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aws_autoscaling_group

Provides an AutoScaling Group resource.

Example Usage

resource "aws_placement_group" "test" {
  name = "test"
  strategy = "cluster"
}

resource "aws_autoscaling_group" "bar" {
  availability_zones = ["us-east-1a"]
  name = "foobar3-terraform-test"
  max_size = 5
  min_size = 2
  health_check_grace_period = 300
  health_check_type = "ELB"
  desired_capacity = 4
  force_delete = true
  placement_group = "${aws_placement_group.test.id}"
  launch_configuration = "${aws_launch_configuration.foobar.name}"

  tag {
    key = "foo"
    value = "bar"
    propagate_at_launch = true
  }
  tag {
    key = "lorem"
    value = "ipsum"
    propagate_at_launch = false
  }
}

Argument Reference

The following arguments are supported:

Tags support the following:

Attributes Reference

The following attributes are exported:

~> NOTE: When using ELB as the health_check_type, health_check_grace_period is required.

Waiting for Capacity

A newly-created ASG is initially empty and begins to scale to min_size (or desired_capacity, if specified) by launching instances using the provided Launch Configuration. These instances take time to launch and boot.

On ASG Update, changes to these values also take time to result in the target number of instances providing service.

Terraform provides two mechanisms to help consistently manage ASG scale up time across dependent resources.

Waiting for ASG Capacity

The first is default behavior. Terraform waits after ASG creation for min_size (or desired_capacity, if specified) healthy instances to show up in the ASG before continuing.

If min_size or desired_capacity are changed in a subsequent update, Terraform will also wait for the correct number of healthy instances before continuing.

Terraform considers an instance “healthy” when the ASG reports HealthStatus: "Healthy" and LifecycleState: "InService". See the AWS AutoScaling Docs for more information on an ASG’s lifecycle.

Terraform will wait for healthy instances for up to wait_for_capacity_timeout. If ASG creation is taking more than a few minutes, it’s worth investigating for scaling activity errors, which can be caused by problems with the selected Launch Configuration.

Setting wait_for_capacity_timeout to "0" disables ASG Capacity waiting.

Waiting for ELB Capacity

The second mechanism is optional, and affects ASGs with attached ELBs specified via the load_balancers attribute.

The min_elb_capacity parameter causes Terraform to wait for at least the requested number of instances to show up "InService" in all attached ELBs during ASG creation. It has no effect on ASG updates.

If wait_for_elb_capacity is set, Terraform will wait for exactly that number of Instances to be "InService" in all attached ELBs on both creation and updates.

These parameters can be used to ensure that service is being provided before Terraform moves on. If new instances don’t pass the ELB’s health checks for any reason, the Terraform apply will time out, and the ASG will be marked as tainted (i.e. marked to be destroyed in a follow up run).

As with ASG Capacity, Terraform will wait for up to wait_for_capacity_timeout for the proper number of instances to be healthy.

Troubleshooting Capacity Waiting Timeouts

If ASG creation takes more than a few minutes, this could indicate one of a number of configuration problems. See the AWS Docs on Load Balancer Troubleshooting for more information.

Import

AutoScaling Groups can be imported using the name, e.g.

$ terraform import aws_autoscaling_group.web web-asg

See the source of this document at Terraform.io