Data Source: aws_instance

Use this data source to get the ID of an Amazon EC2 Instance for use in other resources.

Example Usage

data "aws_instance" "foo" {
  instance_id = "i-instanceid"

  filter {
    name   = "image-id"
    values = ["ami-xxxxxxxx"]
  }

  filter {
    name   = "tag:Name"
    values = ["instance-name-tag"]
  }
}

Argument Reference

• instance_id - (Optional) Specify the exact Instance ID with which to populate the data source.

• instance_tags - (Optional) A mapping of tags, each pair of which must exactly match a pair on the desired Instance.

• filter - (Optional) One or more name/value pairs to use as filters. There are several valid keys, for a full reference, check out describe-instances in the AWS CLI reference.

• get_password_data - (Optional) If true, wait for password data to become available and retrieve it. Useful for getting the administrator password for instances running Microsoft Windows. The password data is exported to the password_data attribute. See GetPasswordData for more information.

NOTE: At least one of filter, instance_tags, or instance_id must be specified.

NOTE: If anything other than a single match is returned by the search, Terraform will fail. Ensure that your search is specific enough to return a single Instance ID only.

Attributes Reference

id is set to the ID of the found Instance. In addition, the following attributes are exported:

NOTE: Some values are not always set and may not be available for interpolation.

• ami - The ID of the AMI used to launch the instance.
• associate_public_ip_address - Whether or not the Instance is associated with a public IP address or not (Boolean).
• availability_zone - The availability zone of the Instance.
• ebs_block_device - The EBS block device mappings of the Instance.
  • delete_on_termination - If the EBS volume will be deleted on termination.
  • device_name - The physical name of the device.
  • encrypted - If the EBS volume is encrypted.
  • iops - 0 If the EBS volume is not a provisioned IOPS image, otherwise the supported IOPS count.
  • snapshot_id - The ID of the snapshot.
  • volume_size - The size of the volume, in GiB.
  • volume_type - The volume type.
• ebs_optimized - Whether the Instance is EBS optimized or not (Boolean).
• ephemeral_block_device - The ephemeral block device mappings of the Instance.
  • device_name - The physical name of the device.
  • no_device - Whether the specified device included in the device mapping was suppressed or not (Boolean).
  • virtual_name - The virtual device name.
• iam_instance_profile - The name of the instance profile associated with the Instance.
• ipv6_addresses - The IPv6 addresses associated to the Instance, if applicable. NOTE: Unlike the IPv4 address, this doesn't change if you attach an EIP to the instance.
• instance_type - The type of the Instance.
• key_name - The key name of the Instance.
• monitoring - Whether detailed monitoring is enabled or disabled for the Instance (Boolean).
• network_interface_id - The ID of the network interface that was created with the Instance.
• password_data - Base-64 encoded encrypted password data for the instance. Useful for getting the administrator password for instances running Microsoft Windows. This attribute is only exported if get_password_data is true. See GetPasswordData for more information.
• placement_group - The placement group of the Instance.
• private_dns - The private DNS name assigned to the Instance. Can only be used inside the Amazon EC2, and only available if you've enabled DNS hostnames for your VPC.
• private_ip - The private IP address assigned to the Instance.
• public_dns - The public DNS name assigned to the Instance. For EC2-VPC, this is only available if you've enabled DNS hostnames for your VPC.
• public_ip - The public IP address assigned to the Instance, if applicable. NOTE: If you are using an aws_eip with your instance, you should refer to the EIP's address directly and not use public_ip, as this field will change after the EIP is attached.
• root_block_device - The root block device mappings of the Instance
  • delete_on_termination - If the root block device will be deleted on termination.
  • iops - 0 If the volume is not a provisioned IOPS image, otherwise the supported IOPS count.
  • volume_size - The size of the volume, in GiB.
  • volume_type - The type of the volume.
• security_groups - The associated security groups.
• source_dest_check - Whether the network interface performs source/destination checking (Boolean).
• subnet_id - The VPC subnet ID.
• user_data - The User Data supplied to the Instance.
• tags - A mapping of tags assigned to the Instance.
• tenancy - The tenancy of the instance: dedicated, default, host.
• vpc_security_group_ids - The associated security groups in a non-default VPC.
• credit_specification - The credit specification of the Instance.