github.com/armen/terraform@v0.5.2-0.20150529052519-caa8117a08f1/website/source/docs/providers/cloudstack/r/instance.html.markdown (about) 1 --- 2 layout: "cloudstack" 3 page_title: "CloudStack: cloudstack_instance" 4 sidebar_current: "docs-cloudstack-resource-instance" 5 description: |- 6 Creates and automatically starts a virtual machine based on a service offering, disk offering, and template. 7 --- 8 9 # cloudstack\_instance 10 11 Creates and automatically starts a virtual machine based on a service offering, 12 disk offering, and template. 13 14 ## Example Usage 15 16 ``` 17 resource "cloudstack_instance" "web" { 18 name = "server-1" 19 service_offering= "small" 20 network = "network-1" 21 template = "CentOS 6.5" 22 zone = "zone-1" 23 } 24 ``` 25 26 ## Argument Reference 27 28 The following arguments are supported: 29 30 * `name` - (Required) The name of the instance. Changing this forces a new 31 resource to be created. 32 33 * `display_name` - (Optional) The display name of the instance. 34 35 * `service_offering` - (Required) The name or ID of the service offering used for this instance. 36 37 * `network` - (Optional) The name or ID of the network to connect this instance to. 38 Changing this forces a new resource to be created. 39 40 * `ipaddress` - (Optional) The IP address to assign to this instance. Changing 41 this forces a new resource to be created. 42 43 * `template` - (Required) The name or ID of the template used for this instance. 44 Changing this forces a new resource to be created. 45 46 * `zone` - (Required) The name of the zone where this instance will be created. 47 Changing this forces a new resource to be created. 48 49 * `user_data` - (Optional) The user data to provide when launching the instance. 50 51 * `expunge` - (Optional) This determines if the instance is expunged when it is 52 destroyed (defaults false) 53 54 ## Attributes Reference 55 56 The following attributes are exported: 57 58 * `id` - The instance ID. 59 * `display_name` - The display name of the instance.