Terraform Module for provisioning a general purpose EC2 host.
Included features:
- Automatically create a Security Group
- Option to switch EIP attachment
- CloudWatch monitoring and automatic reboot if instance hangs
- Assume Role capability
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module "instance" {
source = "cloudposse/ec2-instance/aws"
# Cloud Posse recommends pinning every module to a specific version
# version = "x.x.x"
ssh_key_pair = var.ssh_key_pair
instance_type = var.instance_type
vpc_id = var.vpc_id
security_groups = var.security_groups
subnet = var.subnet
name = "ec2"
namespace = "eg"
stage = "dev"
}
module "kafka_instance" {
source = "cloudposse/ec2-instance/aws"
# Cloud Posse recommends pinning every module to a specific version
# version = "x.x.x"
ssh_key_pair = var.ssh_key_pair
vpc_id = var.vpc_id
security_groups = var.security_groups
subnet = var.subnet
associate_public_ip_address = true
name = "kafka"
namespace = "eg"
stage = "dev"
additional_ips_count = 1
ebs_volume_count = 2
security_group_rules = [
{
type = "egress"
from_port = 0
to_port = 65535
protocol = "-1"
cidr_blocks = ["0.0.0.0/0"]
},
{
type = "ingress"
from_port = 22
to_port = 22
protocol = "tcp"
cidr_blocks = ["0.0.0.0/0"]
},
{
type = "ingress"
from_port = 80
to_port = 80
protocol = "tcp"
cidr_blocks = ["0.0.0.0/0"]
},
{
type = "ingress"
from_port = 443
to_port = 443
protocol = "tcp"
cidr_blocks = ["0.0.0.0/0"]
},
{
type = "ingress"
from_port = 53
to_port = 53
protocol = "udp"
cidr_blocks = ["0.0.0.0/0"]
},
]
}
Important
In Cloud Posse's examples, we avoid pinning modules to specific versions to prevent discrepancies between the documentation and the latest released versions. However, for your own projects, we strongly advise pinning each module to the exact version you're using. This practice ensures the stability of your infrastructure. Additionally, we recommend implementing a systematic approach for updating versions to avoid unexpected changes.
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Name | Version |
---|---|
terraform | >= 1.0 |
aws | >= 4.7.0 |
null | >= 2.0 |
Name | Version |
---|---|
aws | >= 4.7.0 |
null | >= 2.0 |
Name | Source | Version |
---|---|---|
label_ssm_patch_s3_log_policy | cloudposse/label/null | 0.25.0 |
security_group | cloudposse/security-group/aws | 0.3.3 |
this | cloudposse/label/null | 0.25.0 |
Name | Type |
---|---|
aws_cloudwatch_metric_alarm.default | resource |
aws_ebs_volume.default | resource |
aws_eip.additional | resource |
aws_eip.default | resource |
aws_iam_instance_profile.default | resource |
aws_iam_policy.ssm_patch_s3_log_policy | resource |
aws_iam_role.default | resource |
aws_iam_role_policy_attachment.ssm_core | resource |
aws_iam_role_policy_attachment.ssm_s3_policy | resource |
aws_instance.default | resource |
aws_network_interface.additional | resource |
aws_network_interface_attachment.additional | resource |
aws_volume_attachment.default | resource |
null_resource.check_alarm_action | resource |
aws_ami.default | data source |
aws_ami.info | data source |
aws_caller_identity.default | data source |
aws_iam_instance_profile.given | data source |
aws_iam_policy_document.default | data source |
aws_iam_policy_document.ssm_patch_s3_log_policy | data source |
aws_partition.default | data source |
aws_region.default | data source |
aws_subnet.default | data source |
Name | Description | Type | Default | Required |
---|---|---|---|---|
additional_ips_count | Count of additional EIPs | number |
0 |
no |
additional_tag_map | Additional key-value pairs to add to each map in tags_as_list_of_maps . Not added to tags or id .This is for some rare cases where resources want additional configuration of tags and therefore take a list of maps with tag key, value, and additional configuration. |
map(string) |
{} |
no |
ami | The AMI to use for the instance. By default it is the AMI provided by Amazon with Ubuntu 16.04 | string |
"" |
no |
ami_owner | Owner of the given AMI (ignored if ami unset, required if set) |
string |
"" |
no |
applying_period | The period in seconds over which the specified statistic is applied | number |
60 |
no |
assign_eip_address | Assign an Elastic IP address to the instance | bool |
true |
no |
associate_public_ip_address | Associate a public IP address with the instance | bool |
false |
no |
attributes | ID element. Additional attributes (e.g. workers or cluster ) to add to id ,in the order they appear in the list. New attributes are appended to the end of the list. The elements of the list are joined by the delimiter and treated as a single ID element. |
list(string) |
[] |
no |
availability_zone | Availability Zone the instance is launched in. If not set, will be launched in the first AZ of the region | string |
"" |
no |
burstable_mode | Enable burstable mode for the instance. Can be standard or unlimited. Applicable only for T2/T3/T4g instance types. | string |
null |
no |
comparison_operator | The arithmetic operation to use when comparing the specified Statistic and Threshold. Possible values are: GreaterThanOrEqualToThreshold, GreaterThanThreshold, LessThanThreshold, LessThanOrEqualToThreshold. | string |
"GreaterThanOrEqualToThreshold" |
no |
context | Single object for setting entire context at once. See description of individual variables for details. Leave string and numeric variables as null to use default value.Individual variable settings (non-null) override settings in context object, except for attributes, tags, and additional_tag_map, which are merged. |
any |
{ |
no |
default_alarm_action | Default alarm action | string |
"action/actions/AWS_EC2.InstanceId.Reboot/1.0" |
no |
delete_on_termination | Whether the volume should be destroyed on instance termination | bool |
true |
no |
delimiter | Delimiter to be used between ID elements. Defaults to - (hyphen). Set to "" to use no delimiter at all. |
string |
null |
no |
descriptor_formats | Describe additional descriptors to be output in the descriptors output map.Map of maps. Keys are names of descriptors. Values are maps of the form {<br> format = string<br> labels = list(string)<br>} (Type is any so the map values can later be enhanced to provide additional options.)format is a Terraform format string to be passed to the format() function.labels is a list of labels, in order, to pass to format() function.Label values will be normalized before being passed to format() so they will beidentical to how they appear in id .Default is {} (descriptors output will be empty). |
any |
{} |
no |
disable_alarm_action | Disable the creation of Alarm Action | bool |
false |
no |
disable_api_termination | Enable EC2 Instance Termination Protection | bool |
false |
no |
ebs_device_name | Name of the EBS device to mount | list(string) |
[ |
no |
ebs_iops | Amount of provisioned IOPS. This must be set with a volume_type of io1 , io2 or gp3 |
number |
0 |
no |
ebs_optimized | Launched EC2 instance will be EBS-optimized | bool |
true |
no |
ebs_throughput | Amount of throughput. This must be set if volume_type is set to gp3 |
number |
0 |
no |
ebs_volume_count | Count of EBS volumes that will be attached to the instance | number |
0 |
no |
ebs_volume_encrypted | Whether to encrypt the additional EBS volumes | bool |
true |
no |
ebs_volume_size | Size of the additional EBS volumes in gigabytes | number |
10 |
no |
ebs_volume_type | The type of the additional EBS volumes. Can be standard, gp2, gp3, io1 or io2 | string |
"gp2" |
no |
enabled | Set to false to prevent the module from creating any resources | bool |
null |
no |
environment | ID element. Usually used for region e.g. 'uw2', 'us-west-2', OR role 'prod', 'staging', 'dev', 'UAT' | string |
null |
no |
evaluation_periods | The number of periods over which data is compared to the specified threshold. | number |
5 |
no |
external_network_interface_enabled | Wheter to attach an external ENI as the eth0 interface for the instance. Any change to the interface will force instance recreation. | bool |
false |
no |
external_network_interfaces | The external interface definitions to attach to the instances. This depends on the instance type | list(object({ |
null |
no |
id_length_limit | Limit id to this many characters (minimum 6).Set to 0 for unlimited length.Set to null for keep the existing setting, which defaults to 0 .Does not affect id_full . |
number |
null |
no |
instance_initiated_shutdown_behavior | Specifies whether an instance stops or terminates when you initiate shutdown from the instance. Can be one of 'stop' or 'terminate'. | string |
null |
no |
instance_profile | A pre-defined profile to attach to the instance (default is to build our own) | string |
"" |
no |
instance_profile_enabled | Whether an IAM instance profile is created to pass a role to an Amazon EC2 instance when the instance starts | bool |
true |
no |
instance_type | The type of the instance | string |
"t2.micro" |
no |
ipv6_address_count | Number of IPv6 addresses to associate with the primary network interface. Amazon EC2 chooses the IPv6 addresses from the range of your subnet (-1 to use subnet default) | number |
0 |
no |
ipv6_addresses | List of IPv6 addresses from the range of the subnet to associate with the primary network interface | list(string) |
[] |
no |
kms_key_id | KMS key ID used to encrypt EBS volume. When specifying kms_key_id, ebs_volume_encrypted needs to be set to true | string |
null |
no |
label_key_case | Controls the letter case of the tags keys (label names) for tags generated by this module.Does not affect keys of tags passed in via the tags input.Possible values: lower , title , upper .Default value: title . |
string |
null |
no |
label_order | The order in which the labels (ID elements) appear in the id .Defaults to ["namespace", "environment", "stage", "name", "attributes"]. You can omit any of the 6 labels ("tenant" is the 6th), but at least one must be present. |
list(string) |
null |
no |
label_value_case | Controls the letter case of ID elements (labels) as included in id ,set as tag values, and output by this module individually. Does not affect values of tags passed in via the tags input.Possible values: lower , title , upper and none (no transformation).Set this to title and set delimiter to "" to yield Pascal Case IDs.Default value: lower . |
string |
null |
no |
labels_as_tags | Set of labels (ID elements) to include as tags in the tags output.Default is to include all labels. Tags with empty values will not be included in the tags output.Set to [] to suppress all generated tags.Notes: The value of the name tag, if included, will be the id , not the name .Unlike other null-label inputs, the initial setting of labels_as_tags cannot bechanged in later chained modules. Attempts to change it will be silently ignored. |
set(string) |
[ |
no |
metadata_http_endpoint_enabled | Whether the metadata service is available | bool |
true |
no |
metadata_http_put_response_hop_limit | The desired HTTP PUT response hop limit (between 1 and 64) for instance metadata requests. | number |
2 |
no |
metadata_http_tokens_required | Whether or not the metadata service requires session tokens, also referred to as Instance Metadata Service Version 2. | bool |
true |
no |
metadata_tags_enabled | Whether the tags are enabled in the metadata service. | bool |
false |
no |
metric_name | The name for the alarm's associated metric. Allowed values can be found in https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/ec2-metricscollected.html | string |
"StatusCheckFailed_Instance" |
no |
metric_namespace | The namespace for the alarm's associated metric. Allowed values can be found in https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/aws-namespaces.html | string |
"AWS/EC2" |
no |
metric_threshold | The value against which the specified statistic is compared | number |
1 |
no |
metric_treat_missing_data | Sets how this alarm is to handle missing data points. The following values are supported: missing , ignore , breaching and notBreaching . Defaults to missing . |
string |
"missing" |
no |
monitoring | Launched EC2 instance will have detailed monitoring enabled | bool |
true |
no |
name | ID element. Usually the component or solution name, e.g. 'app' or 'jenkins'. This is the only ID element not also included as a tag .The "name" tag is set to the full id string. There is no tag with the value of the name input. |
string |
null |
no |
namespace | ID element. Usually an abbreviation of your organization name, e.g. 'eg' or 'cp', to help ensure generated IDs are globally unique | string |
null |
no |
permissions_boundary_arn | Policy ARN to attach to instance role as a permissions boundary | string |
"" |
no |
private_ip | Private IP address to associate with the instance in the VPC | string |
null |
no |
regex_replace_chars | Terraform regular expression (regex) string. Characters matching the regex will be removed from the ID elements. If not set, "/[^a-zA-Z0-9-]/" is used to remove all characters other than hyphens, letters and digits. |
string |
null |
no |
region | AWS Region the instance is launched in | string |
"" |
no |
root_block_device_encrypted | Whether to encrypt the root block device | bool |
true |
no |
root_block_device_kms_key_id | KMS key ID used to encrypt EBS volume. When specifying root_block_device_kms_key_id, root_block_device_encrypted needs to be set to true | string |
null |
no |
root_iops | Amount of provisioned IOPS. This must be set if root_volume_type is set of io1 , io2 or gp3 |
number |
0 |
no |
root_throughput | Amount of throughput. This must be set if root_volume_type is set to gp3 |
number |
0 |
no |
root_volume_size | Size of the root volume in gigabytes | number |
10 |
no |
root_volume_type | Type of root volume. Can be standard, gp2, gp3, io1 or io2 | string |
"gp2" |
no |
secondary_private_ips | List of secondary private IP addresses to associate with the instance in the VPC | list(string) |
[] |
no |
security_group_description | The Security Group description. | string |
"EC2 Security Group" |
no |
security_group_enabled | Whether to create default Security Group for EC2. | bool |
true |
no |
security_group_rules | A list of maps of Security Group rules. The values of map is fully complated with aws_security_group_rule resource.To get more info see https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/aws/latest/docs/resources/security_group_rule . |
list(any) |
[ |
no |
security_group_use_name_prefix | Whether to create a default Security Group with unique name beginning with the normalized prefix. | bool |
false |
no |
security_groups | A list of Security Group IDs to associate with EC2 instance. | list(string) |
[] |
no |
source_dest_check | Controls if traffic is routed to the instance when the destination address does not match the instance. Used for NAT or VPNs | bool |
true |
no |
ssh_key_pair | SSH key pair to be provisioned on the instance | string |
null |
no |
ssm_patch_manager_enabled | Whether to enable SSM Patch manager | bool |
false |
no |
ssm_patch_manager_iam_policy_arn | IAM policy ARN to allow Patch Manager to manage the instance. If not provided, arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonSSMManagedInstanceCore will be used |
string |
null |
no |
ssm_patch_manager_s3_log_bucket | The name of the s3 bucket to export the patch log to | string |
null |
no |
stage | ID element. Usually used to indicate role, e.g. 'prod', 'staging', 'source', 'build', 'test', 'deploy', 'release' | string |
null |
no |
statistic_level | The statistic to apply to the alarm's associated metric. Allowed values are: SampleCount, Average, Sum, Minimum, Maximum | string |
"Maximum" |
no |
subnet | VPC Subnet ID the instance is launched in | string |
n/a | yes |
tags | Additional tags (e.g. {'BusinessUnit': 'XYZ'} ).Neither the tag keys nor the tag values will be modified by this module. |
map(string) |
{} |
no |
tenancy | Tenancy of the instance (if the instance is running in a VPC). An instance with a tenancy of 'dedicated' runs on single-tenant hardware. The 'host' tenancy is not supported for the import-instance command. Valid values are 'default', 'dedicated', and 'host'. | string |
"default" |
no |
tenant | ID element _(Rarely used, not included by default)_. A customer identifier, indicating who this instance of a resource is for | string |
null |
no |
user_data | The user data to provide when launching the instance. Do not pass gzip-compressed data via this argument; use user_data_base64 instead |
string |
null |
no |
user_data_base64 | Can be used instead of user_data to pass base64-encoded binary data directly. Use this instead of user_data whenever the value is not a valid UTF-8 string. For example, gzip-encoded user data must be base64-encoded and passed via this argument to avoid corruption |
string |
null |
no |
user_data_replace_on_change | When used in combination with user_data or user_data_base64 will trigger a destroy and recreate when set to true. | bool |
false |
no |
volume_tags_enabled | Whether or not to copy instance tags to root and EBS volumes | bool |
true |
no |
vpc_id | The ID of the VPC that the instance security group belongs to | string |
n/a | yes |
Name | Description |
---|---|
additional_eni_ids | Map of ENI to EIP |
alarm | CloudWatch Alarm ID |
arn | ARN of the instance |
ebs_ids | IDs of EBSs |
id | Disambiguated ID of the instance |
instance_profile | Name of the instance's profile (either built or supplied) |
name | Instance name |
primary_network_interface_id | ID of the instance's primary network interface |
private_dns | Private DNS of instance |
private_ip | Private IP of instance |
public_dns | Public DNS of instance (or DNS of EIP) |
public_ip | Public IP of instance (or EIP) |
role | Name of AWS IAM Role associated with the instance |
role_arn | ARN of AWS IAM Role associated with the instance |
security_group_arn | EC2 instance Security Group ARN |
security_group_id | EC2 instance Security Group ID |
security_group_ids | IDs on the AWS Security Groups associated with the instance |
security_group_name | EC2 instance Security Group name |
ssh_key_pair | Name of the SSH key pair provisioned on the instance |
Check out these related projects.
- terraform-aws-ec2-ami-backup - Terraform module for automatic & scheduled AMI creation
- terraform-aws-ec2-ami-snapshot - Terraform module to easily generate AMI snapshots to create replica instances
- terraform-aws-ec2-cloudwatch-sns-alarms - Terraform module that configures CloudWatch SNS alerts for EC2 instances
- terraform-null-label - Terraform Module to define a consistent naming convention by (namespace, stage, name, [attributes])
For additional context, refer to some of these links.
- terraform-aws-ec2-bastion-server - Terraform Module to define a generic Bastion host with parameterized user_data
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