Equinix Fabric L2 Connection To IBM Direct Link 2.0 Terraform module

terraform-equinix-fabric-connection-ibm is a Terraform module that utilizes Terraform provider for Equinix and Terraform provider for IBM to set up an Equinix Fabric L2 connection to IBM Direct Link 2.0.

As part of Platform Equinix, your infrastructure can connect with other parties, such as public cloud providers, network service providers, or your own colocation cages in Equinix by defining an Equinix Fabric - software-defined interconnection.

This module creates the l2 connection in Equinix Fabric, approves the request in your account on the IBM Cloud platform, and optionally creates a IBM Direct Link virtual connection. BGP in Equinix side can also be configured if Network Edge device is used.

     Origin                                              Destination
    (A-side)                                              (Z-side)

┌────────────────┐
│ Equinix Fabric │         Equinix Fabric          ┌────────────────────┐       ┌───────────────────────┐
│ Port / Network ├─────    l2 connection   ───────►│        IBM         │──────►│      DL Gateway ─►    │
│ Edge Device /  │      (50 Mbps - 10 Gbps)        │   Direc Link 2.0   │       │ DL Virtual Connection │
│ Service Token  │                                 └────────────────────┘       │   (IBM Cloud Region)  │
└────────────────┘                                                              └───────────────────────┘
         │                                                                           │
         └ - - - - - - - - - - Network Edge Device - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ┘
                                   BGP peering

Usage

This project is experimental and supported by the user community. Equinix does not provide support for this project.

Install Terraform using the official guides at https://learn.hashicorp.com/tutorials/terraform/install-cli.

This project may be forked, cloned, or downloaded and modified as needed as the base in your integrations and deployments.

This project may also be used as a Terraform module.

To use this module in a new project, create a file such as:

# main.tf
provider "equinix" {
}

provider "ibm" { 
  region = "eu-de" 
}

module "equinix-fabric-connection-ibm" {
  source = "equinix-labs/fabric-connection-ibm/equinix"

  # required variables
  fabric_notification_users = ["example@equinix.com"]
  ibm_account_id            = var.ibm_account_id

  # optional variables
  fabric_port_name              = var.port_name
  fabric_vlan_stag              = 1010
  fabric_destination_metro_code = "FR"
}

Run terraform init -upgrade and terraform apply.

Variables

See https://registry.terraform.io/modules/equinix-labs/fabric-connection-ibm/equinix/latest?tab=inputs for a description of all variables.

Outputs

See https://registry.terraform.io/modules/equinix-labs/fabric-connection-ibm/equinix/latest?tab=outputs for a description of all outputs.

Resources

Name	Type
random_string.this	resource
equinix-fabric-connection	module
equinix_network_bgp.this	resource
ibm_resource_group.this	data source
ibm_resource_group.this	resource
ibm_dl_gateways.this	data source
ibm_dl_virtual_connection.this	data source
null_resource.confirm_direct_link_gateway_creation	resource
null_resource.confirm_direct_link_gateway_deletion	resource
external.os	data source

Examples

• Fabric Port connection
• Network Edge device connection
• Service Token (a-side) Equinix Metal to IBM redundant connection End-to-End Solution