This component is responsible for provisioning an AmazonMQ broker and corresponding security group.

Usage

Stack Level: Regional

Here's an example snippet for how to use this component.

components:
  terraform:
    mq-broker:
      vars:
        enabled: true
        apply_immediately: true
        auto_minor_version_upgrade: true
        deployment_mode: "ACTIVE_STANDBY_MULTI_AZ"
        engine_type: "ActiveMQ"
        engine_version: "5.15.14"
        host_instance_type: "mq.t3.micro"
        publicly_accessible: false
        general_log_enabled: true
        audit_log_enabled: true
        encryption_enabled: true
        use_aws_owned_key: true

Requirements

Name	Version
terraform	>= 1.0.0
aws	>= 4.0
local	>= 2.4
template	>= 2.2
utils	>= 1.10.0

Providers

No providers.

Modules

Name	Source	Version
eks	cloudposse/stack-config/yaml//modules/remote-state	1.5.0
iam_roles	../account-map/modules/iam-roles	n/a
mq_broker	cloudposse/mq-broker/aws	3.0.0
this	cloudposse/label/null	0.25.0
vpc	cloudposse/stack-config/yaml//modules/remote-state	1.5.0

Resources

No resources.

Inputs

Name	Description	Type	Default	Required
additional_tag_map	Additional key-value pairs to add to each map in tags_as_list_of_maps. Not added to tags or id. This is for some rare cases where resources want additional configuration of tags and therefore take a list of maps with tag key, value, and additional configuration.	map(string)	{}	no
allowed_cidr_blocks	List of CIDR blocks that are allowed ingress to the broker's Security Group created in the module	list(string)	[]	no
allowed_security_groups	List of security groups to be allowed to connect to the broker instance	list(string)	[]	no
apply_immediately	Specifies whether any cluster modifications are applied immediately, or during the next maintenance window	bool	false	no
attributes	ID element. Additional attributes (e.g. workers or cluster) to add to id, in the order they appear in the list. New attributes are appended to the end of the list. The elements of the list are joined by the delimiter and treated as a single ID element.	list(string)	[]	no
audit_log_enabled	Enables audit logging. User management action made using JMX or the ActiveMQ Web Console is logged	bool	true	no
auto_minor_version_upgrade	Enables automatic upgrades to new minor versions for brokers, as Apache releases the versions	bool	false	no
context	Single object for setting entire context at once. See description of individual variables for details. Leave string and numeric variables as null to use default value. Individual variable settings (non-null) override settings in context object, except for attributes, tags, and additional_tag_map, which are merged.	any	{ "additional_tag_map": {}, "attributes": [], "delimiter": null, "descriptor_formats": {}, "enabled": true, "environment": null, "id_length_limit": null, "label_key_case": null, "label_order": [], "label_value_case": null, "labels_as_tags": [ "unset" ], "name": null, "namespace": null, "regex_replace_chars": null, "stage": null, "tags": {}, "tenant": null }	no
delimiter	Delimiter to be used between ID elements. Defaults to - (hyphen). Set to "" to use no delimiter at all.	string	null	no
deployment_mode	The deployment mode of the broker. Supported: SINGLE_INSTANCE and ACTIVE_STANDBY_MULTI_AZ	string	"ACTIVE_STANDBY_MULTI_AZ"	no
descriptor_formats	Describe additional descriptors to be output in the descriptors output map. Map of maps. Keys are names of descriptors. Values are maps of the form {<br/> format = string<br/> labels = list(string)<br/>} (Type is any so the map values can later be enhanced to provide additional options.) format is a Terraform format string to be passed to the format() function. labels is a list of labels, in order, to pass to format() function. Label values will be normalized before being passed to format() so they will be identical to how they appear in id. Default is {} (descriptors output will be empty).	any	{}	no
enabled	Set to false to prevent the module from creating any resources	bool	null	no
encryption_enabled	Flag to enable/disable Amazon MQ encryption at rest	bool	true	no
engine_type	Type of broker engine, ActiveMQ or RabbitMQ	string	"ActiveMQ"	no
engine_version	The version of the broker engine. See https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazon-mq/latest/developer-guide/broker-engine.html for more details	string	"5.15.14"	no
environment	ID element. Usually used for region e.g. 'uw2', 'us-west-2', OR role 'prod', 'staging', 'dev', 'UAT'	string	null	no
existing_security_groups	List of existing Security Group IDs to place the broker into. Set use_existing_security_groups to true to enable using existing_security_groups as Security Groups for the broker	list(string)	[]	no
general_log_enabled	Enables general logging via CloudWatch	bool	true	no
host_instance_type	The broker's instance type. e.g. mq.t2.micro or mq.m4.large	string	"mq.t3.micro"	no
id_length_limit	Limit id to this many characters (minimum 6). Set to 0 for unlimited length. Set to null for keep the existing setting, which defaults to 0. Does not affect id_full.	number	null	no
kms_mq_key_arn	ARN of the AWS KMS key used for Amazon MQ encryption	string	null	no
kms_ssm_key_arn	ARN of the AWS KMS key used for SSM encryption	string	"alias/aws/ssm"	no
label_key_case	Controls the letter case of the tags keys (label names) for tags generated by this module. Does not affect keys of tags passed in via the tags input. Possible values: lower, title, upper. Default value: title.	string	null	no
label_order	The order in which the labels (ID elements) appear in the id. Defaults to ["namespace", "environment", "stage", "name", "attributes"]. You can omit any of the 6 labels ("tenant" is the 6th), but at least one must be present.	list(string)	null	no
label_value_case	Controls the letter case of ID elements (labels) as included in id, set as tag values, and output by this module individually. Does not affect values of tags passed in via the tags input. Possible values: lower, title, upper and none (no transformation). Set this to title and set delimiter to "" to yield Pascal Case IDs. Default value: lower.	string	null	no
labels_as_tags	Set of labels (ID elements) to include as tags in the tags output. Default is to include all labels. Tags with empty values will not be included in the tags output. Set to [] to suppress all generated tags. Notes: The value of the name tag, if included, will be the id, not the name. Unlike other null-label inputs, the initial setting of labels_as_tags cannot be changed in later chained modules. Attempts to change it will be silently ignored.	set(string)	[ "default" ]	no
maintenance_day_of_week	The maintenance day of the week. e.g. MONDAY, TUESDAY, or WEDNESDAY	string	"SUNDAY"	no
maintenance_time_of_day	The maintenance time, in 24-hour format. e.g. 02:00	string	"03:00"	no
maintenance_time_zone	The maintenance time zone, in either the Country/City format, or the UTC offset format. e.g. CET	string	"UTC"	no
mq_admin_password	Admin password	string	null	no
mq_admin_password_ssm_parameter_name	SSM parameter name for Admin password	string	"mq_admin_password"	no
mq_admin_user	Admin username	string	null	no
mq_admin_user_ssm_parameter_name	SSM parameter name for Admin username	string	"mq_admin_username"	no
mq_application_password	Application password	string	null	no
mq_application_password_ssm_parameter_name	SSM parameter name for Application password	string	"mq_application_password"	no
mq_application_user	Application username	string	null	no
mq_application_user_ssm_parameter_name	SSM parameter name for Application username	string	"mq_application_username"	no
name	ID element. Usually the component or solution name, e.g. 'app' or 'jenkins'. This is the only ID element not also included as a tag. The "name" tag is set to the full id string. There is no tag with the value of the name input.	string	null	no
namespace	ID element. Usually an abbreviation of your organization name, e.g. 'eg' or 'cp', to help ensure generated IDs are globally unique	string	null	no
overwrite_ssm_parameter	Whether to overwrite an existing SSM parameter	bool	true	no
publicly_accessible	Whether to enable connections from applications outside of the VPC that hosts the broker's subnets	bool	false	no
regex_replace_chars	Terraform regular expression (regex) string. Characters matching the regex will be removed from the ID elements. If not set, "/[^a-zA-Z0-9-]/" is used to remove all characters other than hyphens, letters and digits.	string	null	no
region	AWS Region	string	n/a	yes
ssm_parameter_name_format	SSM parameter name format	string	"/%s/%s"	no
ssm_path	SSM path	string	"mq"	no
stage	ID element. Usually used to indicate role, e.g. 'prod', 'staging', 'source', 'build', 'test', 'deploy', 'release'	string	null	no
tags	Additional tags (e.g. {'BusinessUnit': 'XYZ'}). Neither the tag keys nor the tag values will be modified by this module.	map(string)	{}	no
tenant	ID element _(Rarely used, not included by default)_. A customer identifier, indicating who this instance of a resource is for	string	null	no
use_aws_owned_key	Boolean to enable an AWS owned Key Management Service (KMS) Customer Master Key (CMK) for Amazon MQ encryption that is not in your account	bool	true	no
use_existing_security_groups	Flag to enable/disable creation of Security Group in the module. Set to true to disable Security Group creation and provide a list of existing security Group IDs in existing_security_groups to place the broker into	bool	false	no

Outputs

Name	Description
admin_username	AmazonMQ admin username
application_username	AmazonMQ application username
broker_arn	AmazonMQ broker ARN
broker_id	AmazonMQ broker ID
primary_amqp_ssl_endpoint	AmazonMQ primary AMQP+SSL endpoint
primary_console_url	AmazonMQ active web console URL
primary_ip_address	AmazonMQ primary IP address
primary_mqtt_ssl_endpoint	AmazonMQ primary MQTT+SSL endpoint
primary_ssl_endpoint	AmazonMQ primary SSL endpoint
primary_stomp_ssl_endpoint	AmazonMQ primary STOMP+SSL endpoint
primary_wss_endpoint	AmazonMQ primary WSS endpoint
secondary_amqp_ssl_endpoint	AmazonMQ secondary AMQP+SSL endpoint
secondary_console_url	AmazonMQ secondary web console URL
secondary_ip_address	AmazonMQ secondary IP address
secondary_mqtt_ssl_endpoint	AmazonMQ secondary MQTT+SSL endpoint
secondary_ssl_endpoint	AmazonMQ secondary SSL endpoint
secondary_stomp_ssl_endpoint	AmazonMQ secondary STOMP+SSL endpoint
secondary_wss_endpoint	AmazonMQ secondary WSS endpoint
security_group_arn	The ARN of the created security group
security_group_id	AmazonMQ security group id
security_group_name	The name of the created security group

References

• cloudposse/terraform-aws-components - Cloud Posse's upstream component

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