github.com/atsaki/terraform@v0.4.3-0.20150919165407-25bba5967654/website/source/docs/providers/aws/r/autoscaling_group.html.markdown (about) 1 --- 2 layout: "aws" 3 page_title: "AWS: aws_autoscaling_group" 4 sidebar_current: "docs-aws-resource-autoscaling-group" 5 description: |- 6 Provides an AutoScaling Group resource. 7 --- 8 9 # aws\_autoscaling\_group 10 11 Provides an AutoScaling Group resource. 12 13 ## Example Usage 14 15 ``` 16 resource "aws_autoscaling_group" "bar" { 17 availability_zones = ["us-east-1a"] 18 name = "foobar3-terraform-test" 19 max_size = 5 20 min_size = 2 21 health_check_grace_period = 300 22 health_check_type = "ELB" 23 desired_capacity = 4 24 force_delete = true 25 launch_configuration = "${aws_launch_configuration.foobar.name}" 26 27 tag { 28 key = "foo" 29 value = "bar" 30 propagate_at_launch = true 31 } 32 tag { 33 key = "lorem" 34 value = "ipsum" 35 propagate_at_launch = false 36 } 37 } 38 ``` 39 40 ## Argument Reference 41 42 The following arguments are supported: 43 44 * `name` - (Required) The name of the auto scale group. 45 * `max_size` - (Required) The maximum size of the auto scale group. 46 * `min_size` - (Required) The minimum size of the auto scale group. 47 (See also [Waiting for Capacity](#waiting-for-capacity) below.) 48 * `availability_zones` - (Optional) A list of AZs to launch resources in. 49 Required only if you do not specify any `vpc_zone_identifier` 50 * `launch_configuration` - (Required) The name of the launch configuration to use. 51 * `health_check_grace_period` - (Optional) Time after instance comes into service before checking health. 52 * `health_check_type` - (Optional) "EC2" or "ELB". Controls how health checking is done. 53 * `desired_capacity` - (Optional) The number of Amazon EC2 instances that 54 should be running in the group. (See also [Waiting for 55 Capacity](#waiting-for-capacity) below.) 56 * `min_elb_capacity` - (Optional) Setting this will cause Terraform to wait 57 for this number of healthy instances all attached load balancers. 58 (See also [Waiting for Capacity](#waiting-for-capacity) below.) 59 * `force_delete` - (Optional) Allows deleting the autoscaling group without waiting 60 for all instances in the pool to terminate. 61 * `load_balancers` (Optional) A list of load balancer names to add to the autoscaling 62 group names. 63 * `vpc_zone_identifier` (Optional) A list of subnet IDs to launch resources in. 64 * `termination_policies` (Optional) A list of policies to decide how the instances in the auto scale group should be terminated. 65 * `tag` (Optional) A list of tag blocks. Tags documented below. 66 67 Tags support the following: 68 69 * `key` - (Required) Key 70 * `value` - (Required) Value 71 * `propagate_at_launch` - (Required) Enables propagation of the tag to 72 Amazon EC2 instances launched via this ASG 73 74 ## Attributes Reference 75 76 The following attributes are exported: 77 78 * `id` - The autoscaling group name. 79 * `availability_zones` - The availability zones of the autoscale group. 80 * `min_size` - The minimum size of the autoscale group 81 * `max_size` - The maximum size of the autoscale group 82 * `default_cooldown` - Time between a scaling activity and the succeeding scaling activity. 83 * `name` - The name of the autoscale group 84 * `health_check_grace_period` - Time after instance comes into service before checking health. 85 * `health_check_type` - "EC2" or "ELB". Controls how health checking is done. 86 * `desired_capacity` -The number of Amazon EC2 instances that should be running in the group. 87 * `launch_configuration` - The launch configuration of the autoscale group 88 * `vpc_zone_identifier` - The VPC zone identifier 89 * `load_balancers` (Optional) The load balancer names associated with the 90 autoscaling group. 91 92 <a id="waiting-for-capacity"></a> 93 ## Waiting for Capacity 94 95 A newly-created ASG is initially empty and begins to scale to `min_size` (or 96 `desired_capacity`, if specified) by launching instances using the provided 97 Launch Configuration. These instances take time to launch and boot. 98 99 Terraform provides two mechanisms to help consistently manage ASG scale up 100 time across dependent resources. 101 102 #### Waiting for ASG Capacity 103 104 The first is default behavior. Terraform waits after ASG creation for 105 `min_size` (or `desired_capacity`, if specified) healthy instances to show up 106 in the ASG before continuing. 107 108 Terraform considers an instance "healthy" when the ASG reports `HealthStatus: 109 "Healthy"` and `LifecycleState: "InService"`. See the [AWS AutoScaling 110 Docs](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AutoScaling/latest/DeveloperGuide/AutoScalingGroupLifecycle.html) 111 for more information on an ASG's lifecycle. 112 113 Terraform will wait for healthy instances for up to 10 minutes. If ASG creation 114 is taking more than a few minutes, it's worth investigating for scaling activity 115 errors, which can be caused by problems with the selected Launch Configuration. 116 117 #### Waiting for ELB Capacity 118 119 The second mechanism is optional, and affects ASGs with attached Load 120 Balancers. If `min_elb_capacity` is set, Terraform will wait for that number of 121 Instances to be `"InService"` in all attached `load_balancers`. This can be 122 used to ensure that service is being provided before Terraform moves on. 123 124 As with ASG Capacity, Terraform will wait for up to 10 minutes for 125 `"InService"` instances. If ASG creation takes more than a few minutes, this 126 could indicate one of a number of configuration problems. See the [AWS Docs on 127 Load Balancer Troubleshooting](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ElasticLoadBalancing/latest/DeveloperGuide/elb-troubleshooting.html) 128 for more information.