add aws_vpc_peering_connections to list all available peering connections

[moshea]

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Description

• Add aws_vpc_peering_connections
  list all peering connections using filters, returning ids, cidr_blocks
  and peer_cidr_blocks
  useful when trying to build route tables between vpcs with multiple
  peering connections managed in different state files

New or Affected Resource(s)

• aws_vpc_peering_connections

Potential Terraform Configuration

# Declare the data source
data "aws_vpc_peering_connections" "pcs" {
  filter {
    name = "requester-vpc-info.vpc-id"
    values = ["${aws_vpc.foo.id}"]
  }
}

# Create a route table
resource "aws_route_table" "rt" {
  vpc_id = "${aws_vpc.foo.id}"
}

# Create a route
resource "aws_route" "r" {
  count                     = "${length(data.aws_vpc_peering_connections.pcs.ids)}"
  route_table_id            = "${aws_route_table.rt.id}"
  destination_cidr_block    = "${element(data.aws_vpc_peering_connections.pcs.peer_cidr_blocks, count.index)}"
  vpc_peering_connection_id = "${element(data.aws_vpc_peering_connections.pcs.ids, count.index)}"
}

References

[moshea]

submitted a pull request for this too
#6351

[bflad]

Support for this new data source has been merged and will release with version 3.5.0 of the Terraform AWS Provider, likely on Thursday. Thanks to @moshea and @tmccombs for the implementation. 👍

[ghost]

This has been released in version 3.5.0 of the Terraform AWS provider. Please see the Terraform documentation on provider versioning or reach out if you need any assistance upgrading.

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