amazon-ec2terraformterraform-aws-modules

Passing vars between different resources


I have one resource to create ec2 instance, and another one for creating ebs (with attach inside).

In the ebs I need to give it instance_id = aws_instance.ec2.id which is created in the ec2 resource. How can I pass the var value from one resource to the other one?

I'm using modules with tfvars file to consume bout resources to create ec2 instance with external disk.

ec2 main file:

# NIC
resource "aws_network_interface" "nic" {
  subnet_id   = "${var.subnet_id}"
  private_ips = "${var.ip_address}"
  tags       = { Name = var.tags }
}


# EC2 Instance
resource "aws_instance" "ec2" {
  ami                     = "${var.ami}"
  instance_type           = "${var.instance_type}"
  iam_instance_profile    = "${var.iam_instance_profile}"
  tags                    = { Name = var.tags }
  key_name                = "${var.key_name}"
  network_interface {
      network_interface_id = "${aws_network_interface.nic.id}"
      device_index = 0
    }
}

External disk main file:

resource "aws_ebs_volume" "external_disk" {
    availability_zone = "${var.availability_zone}"
    size              = "${var.disk_size}"
    type              = "${var.disk_type}"
    tags              = { Name = var.tags }
}


resource "aws_volume_attachment" "disk_attach" {
    device_name = "${var.device_name}"
    volume_id   = aws_ebs_volume.external_disk.id
    instance_id = aws_instance.ec2.id
}

Main env module:

module "external_disk_red" {
  source                  = "../source-modules/external-disk"
  availability_zone       = "${var.availability_zone}"
  size                    = "${var.disk_size_red}"
  type                    = "${var.disk_type_red}"
}


module "red" {
  source                  = "../source-modules/ec2"
  region                  = "${var.region}"
  access_key              = "${var.access_key}"
  secret_key              = "${var.secret_key}"
  ami                     = "${var.ami}"
  instance_type           = "${var.instance_type}"
  iam_instance_profile    = "${var.iam_instance_profile}"
  tags                    = "${var.tags_red}"
  key_name                = "${var.key_name}"
  ip_address              = "${var.ip_address_red}"
  subnet_id               = "${var.subnet_id}"
  device_name             = "${var.volume_path_red}"
}

Solution

  • What you would have to do in this situation is add an output to your ec2 module and use it as an input (variable) in your external disk module.

    Also, I don't know what version of Terraform you are using, but using double quotes to refer to a variable is considered legacy (unless you want to do interpolation).

    So...

    source-modules/ec2/output.tf

    output "instance_id" {
      value       = aws_instance.ec2.id
      description = "ID of the EC2 instance"
    }
    

    source-modules/external-disk/variables.tf

    variable "instance_id" {
      type        = string
      description = "ID of the EC2 instance"
    }
    

    source-modules/external-disk/main.tf

    resource "aws_ebs_volume" "external_disk" {
      availability_zone = var.availability_zone
      size              = var.disk_size
      type              = var.disk_type
      tags              = { Name = var.tags }
    }
    
    resource "aws_volume_attachment" "disk_attach" {
      device_name = var.device_name
      volume_id   = aws_ebs_volume.external_disk.id
      instance_id = var.instance_id
    }
    

    Main env module

    module "external_disk_red" {
      source                  = "../source-modules/external-disk"
      availability_zone       = var.availability_zone
      size                    = var.disk_size_red
      type                    = var.disk_type_red
      instance_id             = module.red.instance_id
    }
    
    
    module "red" {
      source                  = "../source-modules/ec2"
      region                  = var.region
      access_key              = var.access_key
      secret_key              = var.secret_key
      ami                     = var.ami
      instance_type           = var.instance_type
      iam_instance_profile    = var.iam_instance_profile
      tags                    = var.tags_red
      key_name                = var.key_name
      ip_address              = var.ip_address_red
      subnet_id               = var.subnet_id
      device_name             = var.volume_path_red
    }