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+##############
+VyOS Terraform
+##############
+
+
+  * Nornir
+  * startup scripts
+
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 1
+   :caption: Content
+   
+   terraformAWS
+#   terraformAZ
+#   terraformvSphere
+#   terraformGoogle
+   
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+:lastproofread: 2024-01-11
+
+.. _vyos-terraform:
+
+Terraform for VyOS
+==================
+
+VyOS supports development infrastructure via Terraform and provisioning via Ansible.
+Terraform allows you to automate the process of deploying instances on many cloud and virtual platforms. 
+In this article, we will look at using terraforms to deploy vyos on platforms - AWS, AZURE, and vSphere.
+More detailed about what is Terraform you can write using the link_.
+
+Need to install_ Terraform
+
+Structure of files in the standard Terraform project:
+
+.. code-block:: none
+
+ .
+ ├── main.tf             # The main script
+ ├── version.tf          # File for the changing version of Terraform.
+ ├── variables.tf        # The file of all variables in "main.tf"
+ └── terraform.tfvars    # The value of all variables (passwords, login, ip adresses and so on)
+
+
+General commands that we will use for running Terraform scripts
+
+
+.. code-block:: none
+
+  #cd /<your folder>         # go to the Terrafom project
+  #terraform init          # install all addons and provider (aws az and so on)
+  #terraform plan          # show wtah is changing
+  #terraform apply         # run script
+  #yes                     # apply running
+
+
+Deploying vyos in the AWS cloud
+-------------------------------
+With the help of terraforms, you can quickly deploy Vyos-based infrastructure in the AWS cloud. If necessary, the infrastructure can be removed using terraform.
+Also we will make provisioning using Ansible.
+
+
+.. image:: /_static/images/aws.png
+   :width: 50%
+   :align: center
+   :alt: Network Topology Diagram
+
+In this case, we'll create the necessary files for Terraform and Ansible next using Terraform we'll create a single instance on the AWS cloud and make provisioning using Ansible.
+
+
+Preparation steps for deploying VyOS on AWS 
+-------------------------------------------
+
+How to create a single instance and install your configuration using Terraform+Ansible+AWS 
+Step by step:
+
+AWS
+
+
+1.1 Create an account with AWS and get your "access_key", "secret key"
+
+1.2 Create a key pair_ and download your .pem key
+
+.. image:: /_static/images/keypairs.png
+   :width: 50%
+   :align: center
+   :alt: Network Topology Diagram
+
+1.3 Create a security group_ for the new VyOS instance and open all traffic
+
+.. image:: /_static/images/sg.png
+   :width: 50%
+   :align: center
+   :alt: Network Topology Diagram
+
+
+.. image:: /_static/images/traffic.png
+   :width: 50%
+   :align: center
+   :alt: Network Topology Diagram
+
+Terraform
+
+
+2.1 Create a0 UNIX or Windows instance
+
+2.2 Download and install Terraform
+
+2.3 Create the folder for example /root/awsterraform
+
+.. code-block:: none
+
+ mkdir /root/awsterraform
+
+2.4 Copy all files into your Terraform project "/root/awsterraform" (vyos.tf, var.tf, terraform.tfvars,version.tf), more detailed see `Structure of files Terrafom for AWS`_
+
+2.5 Type the commands :
+
+.. code-block:: none
+
+   #cd /<your folder> 
+   #terraform init
+
+
+Ansible
+
+
+3.1 Create a UNIX instance whenever you want (local, cloud, and so on)
+
+3.2 Download and install Ansible
+
+3.3 Create the folder for example /root/aws/
+
+3.4 Copy all files into your Ansible project "/root/aws/" (ansible.cfg, instance.yml, mykey.pem and "all"), more detailed see `Structure of files Ansible for AWS`_
+
+mykey.pem you have to get using step 1.2
+
+
+Start 
+
+
+4.1 Type the commands on your Terrafom instance:
+   
+.. code-block:: none
+
+   #cd /<your folder>
+   #terraform plan  
+   #terraform apply  
+   #yes
+
+
+Start creating an AWS instance and check the result 
+---------------------------------------------------
+
+.. code-block:: none
+
+  root@localhost:~/awsterraform# terraform apply
+  
+  Terraform used the selected providers to generate the following execution plan.
+  Resource actions are indicated with the following symbols:
+    + create
+  
+  Terraform will perform the following actions:
+  
+    # aws_instance.myVyOSec2 will be created
+    + resource "aws_instance" "myVyOSec2" {
+        + ami                                  = "ami-************62c2d"
+        + arn                                  = (known after apply)
+        + associate_public_ip_address          = (known after apply)
+        + availability_zone                    = (known after apply)
+        + cpu_core_count                       = (known after apply)
+        + cpu_threads_per_core                 = (known after apply)
+        + disable_api_stop                     = (known after apply)
+        + disable_api_termination              = (known after apply)
+        + ebs_optimized                        = (known after apply)
+        + get_password_data                    = false
+        + host_id                              = (known after apply)
+        + host_resource_group_arn              = (known after apply)
+        + iam_instance_profile                 = (known after apply)
+        + id                                   = (known after apply)
+        + instance_initiated_shutdown_behavior = (known after apply)
+        + instance_lifecycle                   = (known after apply)
+        + instance_state                       = (known after apply)
+        + instance_type                        = "t2.micro"
+        + ipv6_address_count                   = (known after apply)
+        + ipv6_addresses                       = (known after apply)
+        + key_name                             = "awsterraform"
+        + monitoring                           = (known after apply)
+        + outpost_arn                          = (known after apply)
+        + password_data                        = (known after apply)
+        + placement_group                      = (known after apply)
+        + placement_partition_number           = (known after apply)
+        + primary_network_interface_id         = (known after apply)
+        + private_dns                          = (known after apply)
+        + private_ip                           = (known after apply)
+        + public_dns                           = (known after apply)
+        + public_ip                            = (known after apply)
+        + secondary_private_ips                = (known after apply)
+        + security_groups                      = [
+            + "awsterraformsg",
+          ]
+        + source_dest_check                    = true
+        + spot_instance_request_id             = (known after apply)
+        + subnet_id                            = (known after apply)
+        + tags                                 = {
+            + "name" = "VyOS System"
+          }
+        + tags_all                             = {
+            + "name" = "VyOS System"
+          }
+        + tenancy                              = (known after apply)
+        + user_data                            = (known after apply)
+        + user_data_base64                     = (known after apply)
+        + user_data_replace_on_change          = false
+        + vpc_security_group_ids               = (known after apply)
+      }
+  
+    # local_file.ip will be created
+    + resource "local_file" "ip" {
+        + content              = (known after apply)
+        + content_base64sha256 = (known after apply)
+        + content_base64sha512 = (known after apply)
+        + content_md5          = (known after apply)
+        + content_sha1         = (known after apply)
+        + content_sha256       = (known after apply)
+        + content_sha512       = (known after apply)
+        + directory_permission = "0777"
+        + file_permission      = "0777"
+        + filename             = "ip.txt"
+        + id                   = (known after apply)
+      }
+  
+    # null_resource.SSHconnection1 will be created
+    + resource "null_resource" "SSHconnection1" {
+        + id = (known after apply)
+      }
+  
+    # null_resource.SSHconnection2 will be created
+    + resource "null_resource" "SSHconnection2" {
+        + id = (known after apply)
+      }
+  
+  Plan: 4 to add, 0 to change, 0 to destroy.
+  
+  Changes to Outputs:
+    + my_IP = (known after apply)
+  
+  Do you want to perform these actions?
+    Terraform will perform the actions described above.
+    Only 'yes' will be accepted to approve.
+  
+    Enter a value: yes
+  
+  aws_instance.myVyOSec2: Creating...
+  aws_instance.myVyOSec2: Still creating... [10s elapsed]
+  aws_instance.myVyOSec2: Still creating... [20s elapsed]
+  aws_instance.myVyOSec2: Still creating... [30s elapsed]
+  aws_instance.myVyOSec2: Still creating... [40s elapsed]
+  aws_instance.myVyOSec2: Creation complete after 44s [id=i-09edfca15aac2fe0a]
+  null_resource.SSHconnection1: Creating...
+  null_resource.SSHconnection2: Creating...
+  null_resource.SSHconnection1: Provisioning with 'file'...
+  null_resource.SSHconnection2: Provisioning with 'remote-exec'...
+  null_resource.SSHconnection2 (remote-exec): Connecting to remote host via SSH...
+  null_resource.SSHconnection2 (remote-exec):   Host: 10.217.80.104
+  null_resource.SSHconnection2 (remote-exec):   User: root
+  null_resource.SSHconnection2 (remote-exec):   Password: true
+  null_resource.SSHconnection2 (remote-exec):   Private key: false
+  null_resource.SSHconnection2 (remote-exec):   Certificate: false
+  null_resource.SSHconnection2 (remote-exec):   SSH Agent: false
+  null_resource.SSHconnection2 (remote-exec):   Checking Host Key: false
+  null_resource.SSHconnection2 (remote-exec):   Target Platform: unix
+  local_file.ip: Creating...
+  local_file.ip: Creation complete after 0s [id=e8e91f2e24579cd28b92e2d152c0c24c3bf4b52c]
+  null_resource.SSHconnection2 (remote-exec): Connected!
+  null_resource.SSHconnection1: Creation complete after 0s [id=7070868940858935600]
+  
+  null_resource.SSHconnection2 (remote-exec): PLAY [integration of terraform and ansible] ************************************
+  
+  null_resource.SSHconnection2 (remote-exec): TASK [Wait 300 seconds, but only start checking after 60 seconds] **************
+  null_resource.SSHconnection2: Still creating... [10s elapsed]
+  null_resource.SSHconnection2: Still creating... [20s elapsed]
+  null_resource.SSHconnection2: Still creating... [30s elapsed]
+  null_resource.SSHconnection2: Still creating... [40s elapsed]
+  null_resource.SSHconnection2: Still creating... [50s elapsed]
+  null_resource.SSHconnection2: Still creating... [1m0s elapsed]
+  null_resource.SSHconnection2 (remote-exec): ok: [54.144.84.120]
+  
+  null_resource.SSHconnection2 (remote-exec): TASK [Configure general settings for the vyos hosts group] *********************
+  null_resource.SSHconnection2: Still creating... [1m10s elapsed]
+  null_resource.SSHconnection2 (remote-exec): changed: [54.144.84.120]
+  
+  null_resource.SSHconnection2 (remote-exec): PLAY RECAP *********************************************************************
+  null_resource.SSHconnection2 (remote-exec): 54.144.84.120              : ok=2    changed=1    unreachable=0    failed=0    skipped=0    rescued=0    ignored=0
+  
+  null_resource.SSHconnection2: Creation complete after 1m16s [id=4902256962410024771]
+  
+  Apply complete! Resources: 4 added, 0 changed, 0 destroyed.
+  
+  Outputs:
+  
+  my_IP = "54.144.84.120"
+  
+
+
+After executing all the commands you will have your VyOS instance on the AWS cloud with your configuration, it's a very convenient desition.
+If you need to delete the instance please type the command:
+
+.. code-block:: none
+
+   #terraform destroy
+
+
+Troubleshooting
+---------------
+
+1. Ansible doesn't connect via SSH to your AWS instance: you have to check that your SSH key has copied into the path /root/aws/.
+Also, increase the time in the file instance.yml from 300 sec to 500 sec or more. (It depends on your location).
+Make sure that you have opened access to the instance in the security group.
+
+2. Terraform doesn't connect via SSH to your Ansible instance: you have to check the correct login and password in the part of the file vyos. tf
+
+.. code-block:: none
+
+  connection {
+   type     = "ssh"  
+   user     = "root"              # open root access using login and password on your Ansible
+   password = var.password        # check password in the file terraform.tfvars isn't empty
+       host = var.host            # check the correct IP address of your Ansible host
+  }
+
+
+Make sure that Ansible is pinging from Terrafom.
+
+Structure of files Terrafom for AWS
+-----------------------------------
+
+.. code-block:: none
+
+ .
+ ├── vyos.tf				# The main script
+ ├── var.tf					# File for the changing version of Terraform.
+ ├── versions.tf			# The file of all variables in "vyos.tf"
+ └── terraform.tfvars		# The value of all variables (passwords, login, ip adresses and so on)
+ 
+
+ 
+File contents of Terrafom for AWS
+---------------------------------
+
+vyos.tf
+
+.. code-block:: none
+
+
+  ##############################################################################
+  # Build an VyOS VM from the Marketplace
+  # To finde nessesery AMI image_ in AWS
+  #
+  # In the script vyos.tf we'll use default values (you can chang it as you need)
+  # AWS Region = "us-east-1"
+  # AMI        = "standard AMI of VyOS from AWS Marketplace"
+  # Size of VM = "t2.micro"
+  # AWS Region = "us-east-1"
+  # After deploying the AWS instance and getting an IP address, the IP address is copied into the file  
+  #"ip.txt" and copied to the Ansible node for provisioning.
+  ##############################################################################
+
+  provider "aws" {
+   access_key = var.access 
+   secret_key = var.secret 
+   region = var.region
+  }
+  
+  variable "region" {
+   default = "us-east-1"
+   description = "AWS Region"
+  }
+  
+  variable "ami" {
+   default = "ami-**************3b3"                        # ami image please enter your details  
+   description = "Amazon Machine Image ID for VyOS"
+  }
+  
+  variable "type" {
+   default = "t2.micro"
+   description = "Size of VM"
+  }
+  
+  # my resource for VyOS
+  
+  resource "aws_instance" "myVyOSec2" {
+   ami = var.ami
+   key_name = "awsterraform"                                      # Please enter your details from 1.2 of Preparation steps for deploying VyOS on AWS 
+   security_groups = ["awsterraformsg"]                           # Please enter your details from 1.3 of Preparation steps for deploying VyOS on AWS 
+   instance_type = var.type
+   tags = {
+     name = "VyOS System"
+   }
+  }
+
+  ##############################################################################
+  # specific variable (to getting type "terraform plan"):
+  # aws_instance.myVyOSec2.public_ip - the information about public IP address
+  # of our instance, needs for provisioning and ssh connection from Ansible
+  ##############################################################################
+  
+  output "my_IP"{
+  value = aws_instance.myVyOSec2.public_ip
+  }
+  
+  ##############################################################################
+  # 
+  # IP of aws instance copied to a file ip.txt in local system Terraform
+  # ip.txt looks like: 
+  # cat ./ip.txt
+  # ххх.ххх.ххх.ххх
+  ##############################################################################
+  
+  resource "local_file" "ip" {
+      content  = aws_instance.myVyOSec2.public_ip
+      filename = "ip.txt"
+  }
+  
+  #connecting to the Ansible control node using SSH connection
+
+  ##############################################################################
+  # Steps "SSHconnection1" and "SSHconnection2" need to get file ip.txt from the terraform node and start remotely the playbook of Ansible.
+  ##############################################################################
+  
+  resource "null_resource" "SSHconnection1" {
+  depends_on = [aws_instance.myVyOSec2] 
+  connection {
+   type     = "ssh"
+   user     = "root"
+   password = var.password
+       host = var.host
+  }
+  
+  #copying the ip.txt file to the Ansible control node from local system 
+
+   provisioner "file" {
+      source      = "ip.txt"
+      destination = "/root/aws/ip.txt"                             # The folder of your Ansible project
+         }
+  }
+  
+  resource "null_resource" "SSHconnection2" {
+  depends_on = [aws_instance.myVyOSec2]  
+  connection {
+  	type     = "ssh"
+  	user     = "root"
+  	password = var.password
+      	host = var.host
+  }
+  #command to run Ansible playbook on remote Linux OS
+  provisioner "remote-exec" {
+      inline = [
+  	"cd /root/aws/",
+  	"ansible-playbook instance.yml"                               # more detailed in "File contents of Ansible for AWS"
+  ]
+  }
+  }
+
+
+var.tf
+
+.. code-block:: none
+
+  variable "password" {
+     description = "pass for Ansible"
+     type = string
+     sensitive = true
+  }
+  variable "host"{
+     description = "The IP of my Ansible"
+	 type = string
+  }
+  variable "access" {
+     description = "my access_key for AWS"
+     type = string
+     sensitive = true
+  }
+  variable "secret" {
+     description = "my secret_key for AWS"
+     type = string
+     sensitive = true
+  }
+  
+versions.tf
+
+.. code-block:: none
+
+   terraform {
+    required_providers {
+      aws = {
+        source  = "hashicorp/aws"
+        version = "~> 5.0"
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+terraform.tfvars
+
+.. code-block:: none
+
+  password  = ""   # password for Ansible SSH
+  host      = ""   # IP of my Ansible
+  access    = ""   # access_key for AWS
+  secret    = ""   # secret_key for AWS
+
+
+Structure of files Ansible for AWS
+----------------------------------
+
+.. code-block:: none
+
+ .
+ ├── group_vars
+     └── all
+ ├── ansible.cfg
+ ├── mykey.pem
+ └── instance.yml
+ 
+ 
+File contents of Ansible for AWS
+--------------------------------
+
+ansible.cfg
+
+.. code-block:: none
+
+  [defaults]
+  inventory = /root/aws/ip.txt
+  host_key_checking= False
+  private_key_file = /root/aws/awsterraform.pem         # check the name
+  remote_user=vyos
+
+mykey.pem
+
+.. code-block:: none
+
+  Copy your key.pem from AWS
+
+
+instance.yml
+
+
+
+.. code-block:: none
+
+  ##############################################################################
+  # About tasks:
+  # "Wait 300 seconds, but only start checking after 60 seconds" - try to make ssh connection every 60 seconds until 300 seconds
+  # "Configure general settings for the vyos hosts group" - make provisioning into AWS VyOS node
+  # You have to add all necessary cammans of VyOS under the block "lines:"
+  ##############################################################################
+
+
+  - name: integration of terraform and ansible
+    hosts: all
+    gather_facts: 'no'
+  
+    tasks:
+  
+      - name: "Wait 300 seconds, but only start checking after 60 seconds"
+        wait_for_connection:
+          delay: 60
+          timeout: 300
+  
+      - name: "Configure general settings for the vyos hosts group"
+        vyos_config:
+          lines:
+            - set system name-server 8.8.8.8
+          save:
+            true
+
+
+all
+
+.. code-block:: none
+
+  ansible_connection: ansible.netcommon.network_cli
+  ansible_network_os: vyos.vyos.vyos
+  ansible_user: vyos
+
+Sourse files for AWS from GIT
+-----------------------------
+
+All files about the article can be found here_
+
+
+.. _link: https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform/intro
+.. _install: https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform/tutorials/aws-get-started/install-cli
+.. _pair: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/create-key-pairs.html
+.. _group: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-services-ec2-sg.html
+.. _image: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/AMIs.html
+.. _here: https://github.com/vyos/vyos-automation/tree/main/TerraformCloud/AWS_terraform_ansible_single_vyos_instance-main
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