Terraform-provider-aws: Document the options available for aws_launch_template's tag_specifications' resource_type

[tdmalone]

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Description

I'd love to see some extra documentation around the aws_launch_template's tagging functionality - in particular, the valid resource_types that can be used other than instance.

New or Affected Resource(s)

• aws_launch_template

References

• _Semi_-related to #4650 request for tagging support on the launch_template itself

[jensbodal]

I agree this would be helpful.

For others looking for which resource types are supported, the only two I know of are instance and volume.

To tag both instances and volumes simply use two blocks:

  tag_specifications {
    resource_type = "volume"
    tags          = "${var.tags}"
  }

  tag_specifications {
    resource_type = "instance"
    tags          = "${var.tags}"
  }

[bflad]

FYI the resource documentation page lives at: https://github.com/terraform-providers/terraform-provider-aws/blob/master/website/docs/r/launch_template.html.markdown

Generally we prefer to point to existing AWS documentation in this case, in fact this seems like a good start: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/APIReference/API_LaunchTemplateTagSpecificationRequest.html

I've submitted a PR to add the link and validate the two currently valid values in the schema: #4765

[bflad]

The documentation update will release with version 1.23.0 of the AWS provider, likely middle of next week. 👍

[bflad]

This has been released in version 1.23.0 of the AWS provider. Please see the Terraform documentation on provider versioning or reach out if you need any assistance upgrading.

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