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# aws_direct_connect_virtual_interface – Manage Direct Connect virtual interfaces

New in version 2.5.

- Synopsis

- Requirements

- Parameters

- Notes

- Examples

- Return Values

- Status

## Synopsis

- Create, delete, or modify a Direct Connect public or private virtual interface.

## Requirements

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

- boto

- boto3

- botocore

- python >= 2.6

## Parameters

Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments
--- | --- | ---
address_type - |  | The type of IP address for the BGP peer.
amazon_address - |  | The amazon address CIDR with which to create the virtual interface.
authentication_key - |  | The authentication key for BGP configuration.
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
bgp_asn - | Default: 65000 | The autonomous system (AS) number for Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) configuration.
cidr - |  | A list of route filter prefix CIDRs with which to create the public virtual interface.
customer_address - |  | The customer address CIDR with which to create the virtual interface.
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.
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.
id_to_associate - |  | The ID of the link aggregation group or connection to associate with the virtual interface. aliases: link_aggregation_group_id, connection_id
name - |  | The name of the virtual interface.
profile string |  | Uses a boto profile. Only works with boto >= 2.24.0.
public boolean | Choices: no yes | The type of virtual interface.
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
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 Direct Connect virtual interface.
validate_certs boolean | Choices: no yes ← | When set to "no", SSL certificates will not be validated for boto versions >= 2.6.0.
virtual_gateway_id - |  | The virtual gateway ID required for creating a private virtual interface.
virtual_interface_id - |  | The virtual interface ID.
vlan - | Default: 100 | The VLAN ID.

## 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

    ---
    - name: create an association between a LAG and connection
      aws_direct_connect_virtual_interface:
        state: present
        name: "{{ name }}"
        link_aggregation_group_id: LAG-XXXXXXXX
        connection_id: dxcon-XXXXXXXX

    - name: remove an association between a connection and virtual interface
      aws_direct_connect_virtual_interface:
        state: absent
        connection_id: dxcon-XXXXXXXX
        virtual_interface_id: dxv-XXXXXXXX

## Return Values

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

Key | Returned | Description
--- | --- | ---
address_family string | always | The address family for the BGP peer. Sample: ipv4
amazon_address string | always | IP address assigned to the Amazon interface. Sample: 169.254.255.1/30
asn integer | always | The autonomous system (AS) number for Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) configuration. Sample: 65000
auth_key string | always | The authentication key for BGP configuration. Sample: 0xZ59Y1JZ2oDOSh6YriIlyRE
bgp_peers complex | always | A list of the BGP peers configured on this virtual interface.
| address_family string | always | The address family for the BGP peer. Sample: ipv4
| amazon_address string | always | IP address assigned to the Amazon interface. Sample: 169.254.255.1/30
| asn integer | always | The autonomous system (AS) number for Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) configuration. Sample: 65000
| auth_key string | always | The authentication key for BGP configuration. Sample: 0xZ59Y1JZ2oDOSh6YriIlyRE
| bgp_peer_state string | always | The state of the BGP peer (verifying, pending, available) Sample: available
| bgp_status string | always | The up/down state of the BGP peer. Sample: up
| customer_address string | always | IP address assigned to the customer interface. Sample: 169.254.255.2/30
changed boolean | always | Indicated if the virtual interface has been created/modified/deleted
connection_id string | always | The ID of the connection. This field is also used as the ID type for operations that use multiple connection types (LAG, interconnect, and/or connection). Sample: dxcon-fgb175av
customer_address string | always | IP address assigned to the customer interface. Sample: 169.254.255.2/30
customer_router_config string | always | Information for generating the customer router configuration.
location string | always | Where the connection is located. Sample: EqDC2
owner_account string | always | The AWS account that will own the new virtual interface. Sample: 123456789012
route_filter_prefixes complex | always | A list of routes to be advertised to the AWS network in this region (public virtual interface).
| cidr string | always | A routes to be advertised to the AWS network in this region. Sample: 54.227.92.216/30
virtual_gateway_id string | when public=False | The ID of the virtual private gateway to a VPC. This only applies to private virtual interfaces. Sample: vgw-f3ce259a
virtual_interface_id string | always | The ID of the virtual interface. Sample: dxvif-fh0w7cex
virtual_interface_name string | always | The name of the virtual interface assigned by the customer. Sample: test_virtual_interface
virtual_interface_state string | always | State of the virtual interface (confirming, verifying, pending, available, down, rejected). Sample: available
virtual_interface_type string | always | The type of virtual interface (private, public). Sample: private
vlan integer | always | The VLAN ID. Sample: 100

## 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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