Terraform Module: terraform-module-aws-lb

Terraform module for Load Balancer

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This is a stable example. It should successfully build out of the box

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General

This module provides a Load Balancer resources in AWS cloud provider.......

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Prerequisites

This module needs Terraform 0.12.19 or newer. You can download the latest Terraform version from here.

This module deploys aws services details are in respective feature branches.

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Features

Below we are able to check the resources that are being created as part of this module call:

• Load Balancer

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Usage

Using this repo

To use this module, add the following call to your code:

• Example: For Application Load Balancer

module "alb" {
  source = "git::https://github.com/nitinda/terraform-module-aws-lb.git?ref=master"

  providers = {
    aws = aws.services
  }

  name = "alb"

  security_groups = [
      module.security_group_alb.id
  ]

  subnets = [
      module.vpc_subnet_public_1a.id,
      module.vpc_subnet_public_1b.id
  ]

  tags = merge(
    var.common_tags,
    {
      Environment = "prod"
      Name        = "alb"
    }
  )
}

• Example: For Network Load Balancer

module "nlb" {
  source = "git::https://github.com/nitinda/terraform-module-aws-lb.git?ref=master"

  providers = {
    aws = aws.services
  }

  name               = "nlb"
  load_balancer_type = "network"

  subnets = [
      module.vpc_subnet_public_1a.id,
      module.vpc_subnet_public_1b.id
  ]

  tags = merge(
    var.common_tags,
    {
      Environment = "prod"
      Name        = "nlb"
    }
  )
}

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Inputs

The variables required in order for the module to be successfully called from the deployment repository are the following:

Variable	Description	Type	Argument Status	Default Value
name	The name of the LB	string	Optional	null
name	Creates a unique name beginning with the specified prefix	string	Optional	null
internal	If true, the LB will be internal	bool	Optional	false
load_balancer_type	The type of load balancer to create	string	Optional	application
security_groups	ALB security group. This is a Application load balancer feature.	list(string)	Optional	[]
access_logs	An Access Logs block	map(string)	Optional	{}
subnets	A list of subnet IDs to attach to the LB	list(string)	Optional	[]
subnet_mapping	A subnet mapping block as documented below	map(string)	Optional	{}
enable_deletion_protection	If true, deletion of the load balancer will be disabled via the AWS API	boolean	Optional	false
enable_cross_zone_load_balancing	If true, cross-zone load balancing of the load balancer will be enabled. This is a network load balancer feature.	boolean	Optional	false
enable_http2	Indicates whether HTTP/2 is enabled in application load balancers	boolean	Optional	true
tags	A mapping of tags to assign to the resource	map(string)	Optional	{}

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Outputs

• dns_name
• id
• arn

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Usage

The output variable is able to be accessed through terraform state file using the syntax below:

data.terraform_remote_state.<module_name>.<output_variable_name>

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Authors

Module maintained by Module maintained by the - Nitin Das