github.com/atsaki/terraform@v0.4.3-0.20150919165407-25bba5967654/website/source/docs/providers/aws/r/spot_instance_request.html.markdown (about) 1 --- 2 layout: "aws" 3 page_title: "AWS: aws_spot_instance_request" 4 sidebar_current: "docs-aws-resource-spot-instance-request" 5 description: |- 6 Provides a Spot Instance Request resource. 7 --- 8 9 # aws\_spot\_instance\_request 10 11 Provides an EC2 Spot Instance Request resource. This allows instances to be 12 requested on the spot market. 13 14 Terraform always creates Spot Instance Requests with a `persistent` type, which 15 means that for the duration of their lifetime, AWS will launch an instance 16 with the configured details if and when the spot market will accept the 17 requested price. 18 19 On destruction, Terraform will make an attempt to terminate the associated Spot 20 Instance if there is one present. 21 22 ~> **NOTE:** Because their behavior depends on the live status of the spot 23 market, Spot Instance Requests have a unique lifecycle that makes them behave 24 differently than other Terraform resources. Most importantly: there is __no 25 guarantee__ that a Spot Instance exists to fulfill the request at any given 26 point in time. See the [AWS Spot Instance 27 documentation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/using-spot-instances.html) 28 for more information. 29 30 31 ## Example Usage 32 33 ``` 34 # Request a spot instance at $0.03 35 resource "aws_spot_instance_request" "cheap_worker" { 36 ami = "ami-1234" 37 spot_price = "0.03" 38 instance_type = "c4.xlarge" 39 tags { 40 Name = "CheapWorker" 41 } 42 } 43 ``` 44 45 ## Argument Reference 46 47 Spot Instance Requests support all the same arguments as 48 [`aws_instance`](instance.html), with the addition of: 49 50 * `spot_price` - (Required) The price to request on the spot market. 51 * `wait_for_fulfillment` - (Optional; Default: false) If set, Terraform will 52 wait for the Spot Request to be fulfilled, and will throw an error if the 53 timeout of 10m is reached. 54 55 ## Attributes Reference 56 57 The following attributes are exported: 58 59 * `id` - The Spot Instance Request ID. 60 61 These attributes are exported, but they are expected to change over time and so 62 should only be used for informational purposes, not for resource dependencies: 63 64 * `spot_bid_status` - The current [bid 65 status](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/spot-bid-status.html) 66 of the Spot Instance Request. 67 * `spot_request_state` The current [request 68 state](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/spot-requests.html#creating-spot-request-status) 69 of the Spot Instance Request. 70 * `spot_instance_id` - The Instance ID (if any) that is currently fulfilling 71 the Spot Instance request.