AWS instance example with autogenerated ssh key

resource "tls_private_key" "ssh_machine_example" {
 algorithm = "RSA"
 rsa_bits  = 4096
}

resource "aws_secretsmanager_secret" "ssh_private_key" {
 name = "ssh-private-key-example"
}

resource "aws_secretsmanager_secret_version" "ssh_private_key_version" {
  secret_id     = aws_secretsmanager_secret.ssh_private_key.id
  secret_string = tls_private_key.ssh_machine_example.private_key_pem
}

resource "aws_key_pair" "generated_key" {
  key_name   = "ssh-key-example"
  public_key = tls_private_key.ssh_machine_example.public_key_openssh
}


resource "aws_instance" "s3_bench" {
  ami           = "ami-0d57c0143330e1fa7" # Dummy AMI ID for localstack
  instance_type = "t3.micro"
  vpc_security_group_ids = [aws_security_group.allow_ssh.id]
  key_name = "generated_key"
}

Related

• aws ssm start-session

See also

• tls_private_key
• 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, volume_size, disable_api_termination, disable_api_stop