ec2_vpc_vpn_facts - Gather facts about VPN Connections in AWS.

New in version 2.6.

Synopsis

Gather facts about VPN Connections in AWS.

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		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		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
ec2_url		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 http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeVpnConnections.html for possible filters.
profile (added in 1.6)		Uses a boto profile. Only works with boto >= 2.24.0.
region		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 (added in 1.6)		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 bool (added in 1.5)	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 http://boto.readthedocs.org/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 facts about all vpn connections
  ec2_vpc_vpn_facts:

- name: Gather facts about a filtered list of vpn connections, based on tags
  ec2_vpc_vpn_facts:
    filters:
      "tag:Name": test-connection
  register: vpn_conn_facts

- name: Gather facts about vpn connections by specifying connection IDs.
  ec2_vpc_vpn_facts:
    filters:
      vpn-gateway-id: vgw-cbe66beb
  register: vpn_conn_facts

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_gatway_configuration string		always	The configuration information for the VPN connection's customer gateway (in the native XML format).
	customer_gateway_id string		always	The ID of the customer gateway at your end of the VPN connection. Sample: cgw-17a53c37
	options dict		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 dict		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 int	always	The number of accepted routes.
	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 flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

Maintenance

This module is flagged as community which means that it is maintained by the Ansible Community. See Module Maintenance & Support for more info.

For a list of other modules that are also maintained by the Ansible Community, see here.

Author

Madhura Naniwadekar(@Madhura-CSI)

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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.6/modules/ec2_vpc_vpn_facts_module.html

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