The terraform-aws-ec2-client-vpn
project provides for ec2 client vpn infrastructure. AWS Client VPN is a managed client-based VPN service based on OpenVPN that enables you to securely access your AWS resources and resources in your on-premises network. With Client VPN, you can access your resources from any location using any OpenVPN-based VPN client.
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module "vpc_target" {
source = "cloudposse/vpc/aws"
# Cloud Posse recommends pinning every module to a specific version
# version = "x.x.x"
cidr_block = "172.16.0.0/16"
context = module.this.context
}
module "vpc_client" {
source = "cloudposse/vpc/aws"
# Cloud Posse recommends pinning every module to a specific version
# version = "x.x.x"
cidr_block = "172.31.0.0/16"
context = module.this.context
}
module "subnets" {
source = "cloudposse/dynamic-subnets/aws"
# Cloud Posse recommends pinning every module to a specific version
# version = "x.x.x"
availability_zones = var.availability_zones
vpc_id = module.vpc_target.vpc_id
igw_id = module.vpc_target.igw_id
cidr_block = module.vpc_target.vpc_cidr_block
nat_gateway_enabled = true
nat_instance_enabled = false
context = module.this.context
}
module "ec2_client_vpn" {
source = "cloudposse/ec2-client-vpn/aws"
# Cloud Posse recommends pinning every module to a specific version
# version = "x.x.x"
client_cidr = module.vpc_client.vpc_cidr_block
organization_name = var.organization_name
logging_enabled = var.logging_enabled
retention_in_days = var.retention_in_days
associated_subnets = module.subnets.private_subnet_ids
authorization_rules = var.authorization_rules
additional_routes = [
{
destination_cidr_block = "0.0.0.0/0"
description = "Internet Route"
target_vpc_subnet_id = element(module.subnets.private_subnet_ids, 0)
}
]
}
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Name | Version |
---|---|
terraform | >= 1.0 |
aws | >= 4.0 |
awsutils | >= 0.16.0 |
Name | Version |
---|---|
aws | >= 4.0 |
awsutils | >= 0.16.0 |
Name | Source | Version |
---|---|---|
cloudwatch_log | cloudposse/cloudwatch-logs/aws | 0.6.8 |
self_signed_cert_ca | cloudposse/ssm-tls-self-signed-cert/aws | 1.3.0 |
self_signed_cert_root | cloudposse/ssm-tls-self-signed-cert/aws | 1.3.0 |
self_signed_cert_server | cloudposse/ssm-tls-self-signed-cert/aws | 1.3.0 |
this | cloudposse/label/null | 0.25.0 |
vpn_security_group | cloudposse/security-group/aws | 2.2.0 |
Name | Type |
---|---|
aws_ec2_client_vpn_authorization_rule.default | resource |
aws_ec2_client_vpn_endpoint.default | resource |
aws_ec2_client_vpn_network_association.default | resource |
aws_ec2_client_vpn_route.default | resource |
aws_iam_saml_provider.default | resource |
aws_ssm_parameter.ca_key | data source |
aws_ssm_parameter.root_key | data source |
awsutils_ec2_client_vpn_export_client_config.default | data source |
Name | Description | Type | Default | Required |
---|---|---|---|---|
additional_routes | A list of additional routes that should be attached to the Client VPN endpoint | list(object({ |
[] |
no |
additional_security_group_rules | A list of Security Group rule objects to add to the created security group, in addition to the ones this module normally creates. (To suppress the module's rules, set create_security_group to falseand supply your own security group via associated_security_group_ids .)The keys and values of the objects are fully compatible with the aws_security_group_rule resource, exceptfor security_group_id which will be ignored, and the optional "key" which, if provided, must be unique and known at "plan" time.To get more info see https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/aws/latest/docs/resources/security_group_rule . |
list(any) |
[] |
no |
additional_security_groups | DEPRECATED: Use associated_security_group_ids instead.List of security groups to attach to the client vpn network associations |
list(string) |
[] |
no |
additional_tag_map | Additional 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 |
allow_self_security_group | Whether the security group itself will be added as a source to this ingress rule. | bool |
true |
no |
allowed_cidr_blocks | A list of IPv4 CIDRs to allow access to the security group created by this module. The length of this list must be known at "plan" time. |
list(string) |
[] |
no |
allowed_ipv6_cidr_blocks | A list of IPv6 CIDRs to allow access to the security group created by this module. The length of this list must be known at "plan" time. |
list(string) |
[] |
no |
allowed_ipv6_prefix_list_ids | A list of IPv6 Prefix Lists IDs to allow access to the security group created by this module. The length of this list must be known at "plan" time. |
list(string) |
[] |
no |
allowed_security_group_ids | A list of IDs of Security Groups to allow access to the security group created by this module. The length of this list must be known at "plan" time. |
list(string) |
[] |
no |
associated_security_group_ids | A list of IDs of Security Groups to associate the VPN endpoints with, in addition to the created security group. These security groups will not be modified and, if create_security_group is false , must have rules providing the desired access. |
list(string) |
[] |
no |
associated_subnets | List of subnets to associate with the VPN endpoint | list(string) |
n/a | yes |
attributes | ID 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 |
authentication_type | One of certificate-authentication or federated-authentication |
string |
"certificate-authentication" |
no |
authorization_rules | List of objects describing the authorization rules for the client vpn | list(map(any)) |
[] |
no |
ca_common_name | Unique Common Name for CA self-signed certificate | string |
null |
no |
client_cidr | Network CIDR to use for clients | string |
n/a | yes |
client_conf_tmpl_path | Path to template file of vpn client exported configuration. Path is relative to ${path.module} | string |
null |
no |
context | Single 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 |
{ |
no |
create_security_group | Set true to create and configure a new security group. If false, associated_security_group_ids must be provided. |
bool |
true |
no |
delimiter | Delimiter to be used between ID elements. Defaults to - (hyphen). Set to "" to use no delimiter at all. |
string |
null |
no |
descriptor_formats | Describe 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 beidentical to how they appear in id .Default is {} (descriptors output will be empty). |
any |
{} |
no |
dns_servers | Information about the DNS servers to be used for DNS resolution. A Client VPN endpoint can have up to two DNS servers. If no DNS server is specified, the DNS address of the connecting device is used. | list(string) |
[] |
no |
enabled | Set to false to prevent the module from creating any resources | bool |
null |
no |
environment | ID element. Usually used for region e.g. 'uw2', 'us-west-2', OR role 'prod', 'staging', 'dev', 'UAT' | string |
null |
no |
export_client_certificate | Flag to determine whether to export the client certificate with the VPN configuration | bool |
false |
no |
id_length_limit | Limit 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 . |
number |
null |
no |
label_key_case | Controls 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 . |
string |
null |
no |
label_order | The 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) |
null |
no |
label_value_case | Controls 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 . |
string |
null |
no |
labels_as_tags | Set 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 bechanged in later chained modules. Attempts to change it will be silently ignored. |
set(string) |
[ |
no |
logging_enabled | Enables or disables Client VPN Cloudwatch logging. | bool |
false |
no |
logging_stream_name | Names of stream used for logging | string |
n/a | yes |
name | ID 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. |
string |
null |
no |
namespace | ID element. Usually an abbreviation of your organization name, e.g. 'eg' or 'cp', to help ensure generated IDs are globally unique | string |
null |
no |
organization_name | Name of organization to use in private certificate | string |
n/a | yes |
regex_replace_chars | Terraform 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. |
string |
null |
no |
retention_in_days | Number of days you want to retain log events in the log group | number |
"30" |
no |
root_common_name | Unique Common Name for Root self-signed certificate | string |
null |
no |
saml_metadata_document | Optional SAML metadata document. Must include this or saml_provider_arn |
string |
null |
no |
saml_provider_arn | Optional SAML provider ARN. Must include this or saml_metadata_document |
string |
null |
no |
secret_path_format | The path format to use when writing secrets to the certificate backend. The certificate secret path will be computed as format(var.secret_path_format, var.name, var.secret_extensions.certificate) and the private key path as format(var.secret_path_format, var.name, var.secret_extensions.private_key) .Thus by default, if var.name =example-self-signed-cert , then the resulting secret paths for the self-signed certificate'sPEM file and private key will be /example-self-signed-cert.pem and /example-self-signed-cert.key , respectively.This variable can be overridden in order to create more specific certificate backend paths. |
string |
"/%s.%s" |
no |
security_group_create_before_destroy | Set true to enable Terraform create_before_destroy behavior on the created security group.Note that changing this value will always cause the security group to be replaced. |
bool |
true |
no |
security_group_create_timeout | How long to wait for the security group to be created. | string |
"10m" |
no |
security_group_delete_timeout | How long to retry on DependencyViolation errors during security group deletion fromlingering ENIs left by certain AWS services such as Elastic Load Balancing. |
string |
"15m" |
no |
security_group_description | The description to assign to the created Security Group. Warning: Changing the description causes the security group to be replaced. |
string |
null |
no |
security_group_name | The name to assign to the created security group. Must be unique within the VPC. If not provided, will be derived from the null-label.context passed in.If create_before_destroy is true, will be used as a name prefix. |
list(string) |
[] |
no |
self_service_portal_enabled | Specify whether to enable the self-service portal for the Client VPN endpoint | bool |
false |
no |
self_service_saml_provider_arn | The ARN of the IAM SAML identity provider for the self service portal if type is federated-authentication. | string |
null |
no |
server_common_name | Unique Common Name for Server self-signed certificate | string |
null |
no |
session_timeout_hours | The maximum session duration is a trigger by which end-users are required to re-authenticate prior to establishing a VPN session. Default value is 24. Valid values: 8 | 10 | 12 | 24 | string |
"24" |
no |
split_tunnel | Indicates whether split-tunnel is enabled on VPN endpoint. Default value is false. | bool |
false |
no |
stage | ID element. Usually used to indicate role, e.g. 'prod', 'staging', 'source', 'build', 'test', 'deploy', 'release' | string |
null |
no |
tags | Additional tags (e.g. {'BusinessUnit': 'XYZ'} ).Neither the tag keys nor the tag values will be modified by this module. |
map(string) |
{} |
no |
tenant | ID element _(Rarely used, not included by default)_. A customer identifier, indicating who this instance of a resource is for | string |
null |
no |
transport_protocol | Transport protocol used by the TLS sessions. | string |
"udp" |
no |
vpc_id | ID of VPC to attach VPN to | string |
n/a | yes |
Name | Description |
---|---|
client_configuration | VPN Client Configuration data. |
full_client_configuration | Client configuration including client certificate and private key |
vpn_endpoint_arn | The ARN of the Client VPN Endpoint Connection. |
vpn_endpoint_dns_name | The DNS Name of the Client VPN Endpoint Connection. |
vpn_endpoint_id | The ID of the Client VPN Endpoint Connection. |
Check out these related projects.
- terraform-aws-components - Repository collection of aws components.
- terraform-aws-ssm-tls-self-signed-cert - This module creates a self-signed certificate and writes it alongside with its key to SSM Parameter Store (or alternatively AWS Secrets Manager). Used to store VPN certificates in ACM.
- terraform-provider-awsutils - Terraform provider for performing various tasks that cannot be performed with the official AWS Terraform Provider from Hashicorp. Used to export vpn client configuration.
For additional context, refer to some of these links.
- OpenVPN Clients - Any OpenVPN client should be compatible with the AWS Client VPN.
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