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Resource: aws_ebs_volume#

Manages a single EBS volume.

Example Usage#

resource "aws_ebs_volume" "example" {
  availability_zone = "ru-msk-vol52"
  size              = 40

  tags = {
    Name = "HelloWorld"
  }
}

~> Note At least one of size or snapshot_id is required when specifying an EBS volume

Argument Reference#

The following arguments are supported:

  • availability_zone - (Required) The AZ where the EBS volume will exist.
  • iops - (Optional) The amount of IOPS to provision for the disk. Only valid for type of io2.
  • size - (Optional) The size of the drive in GiB.
  • snapshot_id (Optional) A snapshot to base the EBS volume on.
  • type - (Optional) The type of EBS volume. Can be st2, gp2 or io2 (Default: st2).
  • tags - (Optional) Map of tags to assign to the volume. If a provider default_tags configuration block is used, tags with matching keys will overwrite those defined at the provider level.

Attribute Reference#

Supported attributes#

In addition to all arguments above, the following attributes are exported:

  • arn - The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the volume.
  • id - The volume ID (e.g., vol-12345678).
  • tags_all - Map of tags assigned to the volume, including those inherited from the provider default_tags configuration block.
  • throughput - The throughput that the volume supports, in MiB/s.

Unsupported attributes#

~> Note These attributes may be present in the terraform.tfstate file, but they have preset values and cannot be specified in configuration files.

The following attributes are not currently supported:

encrypted, kms_key_id, multi_attach_enabled, outpost_arn.

Timeouts#

The timeouts block allows you to specify timeouts for certain actions:

  • create - (Default 5 minutes) Used for creating volumes. This includes the time required for the volume to become available.
  • update - (Default 5 minutes) Used for size, type, or iops volume changes.
  • delete - (Default 5 minutes) Used for destroying volumes.

Import#

EBS volumes can be imported using id, e.g.,

$ terraform import aws_ebs_volume.id vol-12345678