Removing the instance_type check in the ElastiCache cluster creation. We now allow the error to bubble up to the userr when the wrong instance type is used. The limitation for t2 instance types now allowing snapshotting is also now documented

builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_elasticache_cluster.go

@@ -205,7 +205,6 @@ func resourceAwsElasticacheClusterCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{
 		req.CacheParameterGroupName = aws.String(v.(string))
 	}
 
-	if !strings.Contains(d.Get("node_type").(string), "cache.t2") {
 	if v, ok := d.GetOk("snapshot_retention_limit"); ok {
 		req.SnapshotRetentionLimit = aws.Int64(int64(v.(int)))
 	}
@@ -213,7 +212,6 @@ func resourceAwsElasticacheClusterCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{
 	if v, ok := d.GetOk("snapshot_window"); ok {
 		req.SnapshotWindow = aws.String(v.(string))
 	}
-	}
 
 	if v, ok := d.GetOk("maintenance_window"); ok {
 		req.PreferredMaintenanceWindow = aws.String(v.(string))
@@ -289,12 +287,8 @@ func resourceAwsElasticacheClusterRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{})
 		d.Set("security_group_ids", c.SecurityGroups)
 		d.Set("parameter_group_name", c.CacheParameterGroup)
 		d.Set("maintenance_window", c.PreferredMaintenanceWindow)
-		if c.SnapshotWindow != nil {
 		d.Set("snapshot_window", c.SnapshotWindow)
-		}
-		if c.SnapshotRetentionLimit != nil {
 		d.Set("snapshot_retention_limit", c.SnapshotRetentionLimit)
-		}
 		if c.NotificationConfiguration != nil {
 			if *c.NotificationConfiguration.TopicStatus == "active" {
 				d.Set("notification_topic_arn", c.NotificationConfiguration.TopicArn)
@@ -377,7 +371,7 @@ func resourceAwsElasticacheClusterUpdate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{
 		req.EngineVersion = aws.String(d.Get("engine_version").(string))
 		requestUpdate = true
 	}
-	if !strings.Contains(d.Get("node_type").(string), "cache.t2") {
+
 	if d.HasChange("snapshot_window") {
 		req.SnapshotWindow = aws.String(d.Get("snapshot_window").(string))
 		requestUpdate = true
@@ -387,7 +381,6 @@ func resourceAwsElasticacheClusterUpdate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{
 		req.SnapshotRetentionLimit = aws.Int64(int64(d.Get("snapshot_retention_limit").(int)))
 		requestUpdate = true
 	}
-	}
 
 	if d.HasChange("num_cache_nodes") {
 		req.NumCacheNodes = aws.Int64(int64(d.Get("num_cache_nodes").(int)))

builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_elasticache_cluster_test.go

@@ -33,37 +33,12 @@ func TestAccAWSElasticacheCluster_basic(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
-func TestAccAWSElasticacheCluster_snapshots(t *testing.T) {
-	var ec elasticache.CacheCluster
-
-	ri := genRandInt()
-	config := fmt.Sprintf(testAccAWSElasticacheClusterConfig_snapshots, ri)
-
-	resource.Test(t, resource.TestCase{
-		PreCheck:     func() { testAccPreCheck(t) },
-		Providers:    testAccProviders,
-		CheckDestroy: testAccCheckAWSElasticacheClusterDestroy,
-		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
-			resource.TestStep{
-				Config: config,
-				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
-					testAccCheckAWSElasticacheSecurityGroupExists("aws_elasticache_security_group.bar"),
-					testAccCheckAWSElasticacheClusterExists("aws_elasticache_cluster.bar", &ec),
-					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(
-						"aws_elasticache_cluster.bar", "snapshot_window", "05:00-09:00"),
-					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(
-						"aws_elasticache_cluster.bar", "snapshot_retention_limit", "3"),
-				),
-			},
-		},
-	})
-}
 func TestAccAWSElasticacheCluster_snapshotsWithUpdates(t *testing.T) {
 	var ec elasticache.CacheCluster
 
 	ri := genRandInt()
-	preConfig := fmt.Sprintf(testAccAWSElasticacheClusterConfig_snapshots, ri)
+	preConfig := fmt.Sprintf(testAccAWSElasticacheClusterConfig_snapshots, ri, ri, ri)
-	postConfig := fmt.Sprintf(testAccAWSElasticacheClusterConfig_snapshotsUpdated, ri)
+	postConfig := fmt.Sprintf(testAccAWSElasticacheClusterConfig_snapshotsUpdated, ri, ri, ri)
 
 	resource.Test(t, resource.TestCase{
 		PreCheck:     func() { testAccPreCheck(t) },
@@ -221,7 +196,7 @@ provider "aws" {
 	region = "us-east-1"
 }
 resource "aws_security_group" "bar" {
-    name = "tf-test-security-group"
+    name = "tf-test-security-group-%03d"
     description = "tf-test-security-group-descr"
     ingress {
         from_port = -1
@@ -232,7 +207,7 @@ resource "aws_security_group" "bar" {
 }
 
 resource "aws_elasticache_security_group" "bar" {
-    name = "tf-test-security-group"
+    name = "tf-test-security-group-%03d"
     description = "tf-test-security-group-descr"
     security_group_names = ["${aws_security_group.bar.name}"]
 }
@@ -240,7 +215,7 @@ resource "aws_elasticache_security_group" "bar" {
 resource "aws_elasticache_cluster" "bar" {
     cluster_id = "tf-test-%03d"
     engine = "redis"
-    node_type = "cache.m1.small"
+    node_type = "cache.t2.small"
     num_cache_nodes = 1
     port = 6379
   	parameter_group_name = "default.redis2.8"

website/source/docs/providers/aws/r/elasticache_cluster.html.markdown

@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ SNS topic to send ElastiCache notifications to. Example:
 
 * `tags` - (Optional) A mapping of tags to assign to the resource.
 
+~> **NOTE:** Snapshotting functionality is not compatible with t2 instance types.
 
 ## Attributes Reference