aws_direct_connect_gateway – Manage AWS Direct Connect Gateway

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aws_direct_connect_gateway – Manage AWS Direct Connect Gateway

New in version 2.5.


Synopsis

  • Creates AWS Direct Connect Gateway
  • Deletes AWS Direct Connect Gateway
  • Attaches Virtual Gateways to Direct Connect Gateway
  • Detaches Virtual Gateways to Direct Connect Gateway

Requirements

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

  • boto
  • boto3
  • python >= 2.6

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments

amazon_asn

- / required

amazon side asn

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

  • 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.

direct_connect_gateway_id

-

id of an existing direct connect gateway

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.

name

-

name of the dxgw to be created or deleted

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

state

-

  • present

  • absent

present to ensure resource is created.

absent to remove resource

validate_certs

boolean

  • no
  • yes

When set to "no", SSL certificates will not be validated for boto versions >= 2.6.0.

virtual_gateway_id

-

vpn gateway id of an existing virtual gateway



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

- name: Create a new direct connect gateway attached to virtual private gateway
  dxgw:
    state: present
    name: my-dx-gateway
    amazon_asn: 7224
    virtual_gateway_id: vpg-12345
  register: created_dxgw

- name: Create a new unattached dxgw
  dxgw:
    state: present
    name: my-dx-gateway
    amazon_asn: 7224
  register: created_dxgw

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description

result

complex

state=present

The attributes of the Direct Connect Gateway


amazon_side_asn

-

ASN on the amazon side.


direct_connect_gateway_id

-

The ID of the direct connect gateway.


direct_connect_gateway_name

-

The name of the direct connect gateway.


direct_connect_gateway_state

-

The state of the direct connect gateway.


owner_account

-

The AWS account ID of the owner of the direct connect gateway.





Status

Authors

  • Gobin Sougrakpam (@gobins)

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