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Module: vpn-connection

Terraform module to provision a site-to-site VPN connection between a VPC and an on-premises network.

The module does the following:

  • Creates a Virtual Private Gateway (VPG) and attaches it to the VPC
  • Creates a Customer Gateway (CGW) pointing to the provided IP address of the Internet-routable external interface on the on-premises network
  • Creates a Site-to-Site Virtual Private Network (VPN) connection and assigns it to the VPG and CGW
  • Requests automatic route propagation between the VPG and the provided route tables in the VPC
  • If the VPN connection is configured to use static routes, provisions a static route between the VPN connection and the CGW

Usage

  module "vpn_connection" {
source = "cloudposse/vpn-connection/aws"
# Cloud Posse recommends pinning every module to a specific version
# version = "x.x.x"
namespace = "eg"
stage = "dev"
name = "test"
vpc_id = "vpc-xxxxxxxx"
vpn_gateway_amazon_side_asn = 64512
customer_gateway_bgp_asn = 65000
customer_gateway_ip_address = "172.0.0.1"
route_table_ids = ["rtb-xxxxxxxx", "rtb-yyyyyyyy", "rtb-zzzzzzzz"]
vpn_connection_static_routes_only = "true"
vpn_connection_static_routes_destinations = ["10.80.1.0/24"]
}

Requirements

NameVersion
terraform>= 1.3.0
aws>= 2.0

Providers

NameVersion
aws>= 2.0

Modules

NameSourceVersion
logscloudposse/cloudwatch-logs/aws0.6.8
thiscloudposse/label/null0.25.0

Resources

NameType
aws_customer_gateway.defaultresource
aws_ec2_tag.defaultresource
aws_ec2_transit_gateway_route.defaultresource
aws_ec2_transit_gateway_route_table_association.defaultresource
aws_ec2_transit_gateway_route_table_propagation.defaultresource
aws_vpn_connection.defaultresource
aws_vpn_connection_route.defaultresource
aws_vpn_gateway.defaultresource
aws_vpn_gateway_route_propagation.defaultresource

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
customer_gateway_bgp_asnThe gateway's Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) Autonomous System Number (ASN)number65000no
customer_gateway_ip_addressThe IP address of the gateway's Internet-routable external interfacestringn/ayes
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
environmentID element. Usually used for region e.g. 'uw2', 'us-west-2', OR role 'prod', 'staging', 'dev', 'UAT'stringnullno
existing_transit_gateway_idExisting Transit Gateway ID. If provided, the module will not create a Virtual Private Gateway but instead will use the transit_gateway. For setting up transit gateway we can use the cloudposse/transit-gateway/aws module and pass the output transit_gateway_id to this variable.string""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
route_table_idsThe IDs of the route tables for which routes from the Virtual Private Gateway will be propagatedlist(string)[]no
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
transit_gateway_enabledSet to true to enable VPN connection to transit gateway and then pass in the existing_transit_gateway_idboolfalseno
transit_gateway_route_table_idThe ID of the route table for the transit gateway that you want to associate + propogate the VPN connection's TGW attachmentstringnullno
transit_gateway_routesA map of transit gateway routes to create on the given TGW route table (via transit_gateway_route_table_id) for the created VPN Attachment. Use the key in the map to describe the route.
map(object({
blackhole = optional(bool, false)
destination_cidr_block = string
}))
{}no
vpc_idThe ID of the VPC to which the Virtual Private Gateway will be attachedstringnullno
vpn_connection_local_ipv4_network_cidrThe IPv4 CIDR on the customer gateway (on-premises) side of the VPN connection.string"0.0.0.0/0"no
vpn_connection_log_retention_in_daysSpecifies the number of days you want to retain log events.number30no
vpn_connection_remote_ipv4_network_cidrThe IPv4 CIDR on the AWS side of the VPN connection.string"0.0.0.0/0"no
vpn_connection_static_routes_destinationsList of CIDR blocks to be used as destination for static routes. Routes to destinations will be propagated to the route tables defined in route_table_idslist(string)[]no
vpn_connection_static_routes_onlyIf set to true, the VPN connection will use static routes exclusively. Static routes must be used for devices that don't support BGPboolfalseno
vpn_connection_tunnel1_cloudwatch_log_enabledEnable or disable VPN tunnel logging feature for the tunnelboolfalseno
vpn_connection_tunnel1_cloudwatch_log_output_formatSet log format for the tunnel. Default format is json. Possible values are: json and textstring"json"no
vpn_connection_tunnel1_dpd_timeout_actionThe action to take after DPD timeout occurs for the first VPN tunnel. Specify restart to restart the IKE initiation. Specify clear to end the IKE session. Valid values are clear | none | restart.string"clear"no
vpn_connection_tunnel1_ike_versionsThe IKE versions that are permitted for the first VPN tunnel. Valid values are ikev1 | ikev2.list(string)[]no
vpn_connection_tunnel1_inside_cidrThe CIDR block of the inside IP addresses for the first VPN tunnelstringnullno
vpn_connection_tunnel1_phase1_dh_group_numbersList of one or more Diffie-Hellman group numbers that are permitted for the first VPN tunnel for phase 1 IKE negotiations. Valid values are 2 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24.list(string)[]no
vpn_connection_tunnel1_phase1_encryption_algorithmsList of one or more encryption algorithms that are permitted for the first VPN tunnel for phase 1 IKE negotiations. Valid values are AES128 | AES256 | AES128-GCM-16 | AES256-GCM-16.list(string)[]no
vpn_connection_tunnel1_phase1_integrity_algorithmsOne or more integrity algorithms that are permitted for the first VPN tunnel for phase 1 IKE negotiations. Valid values are SHA1 | SHA2-256 | SHA2-384 | SHA2-512.list(string)[]no
vpn_connection_tunnel1_phase2_dh_group_numbersList of one or more Diffie-Hellman group numbers that are permitted for the first VPN tunnel for phase 2 IKE negotiations. Valid values are 2 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24.list(string)[]no
vpn_connection_tunnel1_phase2_encryption_algorithmsList of one or more encryption algorithms that are permitted for the first VPN tunnel for phase 2 IKE negotiations. Valid values are AES128 | AES256 | AES128-GCM-16 | AES256-GCM-16.list(string)[]no
vpn_connection_tunnel1_phase2_integrity_algorithmsOne or more integrity algorithms that are permitted for the first VPN tunnel for phase 2 IKE negotiations. Valid values are SHA1 | SHA2-256 | SHA2-384 | SHA2-512.list(string)[]no
vpn_connection_tunnel1_preshared_keyThe preshared key of the first VPN tunnel. The preshared key must be between 8 and 64 characters in length and cannot start with zero. Allowed characters are alphanumeric characters, periods(.) and underscores(_)stringnullno
vpn_connection_tunnel1_startup_actionThe action to take when the establishing the tunnel for the first VPN connection. By default, your customer gateway device must initiate the IKE negotiation and bring up the tunnel. Specify start for AWS to initiate the IKE negotiation. Valid values are add | start.string"add"no
vpn_connection_tunnel2_cloudwatch_log_enabledEnable or disable VPN tunnel logging feature for the tunnelboolfalseno
vpn_connection_tunnel2_cloudwatch_log_output_formatSet log format for the tunnel. Default format is json. Possible values are: json and textstring"json"no
vpn_connection_tunnel2_dpd_timeout_actionThe action to take after DPD timeout occurs for the second VPN tunnel. Specify restart to restart the IKE initiation. Specify clear to end the IKE session. Valid values are clear | none | restart.string"clear"no
vpn_connection_tunnel2_ike_versionsThe IKE versions that are permitted for the second VPN tunnel. Valid values are ikev1 | ikev2.list(string)[]no
vpn_connection_tunnel2_inside_cidrThe CIDR block of the inside IP addresses for the second VPN tunnelstringnullno
vpn_connection_tunnel2_phase1_dh_group_numbersList of one or more Diffie-Hellman group numbers that are permitted for the second VPN tunnel for phase 1 IKE negotiations. Valid values are 2 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24.list(string)[]no
vpn_connection_tunnel2_phase1_encryption_algorithmsList of one or more encryption algorithms that are permitted for the second VPN tunnel for phase 1 IKE negotiations. Valid values are AES128 | AES256 | AES128-GCM-16 | AES256-GCM-16.list(string)[]no
vpn_connection_tunnel2_phase1_integrity_algorithmsOne or more integrity algorithms that are permitted for the second VPN tunnel for phase 1 IKE negotiations. Valid values are SHA1 | SHA2-256 | SHA2-384 | SHA2-512.list(string)[]no
vpn_connection_tunnel2_phase2_dh_group_numbersList of one or more Diffie-Hellman group numbers that are permitted for the second VPN tunnel for phase 2 IKE negotiations. Valid values are 2 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24.list(string)[]no
vpn_connection_tunnel2_phase2_encryption_algorithmsList of one or more encryption algorithms that are permitted for the second VPN tunnel for phase 2 IKE negotiations. Valid values are AES128 | AES256 | AES128-GCM-16 | AES256-GCM-16.list(string)[]no
vpn_connection_tunnel2_phase2_integrity_algorithmsOne or more integrity algorithms that are permitted for the second VPN tunnel for phase 2 IKE negotiations. Valid values are SHA1 | SHA2-256 | SHA2-384 | SHA2-512.list(string)[]no
vpn_connection_tunnel2_preshared_keyThe preshared key of the second VPN tunnel. The preshared key must be between 8 and 64 characters in length and cannot start with zero. Allowed characters are alphanumeric characters, periods(.) and underscores(_)stringnullno
vpn_connection_tunnel2_startup_actionThe action to take when the establishing the tunnel for the second VPN connection. By default, your customer gateway device must initiate the IKE negotiation and bring up the tunnel. Specify start for AWS to initiate the IKE negotiation. Valid values are add | start.string"add"no
vpn_gateway_amazon_side_asnThe Autonomous System Number (ASN) for the Amazon side of the VPN gateway. If you don't specify an ASN, the Virtual Private Gateway is created with the default ASNnumber64512no

Outputs

NameDescription
customer_gateway_idCustomer Gateway ID
transit_gateway_attachment_idThe ID of the transit gateway attachment for the VPN connection (if a TGW connection)
vpn_connection_customer_gateway_configurationThe configuration information for the VPN connection's Customer Gateway (in the native XML format)
vpn_connection_idVPN Connection ID
vpn_connection_tunnel1_addressThe public IP address of the first VPN tunnel
vpn_connection_tunnel1_cgw_inside_addressThe RFC 6890 link-local address of the first VPN tunnel (Customer Gateway side)
vpn_connection_tunnel1_vgw_inside_addressThe RFC 6890 link-local address of the first VPN tunnel (Virtual Private Gateway side)
vpn_connection_tunnel2_addressThe public IP address of the second VPN tunnel
vpn_connection_tunnel2_cgw_inside_addressThe RFC 6890 link-local address of the second VPN tunnel (Customer Gateway side)
vpn_connection_tunnel2_vgw_inside_addressThe RFC 6890 link-local address of the second VPN tunnel (Virtual Private Gateway side)
vpn_gateway_idVirtual Private Gateway ID