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cloudstack	CloudStack: cloudstack_instance	docs-cloudstack-resource-instance	Creates and automatically starts a virtual machine based on a service offering, disk offering, and template.

cloudstack_instance

Creates and automatically starts a virtual machine based on a service offering, disk offering, and template.

Example Usage

resource "cloudstack_instance" "web" {
    ami = "ami-1234"
    instance_type = "m1.small"
    tags {
        Name = "HelloWorld"
    }
}

The following arguments are supported:

name - (Required) The name of the instance. Changing this forces a new resource to be created.
display_name - (Optional) The display name of the instance.
service_offering - (Required) The service offering used for this instance.
network - (Optional) The name of the network to connect this instance to. Changing this forces a new resource to be created.
ipaddress - (Optional) The IP address to assign to this instance. Changing this forces a new resource to be created.
template - (Required) The name of the template used for this instance. Changing this forces a new resource to be created.
zone - (Required) The name of the zone where this instance will be created. Changing this forces a new resource to be created.
user_data - (Optional) The user data to provide when launching the instance.
expunge - (Optional) This determines if the instance is expunged when it is destroyed (defaults false)

The following attributes are exported: