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}"
}
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
}