alicloud_instances

The Instances data source list ECS instance resources according to their ID, name regex, image id, status and other fields.

Example Usage

data "alicloud_instances" "instances_ds" {
  name_regex = "web_server"
  status     = "Running"
}

output "first_instance_id" {
  value = "${data.alicloud_instances.instances_ds.instances.0.id}"
}

output "instance_ids" {
  value = "${data.alicloud_instances.instances_ds.ids}"
}

Argument Reference

The following arguments are supported:

• ids - (Optional) A list of ECS instance IDs.
• name_regex - (Optional) A regex string to filter results by instance name.
• image_id - (Optional) The image ID of some ECS instance used.
• status - (Optional) Instance status. Valid values: "Creating", "Starting", "Running", "Stopping" and "Stopped". If undefined, all statuses are considered.
• vpc_id - (Optional) ID of the VPC linked to the instances.
• vswitch_id - (Optional) ID of the vSwitch linked to the instances.
• availability_zone - (Optional) Availability zone where instances are located.
• resource_group_id - (Optional, ForceNew, Available in 1.57.0+) The ID of resource group which the instance belongs.
• ram_role_name - (Optional, ForceNew, Available in 1.69.0+) The RAM role name which the instance attaches.
• instance_name - (Optional, ForceNew, Available in 1.203.0+) The name of the instance. Fuzzy search with the asterisk (*) wildcard characters is supported.
• tags - (Optional) A map of tags assigned to the ECS instances. It must be in the format:

  data "alicloud_instances" "taggedInstances" {
    tags = {
      tagKey1 = "tagValue1",
      tagKey2 = "tagValue2"
    }
  }
  

• enable_details - (Optional, Available in 1.204.0+) Default to true. If false, the attributes ram_role_name and disk_device_mappings will not be fetched and output.
• output_file - (Optional) File name where to save data source results (after running terraform plan).

Attributes Reference

The following attributes are exported in addition to the arguments listed above:

• ids - A list of ECS instance IDs.
• names - A list of instances names.
• instances - A list of instances. Each element contains the following attributes:
  • id - ID of the instance.
  • region_id - Region ID the instance belongs to.
  • availability_zone - Availability zone the instance belongs to.
  • status - Instance current status.
  • name - Instance name.
  • description - Instance description.
  • instance_type - Instance type.
  • vpc_id - ID of the VPC the instance belongs to.
  • vswitch_id - ID of the vSwitch the instance belongs to.
  • image_id - Image ID the instance is using.
  • private_ip - Instance private IP address.
  • public_ip - Instance public IP address.
  • eip - EIP address the VPC instance is using.
  • security_groups - List of security group IDs the instance belongs to.
  • key_name - Key pair the instance is using.
  • creation_time - Instance creation time.
  • instance_charge_type - Instance charge type.
  • internet_charge_type - Instance network charge type.
  • internet_max_bandwidth_out - Max output bandwidth for internet.
  • spot_strategy - Spot strategy the instance is using.
  • disk_device_mappings - Description of the attached disks.
    • device - Device information of the created disk: such as /dev/xvdb.
    • size - Size of the created disk.
    • category - Cloud disk category.
    • type - Cloud disk type: system disk or data disk.
    • disk_id - The ID of the Disk.
    • disk_name - The name of the Disk.
  • tags - A map of tags assigned to the ECS instance.
  • resource_group_id - The Id of resource group.
  • ram_role_name - The Ram role name.