Terraform resource: aws instance

https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/aws/latest/docs/resources/instance

Example

resource "aws_instance" "MYexample" {
 ami           = "ami-08d70e59c07c61a3a"
 instance_type = "t2.micro" 

 tags = {
   Name = "your_name_here"
 }
}

Arguments

• ami
• instance_type
• key_name: https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/aws/latest/docs/resources/instance#key_name
• aws_key_pair
• availability_zone
• monitoring
• associate_public_ip_address
• tenancy
• subnet_id
• public_ip
• vpc_security_group_ids:

(Optional, list) https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/aws/latest/docs/resources/instance#vpc_security_group_ids

Examples

• AWS instance example with aws_ami lookup and key_name: aws instance, aws_ami
• AWS instance example with aws_ami lookup: aws instance, aws_ami
• AWS instance example: main.tf: aws instance

Related terms

• terraform show (grep aws_instance)
• aws ec2 describe-key-pairs
• Terraform examples
• source

See also

• Terraform AWS: aws_instance: ami, availability_zone, instance_type, key_name, aws_key_pair, monitoring, associate_public_ip_address, tenancy, subnet_id, user_data, iam_instance_profile, vpc_security_group_ids, root_block_device, ebs_block_device
• Terraform AWS resources: IAM, Net, EC2, ECS, ECR, S3, Route53, ACM, CloudWatch, CloudFront SES, RDS, DLM