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# ec2_vpc_vpn_info – Gather information about VPN Connections in AWS

New in version 2.6.

- Synopsis

- Requirements

- Parameters

- Notes

- Examples

- Return Values

- Status

## Synopsis

- Gather information about VPN Connections in AWS.

- This module was called `ec2_vpc_vpn_facts` before Ansible 2.9. The usage did not change.

Aliases: ec2_vpc_vpn_facts

## Requirements

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

- boto

- boto3

- 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
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.
filters - |  | A dict of filters to apply. Each dict item consists of a filter key and a filter value. See https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeVpnConnections.html for possible filters.
profile string |  | Uses a boto profile. Only works with boto >= 2.24.0.
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
validate_certs boolean | Choices: no yes ← | When set to "no", SSL certificates will not be validated for boto versions >= 2.6.0.
vpn_connection_ids - |  | Get details of a specific VPN connections using vpn connection ID/IDs. This value should be provided as a list.

## 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: Gather information about all vpn connections
      ec2_vpc_vpn_info:

    - name: Gather information about a filtered list of vpn connections, based on tags
      ec2_vpc_vpn_info:
        filters:
          "tag:Name": test-connection
      register: vpn_conn_info

    - name: Gather information about vpn connections by specifying connection IDs.
      ec2_vpc_vpn_info:
        filters:
          vpn-gateway-id: vgw-cbe66beb
      register: vpn_conn_info

## Return Values

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

Key | Returned | Description
--- | --- | ---
vpn_connections complex | always | List of one or more VPN Connections.
| category string | always | The category of the VPN connection. Sample: VPN
| customer_gateway_id string | always | The ID of the customer gateway at your end of the VPN connection. Sample: cgw-17a53c37
| customer_gatway_configuration string | always | The configuration information for the VPN connection's customer gateway (in the native XML format).
| options dictionary | always | The VPN connection options. Sample: {'static_routes_only': False}
| routes complex | always | List of static routes associated with the VPN connection.
|  | destination_cidr_block string | always | The CIDR block associated with the local subnet of the customer data center. Sample: 10.0.0.0/16
|  | state string | always | The current state of the static route. Sample: available
| state string | always | The current state of the VPN connection. Sample: available
| tags dictionary | always | Any tags assigned to the VPN connection. Sample: {'Name': 'test-conn'}
| type string | always | The type of VPN connection. Sample: ipsec.1
| vgw_telemetry complex | always | Information about the VPN tunnel.
|  | accepted_route_count integer | always | The number of accepted routes.
|  | certificate_arn string | when a private certificate is used for authentication | The Amazon Resource Name of the virtual private gateway tunnel endpoint certificate. Sample: arn:aws:acm:us-east-1:123456789101:certificate/c544d8ce-20b8-4fff-98b0-example
|  | last_status_change string | always | The date and time of the last change in status. Sample: 2018-02-09T14:35:27+00:00
|  | outside_ip_address string | always | The Internet-routable IP address of the virtual private gateway's outside interface. Sample: 13.127.79.191
|  | status string | always | The status of the VPN tunnel. Sample: DOWN
|  | status_message string | always | If an error occurs, a description of the error. Sample: IPSEC IS DOWN
| vpn_connection_id string | always | The ID of the VPN connection. Sample: vpn-f700d5c0
| vpn_gateway_id string | always | The ID of the virtual private gateway at the AWS side of the VPN connection. Sample: vgw-cbe56bfb

## Status

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

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

### Authors

- Madhura Naniwadekar (@Madhura-CSI)

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