TerraformAWS
AWS VPC + Subnets
Production-ready VPC with public and private subnets across 3 AZs, NAT Gateways, and route tables.
networkingvpcsubnetsnat-gateway
Prerequisites
- •
AWS credentials configured (`aws configure` or environment variables) - •
Terraform >= 1.5.0 - •
AWS provider >= 5.0
Template Code
# ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
# AWS VPC + Public/Private Subnets (3 AZs) with NAT Gateways
# ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
terraform {
required_version = ">= 1.5.0"
required_providers {
aws = {
source = "hashicorp/aws"
version = "~> 5.0"
}
}
}
provider "aws" {
region = var.region
}
variable "region" { default = "us-east-1" }
variable "environment" { default = "production" }
variable "vpc_cidr" { default = "10.0.0.0/16" }
# ── Data ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
data "aws_availability_zones" "available" {
state = "available"
}
locals {
azs = slice(data.aws_availability_zones.available.names, 0, 3)
public_subnets = ["10.0.1.0/24", "10.0.2.0/24", "10.0.3.0/24"]
private_subnets = ["10.0.11.0/24", "10.0.12.0/24", "10.0.13.0/24"]
}
# ── VPC ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
resource "aws_vpc" "main" {
cidr_block = var.vpc_cidr
enable_dns_support = true
enable_dns_hostnames = true
tags = {
Name = "${var.environment}-vpc"
Environment = var.environment
}
}
# ── Internet Gateway ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
resource "aws_internet_gateway" "main" {
vpc_id = aws_vpc.main.id
tags = { Name = "${var.environment}-igw" }
}
# ── Public Subnets ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
resource "aws_subnet" "public" {
count = length(local.azs)
vpc_id = aws_vpc.main.id
cidr_block = local.public_subnets[count.index]
availability_zone = local.azs[count.index]
map_public_ip_on_launch = true
tags = {
Name = "${var.environment}-public-${local.azs[count.index]}"
"kubernetes.io/role/elb" = "1" # Required for EKS ALB
}
}
# ── Private Subnets ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
resource "aws_subnet" "private" {
count = length(local.azs)
vpc_id = aws_vpc.main.id
cidr_block = local.private_subnets[count.index]
availability_zone = local.azs[count.index]
tags = {
Name = "${var.environment}-private-${local.azs[count.index]}"
"kubernetes.io/role/internal-elb" = "1" # Required for EKS internal ALB
}
}
# ── Elastic IPs for NAT Gateways ─────────────────────────────────────────────
resource "aws_eip" "nat" {
count = length(local.azs)
domain = "vpc"
tags = { Name = "${var.environment}-nat-eip-${count.index + 1}" }
}
# ── NAT Gateways (one per AZ for HA) ─────────────────────────────────────────
resource "aws_nat_gateway" "main" {
count = length(local.azs)
allocation_id = aws_eip.nat[count.index].id
subnet_id = aws_subnet.public[count.index].id
tags = { Name = "${var.environment}-nat-${local.azs[count.index]}" }
depends_on = [aws_internet_gateway.main]
}
# ── Public Route Table ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
resource "aws_route_table" "public" {
vpc_id = aws_vpc.main.id
route {
cidr_block = "0.0.0.0/0"
gateway_id = aws_internet_gateway.main.id
}
tags = { Name = "${var.environment}-public-rt" }
}
resource "aws_route_table_association" "public" {
count = length(aws_subnet.public)
subnet_id = aws_subnet.public[count.index].id
route_table_id = aws_route_table.public.id
}
# ── Private Route Tables (one per AZ) ────────────────────────────────────────
resource "aws_route_table" "private" {
count = length(local.azs)
vpc_id = aws_vpc.main.id
route {
cidr_block = "0.0.0.0/0"
nat_gateway_id = aws_nat_gateway.main[count.index].id
}
tags = { Name = "${var.environment}-private-rt-${local.azs[count.index]}" }
}
resource "aws_route_table_association" "private" {
count = length(aws_subnet.private)
subnet_id = aws_subnet.private[count.index].id
route_table_id = aws_route_table.private[count.index].id
}
# ── Outputs ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
output "vpc_id" { value = aws_vpc.main.id }
output "public_subnet_ids" { value = aws_subnet.public[*].id }
output "private_subnet_ids" { value = aws_subnet.private[*].id }
Usage
terraform init terraform plan -var="environment=production" terraform apply -var="environment=production"