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Module: ses

Terraform module to provision Simple Email Service on AWS.

Usage

This module creates a SES domain with IAM user that is able to send emails with it. If module is provided with Route53 Zone ID it can also create verification DNS records for domain and DKIM.

For a complete example, see examples/complete.

For automated tests of the complete example using bats and Terratest (which tests and deploys the example on AWS), see test.

What's worth to note is that every AWS SES starts in Sandbox. Sending emails via it (emails not verified in AWS SES) is only allowed after support request.

SES availability in regions can be checked in latest AWS General Reference

Requirements

NameVersion
terraform>= 1.1.0
aws>= 2.0
awsutils>= 0.11.0

Providers

NameVersion
aws>= 2.0

Modules

NameSourceVersion
ses_usercloudposse/iam-system-user/aws0.23.2
thiscloudposse/label/null0.25.0

Resources

NameType
aws_iam_group.ses_usersresource
aws_iam_group_policy.ses_group_policyresource
aws_iam_user_group_membership.ses_userresource
aws_iam_user_policy.sending_emailsresource
aws_route53_record.amazonses_dkim_recordresource
aws_route53_record.amazonses_spf_recordresource
aws_route53_record.amazonses_verification_recordresource
aws_route53_record.custom_mail_from_mxresource
aws_ses_domain_dkim.ses_domain_dkimresource
aws_ses_domain_identity.ses_domainresource
aws_ses_domain_mail_from.custom_mail_fromresource
aws_iam_policy_document.ses_policydata source
aws_region.currentdata 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
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
create_spf_recordIf provided the module will create an SPF record for domain.boolfalseno
custom_from_behavior_on_mx_failureThe behaviour of the custom_from_subdomain when the MX record is not found. Defaults to UseDefaultValue.string"UseDefaultValue"no
custom_from_subdomainIf provided the module will create a custom subdomain for the From address.list(string)[]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
domainThe domain to create the SES identity for.stringn/ayes
enabledSet to false to prevent the module from creating any resourcesboolnullno
environmentID element. Usually used for region e.g. 'uw2', 'us-west-2', OR role 'prod', 'staging', 'dev', 'UAT'stringnullno
iam_access_key_max_ageMaximum age of IAM access key (seconds). Defaults to 30 days. Set to 0 to disable expiration.number2592000no
iam_allowed_resourcesSpecifies resource ARNs that are enabled for var.iam_permissions. Wildcards are acceptable.list(string)[]no
iam_permissionsSpecifies permissions for the IAM user.list(string)
[
"ses:SendRawEmail"
]
no
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
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
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
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
ses_group_enabledCreates a group with permission to send emails from SES domainbooltrueno
ses_group_nameThe name of the IAM group to create. If empty the module will calculate name from a context (recommended).string""no
ses_group_pathThe IAM Path of the group to createstring"/"no
ses_user_enabledCreates user with permission to send emails from SES domainbooltrueno
stageID element. Usually used to indicate role, e.g. 'prod', 'staging', 'source', 'build', 'test', 'deploy', 'release'stringnullno
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
verify_dkimIf provided the module will create Route53 DNS records used for DKIM verification.boolfalseno
verify_domainIf provided the module will create Route53 DNS records used for domain verification.boolfalseno
zone_idRoute53 parent zone ID. If provided (not empty), the module will create Route53 DNS records used for verificationstring""no

Outputs

NameDescription
access_key_idThe SMTP user which is access key ID.
custom_from_domainThe custom mail FROM domain
secret_access_keyThe IAM secret for usage with SES API. This will be written to the state file in plain text.
ses_dkim_tokensA list of DKIM Tokens which, when added to the DNS Domain as CNAME records, allows for receivers to verify that emails were indeed authorized by the domain owner.
ses_domain_identity_arnThe ARN of the SES domain identity
ses_domain_identity_verification_tokenA code which when added to the domain as a TXT record will signal to SES that the owner of the domain has authorised SES to act on their behalf. The domain identity will be in state 'verification pending' until this is done. See below for an example of how this might be achieved when the domain is hosted in Route 53 and managed by Terraform. Find out more about verifying domains in Amazon SES in the AWS SES docs.
ses_group_nameThe IAM group name
ses_smtp_passwordThe SMTP password. This will be written to the state file in plain text.
spf_recordThe SPF record for the domain. This is a TXT record that should be added to the domain's DNS settings to allow SES to send emails on behalf of the domain.
user_arnThe ARN assigned by AWS for this user.
user_nameNormalized IAM user name.
user_unique_idThe unique ID assigned by AWS.