# ec2_vpc_vgw – Create and delete AWS VPN Virtual Gateways

- Synopsis
- Requirements
- Parameters
- Notes
- Examples
- Return Values
- Status

## Synopsis

- Creates AWS VPN Virtual Gateways
- Deletes AWS VPN Virtual Gateways
- Attaches Virtual Gateways to VPCs
- Detaches Virtual Gateways from VPCs

## Requirements

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

- boto
- boto3
- python >= 2.6

## Parameters

Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments
--- | --- | ---
asn - added in 2.6 |  | the BGP ASN of the amazon side
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

Choices:
- 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.

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 vgw 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
-

Choices:
- present ←
- absent

present to ensure resource is created.
absent to remove resource

tags - |  | dictionary of resource tags aliases: resource_tags

type
-

Choices:
- ipsec.1

type of the virtual gateway to be created

validate_certs
boolean

Choices:
- no
- yes ←

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

vpc_id - |  | the vpc-id of a vpc to attach or detach
vpn_gateway_id - |  | vpn gateway id of an existing virtual gateway
wait_timeout - | Default: 320 | number of seconds to wait for status during vpc attach and detach

## 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 vgw attached to a specific VPC
      ec2_vpc_vgw:
        state: present
        region: ap-southeast-2
        profile: personal
        vpc_id: vpc-12345678
        name: personal-testing
        type: ipsec.1
      register: created_vgw

    - name: Create a new unattached vgw
      ec2_vpc_vgw:
        state: present
        region: ap-southeast-2
        profile: personal
        name: personal-testing
        type: ipsec.1
        tags:
          environment: production
          owner: ABC
      register: created_vgw

    - name: Remove a new vgw using the name
      ec2_vpc_vgw:
        state: absent
        region: ap-southeast-2
        profile: personal
        name: personal-testing
        type: ipsec.1
      register: deleted_vgw

    - name: Remove a new vgw using the vpn_gateway_id
      ec2_vpc_vgw:
        state: absent
        region: ap-southeast-2
        profile: personal
        vpn_gateway_id: vgw-3a9aa123
      register: deleted_vgw

## Return Values

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

Key | Returned | Description
--- | --- | ---
result dictionary | success | The result of the create, or delete action.

## Status

- This module is guaranteed to have backward compatible interface changes going forward. [stableinterface]
- This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

### Authors

- Nick Aslanidis (@naslanidis)

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