github.com/chalford/terraform@v0.3.7-0.20150113080010-a78c69a8c81f/website/source/docs/providers/aws/r/autoscale.html.markdown (about) 1 --- 2 layout: "aws" 3 page_title: "AWS: aws_autoscaling_group" 4 sidebar_current: "docs-aws-resource-autoscale" 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 ``` 28 29 ## Argument Reference 30 31 The following arguments are supported: 32 33 * `name` - (Required) The name of the auto scale group. 34 * `max_size` - (Required) The maximum size of the auto scale group. 35 * `min_size` - (Required) The minimum size of the auto scale group. 36 * `availability_zones` - (Required) A list of AZs to launch resources in. 37 * `launch_configuration` - (Required) The ID of the launch configuration to use. 38 * `health_check_grace_period` - (Optional) Time after instance comes into service before checking health. 39 * `health_check_type` - (Optional) "EC2" or "ELB". Controls how health checking is done. 40 * `desired_capacity` - (Optional) The number of Amazon EC2 instances that should be running in the group. 41 * `force_delete` - (Optional) Allows deleting the autoscaling group without waiting 42 for all instances in the pool to terminate. 43 * `load_balancers` (Optional) A list of load balancer names to add to the autoscaling 44 group names. 45 * `vpc_zone_identifier` (Optional) A list of subnet IDs to launch resources in. 46 * `termination_policies` (Optional) A list of policies to decide how the instances in the auto scale group should be terminated. 47 48 ## Attributes Reference 49 50 The following attributes are exported: 51 52 * `id` - The autoscaling group name. 53 * `availability_zones` - The availability zones of the autoscale group. 54 * `min_size` - The minimum size of the autoscale group 55 * `max_size` - The maximum size of the autoscale group 56 * `default_cooldown` - Time between a scaling activity and the succeeding scaling activity. 57 * `name` - The name of the autoscale group 58 * `health_check_grace_period` - Time after instance comes into service before checking health. 59 * `health_check_type` - "EC2" or "ELB". Controls how health checking is done. 60 * `desired_capacity` -The number of Amazon EC2 instances that should be running in the group. 61 * `launch_configuration` - The launch configuration of the autoscale group 62 * `vpc_zone_identifier` - The VPC zone identifier 63 * `load_balancers` (Optional) The load balancer names associated with the 64 autoscaling group.