authors

- Sloane Hertel (@s-hertel)

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