GitHub - cloudposse/terraform-aws-vpc-peering-multi-account: Terraform module to provision a VPC peering across multiple VPCs in different accounts by using multiple providers

Terraform module to create a peering connection between any two VPCs existing in different AWS accounts.

This module supports performing this action from a 3rd account (e.g. a "root" account) by specifying the roles to assume for each member account.

IMPORTANT: AWS allows a multi-account VPC Peering Connection to be deleted from either the requester's or accepter's side. However, Terraform only allows the VPC Peering Connection to be deleted from the requester's side by removing the corresponding aws_vpc_peering_connection resource from your configuration. Read more about this on Terraform's documentation portal.

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VPC Peering Connection in the AWS Web Console

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Usage

IMPORTANT: Do not pin to master because there may be breaking changes between releases. Instead pin to the release tag (e.g. ?ref=tags/x.y.z) of one of our latest releases.

For a complete example, see examples/complete

module "vpc_peering_cross_account" {
  source = "cloudposse/vpc-peering-multi-account/aws"
  # Cloud Posse recommends pinning every module to a specific version
  # version = "x.x.x"
  namespace        = "eg"
  stage            = "dev"
  name             = "cluster"

  requester_aws_assume_role_arn             = "arn:aws:iam::XXXXXXXX:role/cross-account-vpc-peering-test"
  requester_region                          = "us-west-2"
  requester_vpc_id                          = "vpc-xxxxxxxx"
  requester_allow_remote_vpc_dns_resolution = true

  accepter_aws_assume_role_arn             = "arn:aws:iam::YYYYYYYY:role/cross-account-vpc-peering-test"
  accepter_region                          = "us-east-1"
  accepter_vpc_id                          = "vpc-yyyyyyyy"
  accepter_allow_remote_vpc_dns_resolution = true
}

The arn:aws:iam::XXXXXXXX:role/cross-account-vpc-peering-test requester IAM Role should have the following Trust Policy:

Show Trust Policy

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Principal": {
        "AWS": "arn:aws:iam::XXXXXXXX:root"
      },
      "Action": "sts:AssumeRole",
      "Condition": {}
    }
  ]
}

and the following IAM Policy attached to it:

NOTE: the policy specifies the permissions to create (with terraform plan/apply) and delete (with terraform destroy) all the required resources in the requester AWS account

Show IAM Policy

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:CreateRoute",
        "ec2:DeleteRoute"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:ec2:*:XXXXXXXX:route-table/*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:DescribeVpcPeeringConnections",
        "ec2:DescribeVpcs",
        "ec2:ModifyVpcPeeringConnectionOptions",
        "ec2:DescribeSubnets",
        "ec2:DescribeVpcAttribute",
        "ec2:DescribeRouteTables"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:AcceptVpcPeeringConnection",
        "ec2:DeleteVpcPeeringConnection",
        "ec2:CreateVpcPeeringConnection",
        "ec2:RejectVpcPeeringConnection"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:XXXXXXXX:vpc-peering-connection/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:XXXXXXXX:vpc/*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:DeleteTags",
        "ec2:CreateTags"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:ec2:*:XXXXXXXX:vpc-peering-connection/*"
    }
  ]
}

where XXXXXXXX is the requester AWS account ID.

The arn:aws:iam::YYYYYYYY:role/cross-account-vpc-peering-test accepter IAM Role should have the following Trust Policy:

Show Trust Policy

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Principal": {
        "AWS": "arn:aws:iam::XXXXXXXX:root"
      },
      "Action": "sts:AssumeRole",
      "Condition": {}
    }
  ]
}

NOTE: The accepter Trust Policy is the same as the requester Trust Policy since it defines who can assume the IAM Role. In the requester case, the requester account ID itself is the trusted entity. For the accepter, the Trust Policy specifies that the requester account ID XXXXXXXX can assume the role in the accepter AWS account YYYYYYYY.

and the following IAM Policy attached to it:

NOTE: the policy specifies the permissions to create (with terraform plan/apply) and delete (with terraform destroy) all the required resources in the accepter AWS account

Show IAM Policy

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:CreateRoute",
        "ec2:DeleteRoute"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:ec2:*:YYYYYYYY:route-table/*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:DescribeVpcPeeringConnections",
        "ec2:DescribeVpcs",
        "ec2:ModifyVpcPeeringConnectionOptions",
        "ec2:DescribeSubnets",
        "ec2:DescribeVpcAttribute",
        "ec2:DescribeRouteTables"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:AcceptVpcPeeringConnection",
        "ec2:DeleteVpcPeeringConnection",
        "ec2:CreateVpcPeeringConnection",
        "ec2:RejectVpcPeeringConnection"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:YYYYYYYY:vpc-peering-connection/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:YYYYYYYY:vpc/*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:DeleteTags",
        "ec2:CreateTags"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:ec2:*:YYYYYYYY:vpc-peering-connection/*"
    }
  ]
}

where YYYYYYYY is the accepter AWS account ID.

For more information on IAM policies and permissions for VPC peering, see Creating and managing VPC peering connections.

Important

In Cloud Posse's examples, we avoid pinning modules to specific versions to prevent discrepancies between the documentation and the latest released versions. However, for your own projects, we strongly advise pinning each module to the exact version you're using. This practice ensures the stability of your infrastructure. Additionally, we recommend implementing a systematic approach for updating versions to avoid unexpected changes.

Makefile Targets

Available targets:

  help                                Help screen
  help/all                            Display help for all targets
  help/short                          This help short screen
  lint                                Lint terraform code

Requirements

Name	Version
terraform	>= 1.3
aws	>= 2.0

Providers

Name	Version
aws.accepter	>= 2.0
aws.requester	>= 2.0

Modules

Name	Source	Version
accepter	cloudposse/label/null	0.25.0
requester	cloudposse/label/null	0.25.0
this	cloudposse/label/null	0.25.0

Resources

Name	Type
aws_route.accepter	resource
aws_route.accepter_ipv6	resource
aws_route.requester	resource
aws_route.requester_ipv6	resource
aws_vpc_peering_connection.requester	resource
aws_vpc_peering_connection_accepter.accepter	resource
aws_vpc_peering_connection_options.accepter	resource
aws_vpc_peering_connection_options.requester	resource
aws_caller_identity.accepter	data source
aws_caller_identity.requester	data source
aws_region.accepter	data source
aws_region.requester	data source
aws_route_table.requester	data source
aws_route_tables.accepter	data source
aws_route_tables.default_rts	data source
aws_subnet.accepter	data source
aws_subnet.requester	data source
aws_subnets.accepter	data source
aws_subnets.requester	data source
aws_vpc.accepter	data source
aws_vpc.requester	data source

Inputs

Name	Description	Type	Default	Required
accepter_allow_remote_vpc_dns_resolution	Allow accepter VPC to resolve public DNS hostnames to private IP addresses when queried from instances in the requester VPC	`bool`	`true`	no
accepter_aws_access_key	Access key id to use in accepter account	`string`	`null`	no
accepter_aws_assume_role_arn	Accepter AWS Assume Role ARN	`string`	`null`	no
accepter_aws_profile	Profile used to assume accepter_aws_assume_role_arn	`string`	`""`	no
accepter_aws_secret_key	Secret access key to use in accepter account	`string`	`null`	no
accepter_aws_token	Session token for validating temporary credentials	`string`	`null`	no
accepter_enabled	Flag to enable/disable the accepter side of the peering connection	`bool`	`true`	no
accepter_region	Accepter AWS region	`string`	n/a	yes
accepter_subnet_tags	Only add peer routes to accepter VPC route tables of subnets matching these tags	`map(string)`	`{}`	no
accepter_vpc_id	Accepter VPC ID filter	`string`	`""`	no
accepter_vpc_tags	Accepter VPC Tags filter	`map(string)`	`{}`	no
add_attribute_tag	If `true` will add additional attribute tag to the requester and accceptor resources	`bool`	`true`	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
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
auto_accept	Automatically accept the peering	`bool`	`true`	no
aws_route_create_timeout	Time to wait for AWS route creation specifed as a Go Duration, e.g. `2m`	`string`	`"5m"`	no
aws_route_delete_timeout	Time to wait for AWS route deletion specifed as a Go Duration, e.g. `5m`	`string`	`"5m"`	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`	{ "additional_tag_map": {}, "attributes": [], "delimiter": null, "descriptor_formats": {}, "enabled": true, "environment": null, "id_length_limit": null, "label_key_case": null, "label_order": [], "label_value_case": null, "labels_as_tags": [ "unset" ], "name": null, "namespace": null, "regex_replace_chars": null, "stage": null, "tags": {}, "tenant": null }	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 be identical to how they appear in `id`. Default is `{}` (`descriptors` output will be empty).	`any`	`{}`	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
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 be changed in later chained modules. Attempts to change it will be silently ignored.	`set(string)`	[ "default" ]	no
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
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
requester_allow_remote_vpc_dns_resolution	Allow requester VPC to resolve public DNS hostnames to private IP addresses when queried from instances in the accepter VPC	`bool`	`true`	no
requester_aws_access_key	Access key id to use in requester account	`string`	`null`	no
requester_aws_assume_role_arn	Requester AWS Assume Role ARN	`string`	n/a	yes
requester_aws_profile	Profile used to assume requester_aws_assume_role_arn	`string`	`""`	no
requester_aws_secret_key	Secret access key to use in requester account	`string`	`null`	no
requester_aws_token	Session token for validating temporary credentials	`string`	`null`	no
requester_region	Requester AWS region	`string`	n/a	yes
requester_subnet_tags	Only add peer routes to requester VPC route tables of subnets matching these tags	`map(string)`	`{}`	no
requester_vpc_id	Requester VPC ID filter	`string`	`""`	no
requester_vpc_tags	Requester VPC Tags filter	`map(string)`	`{}`	no
skip_metadata_api_check	Don't use the credentials of EC2 instance profile	`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

Outputs

Name	Description
accepter_accept_status	Accepter VPC peering connection request status
accepter_connection_id	Accepter VPC peering connection ID
accepter_subnet_route_table_map	Map of accepter VPC subnet IDs to route table IDs
requester_accept_status	Requester VPC peering connection request status
requester_connection_id	Requester VPC peering connection ID

Related Projects

Check out these related projects.

terraform-aws-vpc - Terraform Module that defines a VPC with public/private subnets across multiple AZs with Internet Gateways
terraform-aws-vpc-peering - Terraform module to create a peering connection between two VPCs in the same AWS account
terraform-aws-kops-vpc-peering - Terraform module to create a peering connection between a backing services VPC and a VPC created by Kops

References

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What is VPC Peering? - VPC peering connection is a networking connection between two VPCs that enables you to route traffic between them using private IPv4 addresses or IPv6 addresses.

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