github.com/leeprovoost/terraform@v0.6.10-0.20160119085442-96f3f76118e7/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_placement_group" "test" { 17 name = "test" 18 strategy = "cluster" 19 } 20 21 resource "aws_autoscaling_group" "bar" { 22 availability_zones = ["us-east-1a"] 23 name = "foobar3-terraform-test" 24 max_size = 5 25 min_size = 2 26 health_check_grace_period = 300 27 health_check_type = "ELB" 28 desired_capacity = 4 29 force_delete = true 30 placement_group = "${aws_placement_group.test.id}" 31 launch_configuration = "${aws_launch_configuration.foobar.name}" 32 33 tag { 34 key = "foo" 35 value = "bar" 36 propagate_at_launch = true 37 } 38 tag { 39 key = "lorem" 40 value = "ipsum" 41 propagate_at_launch = false 42 } 43 } 44 ``` 45 46 ## Argument Reference 47 48 The following arguments are supported: 49 50 * `name` - (Optional) The name of the auto scale group. By default generated by terraform. 51 * `max_size` - (Required) The maximum size of the auto scale group. 52 * `min_size` - (Required) The minimum size of the auto scale group. 53 (See also [Waiting for Capacity](#waiting-for-capacity) below.) 54 * `availability_zones` - (Optional) A list of AZs to launch resources in. 55 Required only if you do not specify any `vpc_zone_identifier` 56 * `launch_configuration` - (Required) The name of the launch configuration to use. 57 * `health_check_grace_period` - (Optional) Time after instance comes into service before checking health. 58 * `health_check_type` - (Optional) "EC2" or "ELB". Controls how health checking is done. 59 * `desired_capacity` - (Optional) The number of Amazon EC2 instances that 60 should be running in the group. (See also [Waiting for 61 Capacity](#waiting-for-capacity) below.) 62 * `force_delete` - (Optional) Allows deleting the autoscaling group without waiting 63 for all instances in the pool to terminate. You can force an autoscaling group to delete 64 even if it's in the process of scaling a resource. Normally, Terraform 65 drains all the instances before deleting the group. This bypasses that 66 behavior and potentially leaves resources dangling. 67 * `load_balancers` (Optional) A list of load balancer names to add to the autoscaling 68 group names. 69 * `vpc_zone_identifier` (Optional) A list of subnet IDs to launch resources in. 70 * `termination_policies` (Optional) A list of policies to decide how the instances in the auto scale group should be terminated. 71 * `tag` (Optional) A list of tag blocks. Tags documented below. 72 * `placement_group` (Optional) The name of the placement group into which you'll launch your instances, if any. 73 * `wait_for_capacity_timeout` (Default: "10m") A maximum 74 [duration](https://golang.org/pkg/time/#ParseDuration) that Terraform should 75 wait for ASG instances to be healthy before timing out. (See also [Waiting 76 for Capacity](#waiting-for-capacity) below.) Setting this to "0" causes 77 Terraform to skip all Capacity Waiting behavior. 78 * `wait_for_elb_capacity` - (Optional) Setting this will cause Terraform to wait 79 for this number of healthy instances all attached load balancers. 80 (See also [Waiting for Capacity](#waiting-for-capacity) below.) 81 82 Tags support the following: 83 84 * `key` - (Required) Key 85 * `value` - (Required) Value 86 * `propagate_at_launch` - (Required) Enables propagation of the tag to 87 Amazon EC2 instances launched via this ASG 88 89 The following fields are deprecated: 90 91 * `min_elb_capacity` - Please use `wait_for_elb_capacity` instead. 92 93 ## Attributes Reference 94 95 The following attributes are exported: 96 97 * `id` - The autoscaling group name. 98 * `availability_zones` - The availability zones of the autoscale group. 99 * `min_size` - The minimum size of the autoscale group 100 * `max_size` - The maximum size of the autoscale group 101 * `default_cooldown` - Time between a scaling activity and the succeeding scaling activity. 102 * `name` - The name of the autoscale group 103 * `health_check_grace_period` - Time after instance comes into service before checking health. 104 * `health_check_type` - "EC2" or "ELB". Controls how health checking is done. 105 * `desired_capacity` -The number of Amazon EC2 instances that should be running in the group. 106 * `launch_configuration` - The launch configuration of the autoscale group 107 * `vpc_zone_identifier` - The VPC zone identifier 108 * `load_balancers` (Optional) The load balancer names associated with the 109 autoscaling group. 110 111 ~> **NOTE:** When using `ELB` as the health_check_type, `health_check_grace_period` is required. 112 113 <a id="waiting-for-capacity"></a> 114 ## Waiting for Capacity 115 116 A newly-created ASG is initially empty and begins to scale to `min_size` (or 117 `desired_capacity`, if specified) by launching instances using the provided 118 Launch Configuration. These instances take time to launch and boot. 119 120 Terraform provides two mechanisms to help consistently manage ASG scale up 121 time across dependent resources. 122 123 #### Waiting for ASG Capacity 124 125 The first is default behavior. Terraform waits after ASG creation for 126 `min_size` (or `desired_capacity`, if specified) healthy instances to show up 127 in the ASG before continuing. 128 129 If `min_size` or `desired_capacity` are changed in a subsequent update, 130 Terraform will also wait for the correct number of healthy instances before 131 continuing. 132 133 Terraform considers an instance "healthy" when the ASG reports `HealthStatus: 134 "Healthy"` and `LifecycleState: "InService"`. See the [AWS AutoScaling 135 Docs](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AutoScaling/latest/DeveloperGuide/AutoScalingGroupLifecycle.html) 136 for more information on an ASG's lifecycle. 137 138 Terraform will wait for healthy instances for up to 139 `wait_for_capacity_timeout`. If ASG creation is taking more than a few minutes, 140 it's worth investigating for scaling activity errors, which can be caused by 141 problems with the selected Launch Configuration. 142 143 Setting `wait_for_capacity_timeout` to `"0"` disables ASG Capacity waiting. 144 145 #### Waiting for ELB Capacity 146 147 The second mechanism is optional, and affects ASGs with attached Load 148 Balancers. If `wait_for_elb_capacity` is set, Terraform will wait for that 149 number of Instances to be `"InService"` in all attached `load_balancers`. This 150 can be used to ensure that service is being provided before Terraform moves on. 151 152 As with ASG Capacity, Terraform will wait for up to `wait_for_capacity_timeout` 153 (for `"InService"` instances. If ASG creation takes more than a few minutes, 154 this could indicate one of a number of configuration problems. See the [AWS 155 Docs on Load Balancer 156 Troubleshooting](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ElasticLoadBalancing/latest/DeveloperGuide/elb-troubleshooting.html) 157 for more information.