Skip to content

TerraStackIO/terraform-aws-vpc

 
 

Repository files navigation

AWS VPC Terraform module

Help Contribute to Open Source

Terraform module which creates VPC resources on AWS.

These types of resources are supported:

Sponsored by Cloudcraft - the best way to draw AWS diagrams

Cloudcraft - the best way to draw AWS diagrams

Usage

module "vpc" {
  source = "terraform-aws-modules/vpc/aws"

  name = "my-vpc"
  cidr = "10.0.0.0/16"

  azs             = ["eu-west-1a", "eu-west-1b", "eu-west-1c"]
  private_subnets = ["10.0.1.0/24", "10.0.2.0/24", "10.0.3.0/24"]
  public_subnets  = ["10.0.101.0/24", "10.0.102.0/24", "10.0.103.0/24"]

  enable_nat_gateway = true
  enable_vpn_gateway = true

  tags = {
    Terraform = "true"
    Environment = "dev"
  }
}

External NAT Gateway IPs

By default this module will provision new Elastic IPs for the VPC's NAT Gateways. This means that when creating a new VPC, new IPs are allocated, and when that VPC is destroyed those IPs are released. Sometimes it is handy to keep the same IPs even after the VPC is destroyed and re-created. To that end, it is possible to assign existing IPs to the NAT Gateways. This prevents the destruction of the VPC from releasing those IPs, while making it possible that a re-created VPC uses the same IPs.

To achieve this, allocate the IPs outside the VPC module declaration.

resource "aws_eip" "nat" {
  count = 3

  vpc = true
}

Then, pass the allocated IPs as a parameter to this module.

module "vpc" {
  source = "terraform-aws-modules/vpc/aws"

  # The rest of arguments are omitted for brevity

  enable_nat_gateway  = true
  single_nat_gateway  = false
  reuse_nat_ips       = true                      # <= Skip creation of EIPs for the NAT Gateways
  external_nat_ip_ids = ["${aws_eip.nat.*.id}"]   # <= IPs specified here as input to the module
}

Note that in the example we allocate 3 IPs because we will be provisioning 3 NAT Gateways (due to single_nat_gateway = false and having 3 subnets). If, on the other hand, single_nat_gateway = true, then aws_eip.nat would only need to allocate 1 IP. Passing the IPs into the module is done by setting two variables reuse_nat_ips = true and external_nat_ip_ids = ["${aws_eip.nat.*.id}"].

NAT Gateway Scenarios

This module supports three scenarios for creating NAT gateways. Each will be explained in further detail in the corresponding sections.

  • One NAT Gateway per subnet (default behavior)
    • enable_nat_gateway = true
    • single_nat_gateway = false
    • one_nat_gateway_per_az = false
  • Single NAT Gateway
    • enable_nat_gateway = true
    • single_nat_gateway = true
    • one_nat_gateway_per_az = false
  • One NAT Gateway per availability zone
    • enable_nat_gateway = true
    • single_nat_gateway = false
    • one_nat_gateway_per_az = true

If both single_nat_gateway and one_nat_gateway_per_az are set to true, then single_nat_gateway takes precedence.

One NAT Gateway per subnet (default)

By default, the module will determine the number of NAT Gateways to create based on the the max() of the private subnet lists (database_subnets, elasticache_subnets, private_subnets, and redshift_subnets). The module does not take into account the number of intra_subnets, since the latter are designed to have no Internet access via NAT Gateway. For example, if your configuration looks like the following:

database_subnets    = ["10.0.21.0/24", "10.0.22.0/24"]
elasticache_subnets = ["10.0.31.0/24", "10.0.32.0/24"]
private_subnets     = ["10.0.1.0/24", "10.0.2.0/24", "10.0.3.0/24", "10.0.4.0/24", "10.0.5.0/24"]
redshift_subnets    = ["10.0.41.0/24", "10.0.42.0/24"]
intra_subnets       = ["10.0.51.0/24", "10.0.52.0/24", "10.0.53.0/24"]

Then 5 NAT Gateways will be created since 5 private subnet CIDR blocks were specified.

Single NAT Gateway

If single_nat_gateway = true, then all private subnets will route their Internet traffic through this single NAT gateway. The NAT gateway will be placed in the first public subnet in your public_subnets block.

One NAT Gateway per availability zone

If one_nat_gateway_per_az = true and single_nat_gateway = false, then the module will place one NAT gateway in each availability zone you specify in var.azs. There are some requirements around using this feature flag:

  • The variable var.azs must be specified.
  • The number of public subnet CIDR blocks specified in public_subnets must be greater than or equal to the number of availability zones specified in var.azs. This is to ensure that each NAT Gateway has a dedicated public subnet to deploy to.

"private" versus "intra" subnets

By default, if NAT Gateways are enabled, private subnets will be configured with routes for Internet traffic that point at the NAT Gateways configured by use of the above options.

If you need private subnets that should have no Internet routing (in the sense of RFC1918 Category 1 subnets), intra_subnets should be specified. An example use case is configuration of AWS Lambda functions within a VPC, where AWS Lambda functions only need to pass traffic to internal resources or VPC endpoints for AWS services.

Since AWS Lambda functions allocate Elastic Network Interfaces in proportion to the traffic received (read more), it can be useful to allocate a large private subnet for such allocations, while keeping the traffic they generate entirely internal to the VPC.

You can add additional tags with intra_subnet_tags as with other subnet types.

Conditional creation

Sometimes you need to have a way to create VPC resources conditionally but Terraform does not allow to use count inside module block, so the solution is to specify argument create_vpc.

# This VPC will not be created
module "vpc" {
  source = "terraform-aws-modules/vpc/aws"

  create_vpc = false
  # ... omitted
}

Terraform version

Terraform version 0.10.3 or newer is required for this module to work.

Examples

Inputs

Name Description Type Default Required
assign_generated_ipv6_cidr_block Requests an Amazon-provided IPv6 CIDR block with a /56 prefix length for the VPC. You cannot specify the range of IP addresses, or the size of the CIDR block string false no
azs A list of availability zones in the region string <list> no
cidr The CIDR block for the VPC. Default value is a valid CIDR, but not acceptable by AWS and should be overridden string 0.0.0.0/0 no
create_database_subnet_group Controls if database subnet group should be created string true no
create_database_subnet_route_table Controls if separate route table for database should be created string false no
create_elasticache_subnet_route_table Controls if separate route table for elasticache should be created string false no
create_redshift_subnet_route_table Controls if separate route table for redshift should be created string false no
create_vpc Controls if VPC should be created (it affects almost all resources) string true no
database_route_table_tags Additional tags for the database route tables string <map> no
database_subnet_group_tags Additional tags for the database subnet group string <map> no
database_subnet_suffix Suffix to append to database subnets name string db no
database_subnet_tags Additional tags for the database subnets string <map> no
database_subnets A list of database subnets list <list> no
default_vpc_enable_classiclink Should be true to enable ClassicLink in the Default VPC string false no
default_vpc_enable_dns_hostnames Should be true to enable DNS hostnames in the Default VPC string false no
default_vpc_enable_dns_support Should be true to enable DNS support in the Default VPC string true no
default_vpc_name Name to be used on the Default VPC string `` no
default_vpc_tags Additional tags for the Default VPC string <map> no
dhcp_options_domain_name Specifies DNS name for DHCP options set string `` no
dhcp_options_domain_name_servers Specify a list of DNS server addresses for DHCP options set, default to AWS provided list <list> no
dhcp_options_netbios_name_servers Specify a list of netbios servers for DHCP options set list <list> no
dhcp_options_netbios_node_type Specify netbios node_type for DHCP options set string `` no
dhcp_options_ntp_servers Specify a list of NTP servers for DHCP options set list <list> no
dhcp_options_tags Additional tags for the DHCP option set string <map> no
elasticache_route_table_tags Additional tags for the elasticache route tables string <map> no
elasticache_subnet_suffix Suffix to append to elasticache subnets name string elasticache no
elasticache_subnet_tags Additional tags for the elasticache subnets string <map> no
elasticache_subnets A list of elasticache subnets list <list> no
enable_dhcp_options Should be true if you want to specify a DHCP options set with a custom domain name, DNS servers, NTP servers, netbios servers, and/or netbios server type string false no
enable_dns_hostnames Should be true to enable DNS hostnames in the VPC string false no
enable_dns_support Should be true to enable DNS support in the VPC string true no
enable_dynamodb_endpoint Should be true if you want to provision a DynamoDB endpoint to the VPC string false no
enable_nat_gateway Should be true if you want to provision NAT Gateways for each of your private networks string false no
enable_s3_endpoint Should be true if you want to provision an S3 endpoint to the VPC string false no
enable_vpn_gateway Should be true if you want to create a new VPN Gateway resource and attach it to the VPC string false no
external_nat_ip_ids List of EIP IDs to be assigned to the NAT Gateways (used in combination with reuse_nat_ips) list <list> no
igw_tags Additional tags for the internet gateway string <map> no
instance_tenancy A tenancy option for instances launched into the VPC string default no
intra_route_table_tags Additional tags for the intra route tables string <map> no
intra_subnet_tags Additional tags for the intra subnets string <map> no
intra_subnets A list of intra subnets list <list> no
manage_default_vpc Should be true to adopt and manage Default VPC string false no
map_public_ip_on_launch Should be false if you do not want to auto-assign public IP on launch string true no
name Name to be used on all the resources as identifier string `` no
nat_eip_tags Additional tags for the NAT EIP string <map> no
nat_gateway_tags Additional tags for the NAT gateways string <map> no
one_nat_gateway_per_az Should be true if you want only one NAT Gateway per availability zone. Requires var.azs to be set, and the number of public_subnets created to be greater than or equal to the number of availability zones specified in var.azs. string false no
private_route_table_tags Additional tags for the private route tables string <map> no
private_subnet_suffix Suffix to append to private subnets name string private no
private_subnet_tags Additional tags for the private subnets string <map> no
private_subnets A list of private subnets inside the VPC string <list> no
propagate_private_route_tables_vgw Should be true if you want route table propagation string false no
propagate_public_route_tables_vgw Should be true if you want route table propagation string false no
public_route_table_tags Additional tags for the public route tables string <map> no
public_subnet_suffix Suffix to append to public subnets name string public no
public_subnet_tags Additional tags for the public subnets string <map> no
public_subnets A list of public subnets inside the VPC string <list> no
redshift_route_table_tags Additional tags for the redshift route tables string <map> no
redshift_subnet_group_tags Additional tags for the redshift subnet group string <map> no
redshift_subnet_suffix Suffix to append to redshift subnets name string redshift no
redshift_subnet_tags Additional tags for the redshift subnets string <map> no
redshift_subnets A list of redshift subnets list <list> no
reuse_nat_ips Should be true if you don't want EIPs to be created for your NAT Gateways and will instead pass them in via the 'external_nat_ip_ids' variable string false no
secondary_cidr_blocks List of secondary CIDR blocks to associate with the VPC to extend the IP Address pool string <list> no
single_nat_gateway Should be true if you want to provision a single shared NAT Gateway across all of your private networks string false no
tags A map of tags to add to all resources string <map> no
vpc_tags Additional tags for the VPC string <map> no
vpn_gateway_id ID of VPN Gateway to attach to the VPC string `` no
vpn_gateway_tags Additional tags for the VPN gateway string <map> no

Outputs

Name Description
database_route_table_ids List of IDs of database route tables
database_subnet_group ID of database subnet group
database_subnets List of IDs of database subnets
database_subnets_cidr_blocks List of cidr_blocks of database subnets
default_network_acl_id The ID of the default network ACL
default_route_table_id The ID of the default route table
default_security_group_id The ID of the security group created by default on VPC creation
default_vpc_cidr_block The CIDR block of the VPC
default_vpc_default_network_acl_id The ID of the default network ACL
default_vpc_default_route_table_id The ID of the default route table
default_vpc_default_security_group_id The ID of the security group created by default on VPC creation
default_vpc_enable_dns_hostnames Whether or not the VPC has DNS hostname support
default_vpc_enable_dns_support Whether or not the VPC has DNS support
default_vpc_id The ID of the VPC
default_vpc_instance_tenancy Tenancy of instances spin up within VPC
default_vpc_main_route_table_id The ID of the main route table associated with this VPC
elasticache_route_table_ids List of IDs of elasticache route tables
elasticache_subnet_group ID of elasticache subnet group
elasticache_subnet_group_name Name of elasticache subnet group
elasticache_subnets List of IDs of elasticache subnets
elasticache_subnets_cidr_blocks List of cidr_blocks of elasticache subnets
igw_id The ID of the Internet Gateway
intra_route_table_ids List of IDs of intra route tables
intra_subnets List of IDs of intra subnets
intra_subnets_cidr_blocks List of cidr_blocks of intra subnets
nat_ids List of allocation ID of Elastic IPs created for AWS NAT Gateway
nat_public_ips List of public Elastic IPs created for AWS NAT Gateway
natgw_ids List of NAT Gateway IDs
private_route_table_ids List of IDs of private route tables
private_subnets List of IDs of private subnets
private_subnets_cidr_blocks List of cidr_blocks of private subnets
public_route_table_ids List of IDs of public route tables
public_subnets List of IDs of public subnets
public_subnets_cidr_blocks List of cidr_blocks of public subnets
redshift_route_table_ids List of IDs of redshift route tables
redshift_subnet_group ID of redshift subnet group
redshift_subnets List of IDs of redshift subnets
redshift_subnets_cidr_blocks List of cidr_blocks of redshift subnets
vgw_id The ID of the VPN Gateway
vpc_cidr_block The CIDR block of the VPC
vpc_enable_dns_hostnames Whether or not the VPC has DNS hostname support
vpc_enable_dns_support Whether or not the VPC has DNS support
vpc_endpoint_dynamodb_id The ID of VPC endpoint for DynamoDB
vpc_endpoint_dynamodb_pl_id The prefix list for the DynamoDB VPC endpoint.
vpc_endpoint_s3_id The ID of VPC endpoint for S3
vpc_endpoint_s3_pl_id The prefix list for the S3 VPC endpoint.
vpc_id The ID of the VPC
vpc_instance_tenancy Tenancy of instances spin up within VPC
vpc_main_route_table_id The ID of the main route table associated with this VPC
vpc_secondary_cidr_blocks List of secondary CIDR blocks of the VPC

Tests

This module has been packaged with awspec tests through test kitchen. To run them:

  1. Install rvm and the ruby version specified in the Gemfile.
  2. Install bundler and the gems from our Gemfile:
gem install bundler; bundle install
  1. Test using bundle exec kitchen test from the root of the repo.

Authors

Module is maintained by Anton Babenko with help from these awesome contributors.

License

Apache 2 Licensed. See LICENSE for full details.

Packages

No packages published

Languages

  • HCL 94.8%
  • Ruby 4.6%
  • JavaScript 0.6%