Bastion Host

Terraform module to bootstrap a bastion host in AWS using EC2.

Usage

module "bastion" {
  source                       = "../../modules/bastion"
  region = "us-east-1"

  name                         = "example-bastion"

  vpc_id                       = "vpc-1234567890"
  subnets                      = ["subnet-1234567890", "subnet-0987654321"]
  associate_public_ip_address  = true
  associate_elastic_ip_address = true
}

Inputs

Name	Description	Default	Required
name	Name to use for resources, tags, etc	""
tags	Any extra tags to assign to objects	{}
region	Region to deploy to	"us-east-1"
vpc_id	VPC to use for resources	""	✅
subnets	Subnets to use for resources	[]	✅
associate_public_ip_address	Whether to associate a public IP address with the instance	true
associate_elastic_ip_address	Whether to associate an elastic IP address with the instance	false
ami	AMI to use for the instance	""
instance_type	Instance type to use	"t2.medium"
allowed_cidrs	List of CIDRs to allow SSH access from	"0.0.0.0/0"
key_name	Name of the key pair to use for SSH access	""

Outputs

Name	Description
instance_id	ID of the bastion host
ec2_ssh	SSH command to connect to the bastion host
ec2_instance_profile	IAM instance profile attached to the bastion host