DNS Configuration Conditioning :

- Add AWS_R53_ENABLED variable
- Update Documentation
- Add ToDo

README.md

@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 
 This project automates the deployment of ContainerLab on an AWS EC2 instance using Terraform for infrastructure provisioning and Ansible for software setup and configuration. It also configures a Route53 DNS record for easy access to the ContainerLab instance.
 
+## To Do
+
+- [ ] Improving documentation
+- [ ] Complete DNS configuration conditioning
+
 ## Prerequisites
 
 Before you begin, ensure you have the following prerequisites installed and configured:
@@ -84,7 +89,12 @@ The `network_images` folder is intended for Docker images that will be used by C
 
 - You can access the ContainerLab instance via SSH using the public IP or the DNS name provided by Route53.
 - The public IP of the instance can be found in the Terraform output.
-- The DNS name will be in the format containerlab `<your_route53_zone_name>`
+- The DNS name will be in the format containerlab `<your_route53_zone_name>`.
+
+> :warning: **ROUTE 53**  
+> By default, Route 53 is disabled to avoid errors in case of incomplete configuration.  
+> To enable it, modify the variables: `AWS_R53_ENABLED` and `AWS_R53_ZONE_ID`.  
+> In any case, `AWS_R53_ZONE_ID` need to be configured.
 
 ## Customization
 

terraform/ec2.tf

@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ resource "aws_instance" "containerlab_host" {
   instance_type          = var.INSTANCE_TYPE
   key_name               = var.AWS_KEY_NAME
   vpc_security_group_ids = [aws_security_group.netlab_sg.id]
+  tags = {
+    Name = "ContainerLab"
+  }
 
   root_block_device {
     volume_size           = "128"

terraform/outputs.tf

@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ output "public_ip" {
 }
 
 output "containerlab_fqdn" {
-  value = "${aws_route53_record.containerlab_fqdn.name}.${data.aws_route53_zone.selected.name}"
+  value = var.AWS_R53_ENABLED && length(aws_route53_record.containerlab_fqdn) > 0 ? "${aws_route53_record.containerlab_fqdn[0].name}.${data.aws_route53_zone.selected.name}" : ""
 }

terraform/route53-record.tf

@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ data "aws_route53_zone" "selected" {
   zone_id = var.AWS_R53_ZONE_ID
 }
 
-
 resource "aws_route53_record" "containerlab_fqdn" {
+  count = var.AWS_R53_ENABLED ? 1 : 0
   zone_id = var.AWS_R53_ZONE_ID
   name    = "containerlab"
   type    = "A"

terraform/terraform.tfvars.sample

@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@ AWS_ACCESS_KEY   = "YOURACCESSKEY"
 AWS_SECRET_KEY   = "YOURACCESSTOKEN"
 AWS_KEY_NAME     = "AWS_key_name"
 AWS_KEY_LOCATION = "~/.ssh/aws_key.pem"
+AWS_R53_ENABLED  = "false"
 AWS_R53_ZONE_ID  = "R53_ZONE_ID"

terraform/variables.tf

@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ variable "AWS_SECRET_KEY" {}
 variable "AWS_KEY_NAME" {}
 variable "AWS_KEY_LOCATION" {}
 variable "AWS_R53_ZONE_ID" {}
+variable "AWS_R53_ENABLED" {
+  type    = bool
+  default = false
+}
 
 variable "GITHUB_REPO_URL" {
   type    = string