Terraform: self doesn't work in aws_security_group

Created on 16 Apr 2015 · 3Comments · Source: hashicorp/terraform

It's necessary in AWS to all members of a group to talk to each other, thus the following would be helpful; it's currently an error.

    ingress {
        from_port = 9300
        to_port = 9300
        protocol = "tcp"
        security_groups = ["${self.id}"]
    }

* resource 'aws_security_group.elasticsearch_master' config: cannot contain self-reference self.id

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franklinwise

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This is difficult to search when jogging your memory and this issue comes up still, the answer is to use the self argument today: https://www.terraform.io/docs/providers/aws/r/security_group_rule.html#self

u2mejc on 11 Apr 2017

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You can only use self in provisioners currently. Sorry!

mitchellh on 16 Apr 2015

u2mejc on 11 Apr 2017

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