Terraform: Allow specifying AWS instance name/tags

[nickelser]

From http://www.terraform.io/docs/providers/aws/r/instance.html, it does not appear to be possible to specify the instance name or tags - both of which are pretty essential for managing a fleet of AWS instances.

Packer lets you specify these (yay!), but prebuilt AMIs do not usually have the attributes you desire.

[pearkes]

Hey @nickelser! Yup, that is needed for sure. I added it to the AWS meta-issue to track, #28. Thanks!

[nickelser]

Got it - for new AWS issues should I be adding as a comment to #28? Or is submitting new issues OK?

[pearkes]

Submitting new issues is fine for the sake of Google, but we just merge them into the main issue as things would otherwise get unruly – each provider just has so many features, especially AWS.

[kamaljeetrathi]

Any provision for adding aws-instance name in .tf file before launching it.Like google cloud provider has.

[gboudrias]

I don't know when this was added but I think this issue is solved, right?

https://www.terraform.io/docs/providers/aws/r/instance.html

[gianlucaciocci]

@gboudrias yes you can add the instance name adding the tags:name within aws_instance resource
tags { Name = "Demo instance" }
sorry for the late answer

[mellertson]

FYI for Terraform v0.12.20 you'll need to do tags = { Name = "Demo instance" }.

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