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Module: named-subnets

Terraform module for named subnets provisioning.

Usage

Simple example, with private and public subnets in one Availability Zone:

module "vpc" {
source = "cloudposse/vpc/aws"
# Cloud Posse recommends pinning every module to a specific version
# version = "x.x.x"
namespace = "eg"
name = "vpc"
stage = "dev"
cidr_block = var.cidr_block
}

locals {
public_cidr_block = cidrsubnet(module.vpc.vpc_cidr_block, 1, 0)
private_cidr_block = cidrsubnet(module.vpc.vpc_cidr_block, 1, 1)
}

module "public_subnets" {
source = "cloudposse/named-subnets/aws"
# Cloud Posse recommends pinning every module to a specific version
# version = "x.x.x"
namespace = "eg"
stage = "dev"
name = "app"
subnet_names = ["web1", "web2", "web3"]
vpc_id = module.vpc.vpc_id
cidr_block = local.public_cidr_block
type = "public"
igw_id = module.vpc.igw_id
availability_zone = "us-east-1a"
}

module "private_subnets" {
source = "cloudposse/named-subnets/aws"
# Cloud Posse recommends pinning every module to a specific version
# version = "x.x.x"
namespace = "eg"
stage = "dev"
name = "database"
subnet_names = ["kafka", "cassandra", "zookeeper"]
vpc_id = module.vpc.vpc_id
cidr_block = local.private_cidr_block
type = "private"
availability_zone = "us-east-1a"
ngw_id = module.public_subnets.ngw_id
}

Simple example, with ENI as default route gateway for private subnets

resource "aws_network_interface" "default" {
subnet_id = module.us_east_1b_public_subnets.subnet_ids[0]
source_dest_check = false
tags = module.network_interface_label.id
}

module "us_east_1b_private_subnets" {
source = "cloudposse/named-subnets/aws"
# Cloud Posse recommends pinning every module to a specific version
# version = "x.x.x"
namespace = "eg"
stage = "dev"
name = "app"
subnet_names = ["charlie", "echo", "bravo"]
vpc_id = module.vpc.vpc_id
cidr_block = local.us_east_1b_private_cidr_block
type = "private"
availability_zone = "us-east-1b"
eni_id = aws_network_interface.default.id
attributes = ["us-east-1b"]
}

Full example, with private and public subnets in two Availability Zones for High Availability:

module "vpc" {
source = "cloudposse/vpc/aws"
# Cloud Posse recommends pinning every module to a specific version
# version = "x.x.x"
namespace = "eg"
name = "vpc"
stage = "dev"
cidr_block = var.cidr_block
}

locals {
us_east_1a_public_cidr_block = cidrsubnet(module.vpc.vpc_cidr_block, 2, 0)
us_east_1a_private_cidr_block = cidrsubnet(module.vpc.vpc_cidr_block, 2, 1)
us_east_1b_public_cidr_block = cidrsubnet(module.vpc.vpc_cidr_block, 2, 2)
us_east_1b_private_cidr_block = cidrsubnet(module.vpc.vpc_cidr_block, 2, 3)
}

module "us_east_1a_public_subnets" {
source = "cloudposse/named-subnets/aws"
# Cloud Posse recommends pinning every module to a specific version
# version = "x.x.x"
namespace = "eg"
stage = "dev"
name = "app"
subnet_names = ["apples", "oranges", "grapes"]
vpc_id = module.vpc.vpc_id
cidr_block = local.us_east_1a_public_cidr_block
type = "public"
igw_id = module.vpc.igw_id
availability_zone = "us-east-1a"
attributes = ["us-east-1a"]
}

module "us_east_1a_private_subnets" {
source = "cloudposse/named-subnets/aws"
# Cloud Posse recommends pinning every module to a specific version
# version = "x.x.x"
namespace = "eg"
stage = "dev"
name = "app"
subnet_names = ["charlie", "echo", "bravo"]
vpc_id = module.vpc.vpc_id
cidr_block = local.us_east_1a_private_cidr_block
type = "private"
availability_zone = "us-east-1a"
ngw_id = module.us_east_1a_public_subnets.ngw_id
attributes = ["us-east-1a"]
}

module "us_east_1b_public_subnets" {
source = "cloudposse/named-subnets/aws"
# Cloud Posse recommends pinning every module to a specific version
# version = "x.x.x"
namespace = "eg"
stage = "dev"
name = "app"
subnet_names = ["apples", "oranges", "grapes"]
vpc_id = module.vpc.vpc_id
cidr_block = local.us_east_1b_public_cidr_block
type = "public"
igw_id = module.vpc.igw_id
availability_zone = "us-east-1b"
attributes = ["us-east-1b"]
}

module "us_east_1b_private_subnets" {
source = "cloudposse/named-subnets/aws"
# Cloud Posse recommends pinning every module to a specific version
# version = "x.x.x"
namespace = "eg"
stage = "dev"
name = "app"
subnet_names = ["charlie", "echo", "bravo"]
vpc_id = module.vpc.vpc_id
cidr_block = local.us_east_1b_private_cidr_block
type = "private"
availability_zone = "us-east-1b"
ngw_id = module.us_east_1b_public_subnets.ngw_id
attributes = ["us-east-1b"]
}

resource "aws_network_interface" "default" {
subnet_id = module.us_east_1b_public_subnets.subnet_ids[0]
source_dest_check = false
tags = module.network_interface_label.id
}

module "us_east_1b_private_subnets" {
source = "cloudposse/named-subnets/aws"
# Cloud Posse recommends pinning every module to a specific version
# version = "x.x.x"
namespace = "eg"
stage = "dev"
name = "app"
subnet_names = ["charlie", "echo", "bravo"]
vpc_id = module.vpc.vpc_id
cidr_block = local.us_east_1b_private_cidr_block
type = "private"
availability_zone = "us-east-1b"
eni_id = aws_network_interface.default.id
attributes = ["us-east-1b"]
}

Caveat

You must use only one type of device for a default route gateway per route table. ENI or NGW

Given the following configuration (see the Simple example above)

locals {
public_cidr_block = cidrsubnet(var.vpc_cidr, 1, 0)
private_cidr_block = cidrsubnet(var.vpc_cidr, 1, 1)
}

module "public_subnets" {
source = "cloudposse/named-subnets/aws"
# Cloud Posse recommends pinning every module to a specific version
# version = "x.x.x"
namespace = "eg"
stage = "dev"
name = "app"
subnet_names = ["web1", "web2", "web3"]
vpc_id = var.vpc_id
cidr_block = local.public_cidr_block
type = "public"
availability_zone = "us-east-1a"
igw_id = var.igw_id
}

module "private_subnets" {
source = "cloudposse/named-subnets/aws"
# Cloud Posse recommends pinning every module to a specific version
# version = "x.x.x"
namespace = "eg"
stage = "dev"
name = "database"
subnet_names = ["kafka", "cassandra", "zookeeper"]
vpc_id = var.vpc_id
cidr_block = local.private_cidr_block
type = "private"
availability_zone = "us-east-1a"
ngw_id = module.public_subnets.ngw_id
}

output "private_named_subnet_ids" {
value = module.private_subnets.named_subnet_ids
}

output "public_named_subnet_ids" {
value = module.public_subnets.named_subnet_ids
}

the output Maps of subnet names to subnet IDs look like these

public_named_subnet_ids = {
web1 = subnet-ea58d78e
web2 = subnet-556ee131
web3 = subnet-6f54db0b
}
private_named_subnet_ids = {
cassandra = subnet-376de253
kafka = subnet-9e53dcfa
zookeeper = subnet-a86fe0cc
}

and the created subnet IDs could be found by the subnet names using map["key"] or lookup(map, key, [default]),

for example:

public_named_subnet_ids["web1"]

lookup(private_named_subnet_ids, "kafka")

Requirements

NameVersion
terraform>= 0.13.0
aws>= 2.0
null>= 2.0

Providers

NameVersion
aws>= 2.0

Modules

NameSourceVersion
private_labelcloudposse/label/null0.25.0
public_labelcloudposse/label/null0.25.0
thiscloudposse/label/null0.25.0

Resources

NameType
aws_eip.defaultresource
aws_nat_gateway.defaultresource
aws_network_acl.privateresource
aws_network_acl.publicresource
aws_route.privateresource
aws_route.publicresource
aws_route_table.privateresource
aws_route_table.publicresource
aws_route_table_association.privateresource
aws_route_table_association.publicresource
aws_subnet.privateresource
aws_subnet.publicresource
aws_vpc.defaultdata source

Inputs

NameDescriptionTypeDefaultRequired
additional_tag_mapAdditional key-value pairs to add to each map in tags_as_list_of_maps. Not added to tags or id.
This is for some rare cases where resources want additional configuration of tags
and therefore take a list of maps with tag key, value, and additional configuration.
map(string){}no
attributesID element. Additional attributes (e.g. workers or cluster) to add to id,
in the order they appear in the list. New attributes are appended to the
end of the list. The elements of the list are joined by the delimiter
and treated as a single ID element.
list(string)[]no
availability_zoneAvailability Zonestringn/ayes
cidr_blockBase CIDR block which will be divided into subnet CIDR blocks (e.g. 10.0.0.0/16)stringn/ayes
contextSingle object for setting entire context at once.
See description of individual variables for details.
Leave string and numeric variables as null to use default value.
Individual variable settings (non-null) override settings in context object,
except for attributes, tags, and additional_tag_map, which are merged.
any
{
"additional_tag_map": {},
"attributes": [],
"delimiter": null,
"descriptor_formats": {},
"enabled": true,
"environment": null,
"id_length_limit": null,
"label_key_case": null,
"label_order": [],
"label_value_case": null,
"labels_as_tags": [
"unset"
],
"name": null,
"namespace": null,
"regex_replace_chars": null,
"stage": null,
"tags": {},
"tenant": null
}
no
delimiterDelimiter to be used between ID elements.
Defaults to - (hyphen). Set to "" to use no delimiter at all.
stringnullno
descriptor_formatsDescribe additional descriptors to be output in the descriptors output map.
Map of maps. Keys are names of descriptors. Values are maps of the form
{<br/> format = string<br/> labels = list(string)<br/>}
(Type is any so the map values can later be enhanced to provide additional options.)
format is a Terraform format string to be passed to the format() function.
labels is a list of labels, in order, to pass to format() function.
Label values will be normalized before being passed to format() so they will be
identical to how they appear in id.
Default is {} (descriptors output will be empty).
any{}no
enabledSet to false to prevent the module from creating any resourcesboolnullno
eni_idAn ID of a network interface which is used as a default route in private route tables (_e.g._ eni-9c26a123). Conflicts with ngw_id.string""no
environmentID element. Usually used for region e.g. 'uw2', 'us-west-2', OR role 'prod', 'staging', 'dev', 'UAT'stringnullno
id_length_limitLimit id to this many characters (minimum 6).
Set to 0 for unlimited length.
Set to null for keep the existing setting, which defaults to 0.
Does not affect id_full.
numbernullno
igw_idInternet Gateway ID which will be used as a default route in public route tables (e.g. igw-9c26a123).string""no
label_key_caseControls the letter case of the tags keys (label names) for tags generated by this module.
Does not affect keys of tags passed in via the tags input.
Possible values: lower, title, upper.
Default value: title.
stringnullno
label_orderThe order in which the labels (ID elements) appear in the id.
Defaults to ["namespace", "environment", "stage", "name", "attributes"].
You can omit any of the 6 labels ("tenant" is the 6th), but at least one must be present.
list(string)nullno
label_value_caseControls the letter case of ID elements (labels) as included in id,
set as tag values, and output by this module individually.
Does not affect values of tags passed in via the tags input.
Possible values: lower, title, upper and none (no transformation).
Set this to title and set delimiter to "" to yield Pascal Case IDs.
Default value: lower.
stringnullno
labels_as_tagsSet of labels (ID elements) to include as tags in the tags output.
Default is to include all labels.
Tags with empty values will not be included in the tags output.
Set to [] to suppress all generated tags.
Notes:
The value of the name tag, if included, will be the id, not the name.
Unlike other null-label inputs, the initial setting of labels_as_tags cannot be
changed in later chained modules. Attempts to change it will be silently ignored.
set(string)
[
"default"
]
no
map_public_ip_on_launch_enabledEnable/disable map_public_ip_on_launch subnet attribute.boolfalseno
max_subnetsMaximum number of subnets which can be created. This variable is being used for CIDR blocks calculation. Defaults to length of subnet_names argumentnumber16no
nameID element. Usually the component or solution name, e.g. 'app' or 'jenkins'.
This is the only ID element not also included as a tag.
The "name" tag is set to the full id string. There is no tag with the value of the name input.
stringnullno
namespaceID element. Usually an abbreviation of your organization name, e.g. 'eg' or 'cp', to help ensure generated IDs are globally uniquestringnullno
nat_enabledEnable/disable NAT Gatewaybooltrueno
ngw_idNAT Gateway ID which will be used as a default route in private route tables (e.g. igw-9c26a123). Conflicts with eni_id.string""no
private_network_acl_egressPrivate network egress ACL rules
list(object(
{
rule_no = number
action = string
cidr_block = string
from_port = number
to_port = number
protocol = string
}))
[
{
"action": "allow",
"cidr_block": "0.0.0.0/0",
"from_port": 0,
"protocol": "-1",
"rule_no": 100,
"to_port": 0
}
]
no
private_network_acl_idNetwork ACL ID that will be added to the subnets. If empty, a new ACL will be createdstring""no
private_network_acl_ingressPrivate network ingress ACL rules
list(object(
{
rule_no = number
action = string
cidr_block = string
from_port = number
to_port = number
protocol = string
}))
[
{
"action": "allow",
"cidr_block": "0.0.0.0/0",
"from_port": 0,
"protocol": "-1",
"rule_no": 100,
"to_port": 0
}
]
no
public_network_acl_egressPublic network egress ACL rules
list(object(
{
rule_no = number
action = string
cidr_block = string
from_port = number
to_port = number
protocol = string
}))
[
{
"action": "allow",
"cidr_block": "0.0.0.0/0",
"from_port": 0,
"protocol": "-1",
"rule_no": 100,
"to_port": 0
}
]
no
public_network_acl_idNetwork ACL ID that will be added to the subnets. If empty, a new ACL will be createdstring""no
public_network_acl_ingressPublic network ingress ACL rules
list(object(
{
rule_no = number
action = string
cidr_block = string
from_port = number
to_port = number
protocol = string
}))
[
{
"action": "allow",
"cidr_block": "0.0.0.0/0",
"from_port": 0,
"protocol": "-1",
"rule_no": 100,
"to_port": 0
}
]
no
regex_replace_charsTerraform regular expression (regex) string.
Characters matching the regex will be removed from the ID elements.
If not set, "/[^a-zA-Z0-9-]/" is used to remove all characters other than hyphens, letters and digits.
stringnullno
stageID element. Usually used to indicate role, e.g. 'prod', 'staging', 'source', 'build', 'test', 'deploy', 'release'stringnullno
subnet_namesList of subnet names (e.g. ['apples', 'oranges', 'grapes'])list(string)n/ayes
tagsAdditional tags (e.g. {'BusinessUnit': 'XYZ'}).
Neither the tag keys nor the tag values will be modified by this module.
map(string){}no
tenantID element _(Rarely used, not included by default)_. A customer identifier, indicating who this instance of a resource is forstringnullno
typeType of subnets (private or public)string"private"no
vpc_idVPC IDstringn/ayes

Outputs

NameDescription
named_subnet_idsMap of subnet names to subnet IDs
ngw_idNAT Gateway ID
ngw_private_ipPrivate IP address of the NAT Gateway
ngw_public_ipPublic IP address of the NAT Gateway
route_table_idsRoute table IDs
subnet_idsSubnet IDs