raindancers-network.raindancers-cdk 1.1.0

Extensions to the ec2.Vpc Constructs

Raindancers Network Construct Library

The raindancers network package contains constructs that construct to provide additional network capablitys, particually for using in an enterprise network.

All of the methods that work with ec2.Vpc, work with Evpc. Refer to the ec2.Vpc Documentation

Note: This Construct Library is now functional, but expect considerable change over time.

The authors of this construct encourage and welcome PR's. Please raise an issue to start

import { Evpc } from 'raindancers-cdk.raindancers-network';

VPC

Many projects need a Virtual Private Cloud network. This can be provided by creating an instance of EVpc :

const shineyEvpc = new Evpc(this, 'EnterpriseVPC');

Using IPAM address Pool for Addressing in Cidr

Creating a vpc that gets its Ip Address allocation from an IPAM pool, requires providing a netmask and ipamPoolId. Only one of ipamPoolId or cidr is allowed. The underlying resource that creates a VPC natively consumes IPAM.

const shineyEpvc = new Evpc(this, 'EnterpriseVPC', {
	ipamPoolId: 'pool-00000122344',
	netmaskLength: 24
})

Centralised Flow Logs and Athena Querys.

This construct will create a flow log, that is written to a centralised flow log bucket. The construct expects to find the bucket name in they key flowlogbucket in cdk.json. (This typically is in the log-archive acount, set up by Control Tower). This requires that the buckets policy allows access. To DISABLE this feature, set the disableFLowLog to false. By default the flow log will aggregate flow logs at a 10minute internal. To enable aggregation on a 1 minute interval, set the oneMinuteFlowLogs property to true.

The construct will also create a set of Athena querys and glue jobs that will provide an easy way to query the flow logs from within the account that the vpc is created.

const shineyEpvc = new Evpc(this, 'EnterpriseVPC', {
	disableFlowlog: false,
	oneMinuteFlowLogs: true
})

Subnets

The construct creates subnets in the same way that the ec2.Vpc construct does. in order to connect the VPC to a cloudWAN, the construct requires that a subnet group called 'linknets' is created. This is where the attachments for cloudwan will be created.

const shiney = new Evpc(this, 'Shineyvpc', {
	r53InternalZoneName: 'thing.domain.com'
	ipamPoolId: 'ip-pool-id',
	subnetConfiguration: [
		{
			name: 'linknet',
			subnetType: ec2.SubnetType.PRIVATE_ISOLATED,
			cidrMask: 28
		},
	]
	}
)

Attaching a VPC to cloud wan.

To attach a vpc to a cloudwan, use the attachToCloudWan method, for example to connect to a core network 'AcmeCore' and segment 'AppsProd'; The attachments to cloudwan will be made in the linknets subnets

const shineyVpc = new Evpc: Evpc;
shineyVpc.attachToCloudWan('AcmeCore', 'AppsProd')

This method returns the attachmentId, which is used in the routing methods.

Attaching a VPC to a TransitGateway in Appliance Mode.

(very beta and potentially buggy) TODO: Write doc's

Adding Routes to Cloudwan attached VPC's

A number of convience methods are provided to add routes to the cloudwan; For example to add a default route (0/0) in all privatesubnets

shineyVpc.addRouteForPrivateSubnetstoCloudwan('0.0.0.0/0', attachmentId)

Similar method exisits for PublicSubnets, TransitGateways Instances and Firewalls.

Internal Route53 Zones

A internal Route53 Zone can be created and associated with the Vpc, by specifying the r53InternalZoneName property

const shineyEpvc = new Evpc(this, 'EnterpriseVPC', {
	r53InternalZoneName: 'internal.somedomain.cloud',
})

DNS Methods

To do. associateVPCZonewithCentralVPC associateSharedRoute53ResolverRules

IPAM

This package contains constructs for integrating with Amazon IP Address Manager. While the IPAM Service is GA and provides a very useful service, only a handful of services natively support ingesting a IPAM allocated address ( ie, VPC ).

For futher infomation on Amazon IPAM, see the IPAM Documentation

Using IPAM for IPsec VPN tunnel addresses

The Cidr ranges for IPSec VPN Tunnels must comply to several constraints.

• they must be a /30
• they must be subnets of 169.254.0.0/16
• they must not conflict with the reserved subnets ( see docs above )

The following example demonstrates how the constructs can be used to create an address Pool and suitable allocations, that met these criteria

const tunnelIPAMPool = new kapua_ipam.IpsecTunnelPool(this, 'ipampool', {
	ipamScopeId: 'ipam-scope-00112233445566778',
	cidr: '169.254.100.0/27',
	description: 'Addressing for IPSec Tunnels between ap-southeast-2 and on prem',
	name: 'ToOnPremVPNTunnels'
})


var assignedCidrs: string[] = []

const tunnelAllocation = new GetTunnelAddressPair(this, `${name}tunneladdress`,{
	ipamPoolId: tunnelIPAMPool.attrIpamPoolId,
	name: name
})

assignedCidrs = tunnelAllocation.assignedCidrPair