# ec2\_vpc default gw not working? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [February 24, 2015, 8:36pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ec2-vpc-default-gw-not-working/17613 "2015-02-24T20:36:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Pablo\_Escobar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8797f3/32.png) [@Pablo\_Escobar](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Pablo_Escobar)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 8:36pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ec2-vpc-default-gw-not-working/17613/1 "2015-02-24T20:36:32Z")
Hi, I have been doing some tests to deploy a ec2 vpc with ansible but I cannot manage to configure the default gw so the machines inside the vpc have no internet access. After doing some debugging in my playbook I just copied&paste the example from the documentation in [http://docs.ansible.com/ec2\_vpc\_module.html](http://docs.ansible.com/ec2_vpc_module.html) to see if it works but still I don’t get the default gw in the vpc This is the example I tried from documentation which is not working for me. (just changing availability zone and region) I am using ansible 1.8.2 in ubuntu14.04 with python 2.7.6 any clue about how to fix this? ```auto # Full creation example with subnets and optional availability zones. # The absence or presence of subnets deletes or creates them respectively. ec2_vpc: state: present cidr_block: [172.22.0.0/16](http://172.22.0.0/16) resource_tags: { "Environment":"Development" } subnets: - cidr: [172.22.1.0/24](http://172.22.1.0/24) az: us-west-2c resource_tags: { "Environment":"Dev", "Tier" : "Web" } - cidr: [172.22.2.0/24](http://172.22.2.0/24) az: us-west-2b resource_tags: { "Environment":"Dev", "Tier" : "App" } - cidr: [172.22.3.0/24](http://172.22.3.0/24) az: us-west-2a resource_tags: { "Environment":"Dev", "Tier" : "DB" } internet_gateway: True route_tables: - subnets: - [172.22.2.0/24](http://172.22.2.0/24) - [172.22.3.0/24](http://172.22.3.0/24) routes: - dest: [0.0.0.0/0](http://0.0.0.0/0) gw: igw - subnets: - [172.22.1.0/24](http://172.22.1.0/24) routes: - dest: [0.0.0.0/0](http://0.0.0.0/0) gw: igw region: us-west-2 register: vpc ``` thanks in advance, Pablo ---
**Author:** ![vaida.dan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5daacb/32.png) [@vaida.dan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/vaida.dan)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2015, 9:41am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ec2-vpc-default-gw-not-working/17613/2 "2015-02-26T09:41:52Z")
So you’re saying that after running that the IGW is not associated with your subnet(s)? Also, can you confirm that the routing tables have the correct subnets associations? ---
**Author:** ![Pablo\_Escobar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8797f3/32.png) [@Pablo\_Escobar](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Pablo_Escobar)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2015, 11:51am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ec2-vpc-default-gw-not-working/17613/3 "2015-02-28T11:51:34Z")
> So you're saying that after running that the IGW is not associated with > your subnet(s)? yes. I have to manually add the IGW to the vpc in the console so the machines have internet access > Also, can you confirm that the routing tables have the correct subnets > associations? in the routes section I only get this; Destination Target Status Propagated 172.1.0.0/16 local Active No In the "subnets associations" section I get this: Subnet CIDR You do not have any subnet associations. The following subnets have not been associated with any route tables and are therefore using the main table routes: Subnet CIDR All your subnets are associated with a route table. ---
**Author:** ![vaida.dan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5daacb/32.png) [@vaida.dan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/vaida.dan)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2015, 5:11pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ec2-vpc-default-gw-not-working/17613/4 "2015-02-28T17:11:32Z")
Just had a look at all my tasks involving ec2\_vpc module and all of them have `internet_gateway: yes` I believe that is your problem. In that case, the documentation example should reflect this, as per the shown parameter values in the table. I took a look at ec2\_vpc.py and there isn’t anything suggesting that True/False values wouldn’t work, hence you get no error. Hope this helps, Dan. ---
**Author:** ![Pablo\_Escobar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8797f3/32.png) [@Pablo\_Escobar](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Pablo_Escobar)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2015, 9:34pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ec2-vpc-default-gw-not-working/17613/5 "2015-03-04T21:34:44Z")
Hi Dan, thanks for your help, but I run this playbook and still no IGW ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/1X/1882d9a01da5d8996a862359b0913cc568a39b84.svg) [@system](https://forum.ansible.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2015, 5:30am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ec2-vpc-default-gw-not-working/17613/6 "2015-03-05T05:30:46Z")
Hi Pablo, This is my working ansible task to create vpc: - name: VPC | Creating and AWS VPC inside mentioned Region local\_action: module: ec2\_vpc region: “{{ vpc\_region }}” state: present cidr\_block: “{{ cidr\_block }}” resource\_tags: { “Name”:“{{ vpc\_name| default(test) }}\_vpc” } subnets: - cidr: “{{ public\_cidr }}” az: “{{ public\_az }}” resource\_tags: { “Name”:“{{ vpc\_name| default(test) }}\_public\_subnet” } - cidr: “{{ private\_cidr }}” az: “{{ private\_az }}” resource\_tags: { “Name”:“{{ vpc\_name| default(test) }}\_private\_subnet” } internet\_gateway: True route\_tables: - subnets: - “{{ public\_cidr }}” routes: - dest: 0.0.0.0/0 gw: igw register: vpc here is my var/main.yml