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# ec2_vpc_net – Configure AWS virtual private clouds

- Synopsis

- Requirements

- Parameters

- Notes

- Examples

- Return Values

- Status

## Synopsis

- Create, modify, and terminate AWS virtual private clouds.

## 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
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.
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.
dhcp_opts_id - |  | the id of the DHCP options to use for this vpc
dns_hostnames boolean | Choices: no yes ← | Whether to enable AWS hostname support.
dns_support boolean | Choices: no yes ← | Whether to enable AWS DNS support.
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.
multi_ok boolean | Choices: no ← yes | 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 string |  | Uses a boto profile. Only works with boto >= 2.24.0.
purge_cidrs boolean added in 2.5 | Choices: no ← yes | Remove CIDRs that are associated with the VPC and are not specified in `cidr_block`.
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 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 boolean | 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
| cidr_block string | always | The CIDR of the VPC Sample: 10.0.0.0/16
| 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
| dhcp_options_id string | always | the id of the DHCP options associated with this VPC Sample: dopt-0fb8bd6b
| id string | always | VPC resource id Sample: vpc-c2e00da5
| instance_tenancy string | always | indicates whether VPC uses default or dedicated tenancy Sample: default
| is_default boolean | always | indicates whether this is the default VPC
| state string | always | state of the VPC Sample: available
| tags complex | always | tags attached to the VPC, includes name
|  | Name string | always | name tag for the VPC Sample: pk_vpc4

## Status

- This module is guaranteed to have backward compatible interface changes going forward. [stableinterface]

- This module is maintained by the Ansible Core Team. [core]

### Red Hat Support

More information about Red Hat’s support of this module is available from this Red Hat Knowledge Base article.

### Authors

- Jonathan Davila (@defionscode)

- Sloane Hertel (@s-hertel)

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