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alicloud	Alicloud: alicloud_zones	docs-alicloud-datasource-zones	Provides a list of Availability Zones which can be used by an Alicloud account.

alicloud_zones

The Zones data source allows access to the list of Alicloud Zones which can be accessed by an Alicloud account within the region configured in the provider.

Example Usage

# Declare the data source
data "alicloud_zones" "default" {
	"available_instance_type"= "ecs.s2.large"
	"available_disk_category"= "cloud_ssd"
}

# Create ecs instance with the first matched zone

resource "alicloud_instance" "instance" {
  availability_zone = "${data.alicloud_zones.default.zones.0.id}"

  # Other properties...
}

Argument Reference

The following arguments are supported:

• available_instance_type - (Optional) Limit search to specific instance type.
• available_resource_creation - (Optional) Limit search to specific resource type. The following values are allowed Instance, Disk and VSwitch.
• available_disk_category - (Optional) Limit search to specific disk category. Can be either cloud, ephemeral, or ephemeral_ssd.

Attributes Reference

The following attributes are exported:

• id - ID of the zone.
• local_name - Name of the zone in the local language.
• available_instance_types - Instance types allowed.
• available_resource_creation - Type of resource that can be created.
• available_disk_categories - Set of supported disk categories.