MissingParameter: The request must contain the parameter InstanceId

[jedi4ever]

This occurred when I created a NAT instance of the wrong type.
fi. hvm image was not supported on t1.micro

In tfstate there was an instance with instanceId "" , so it could not continue.

[timothykimball]

I am having this problem if I Ctrl-C out of a terraform script at a certain point and then attempt to destroy:

terraform destroy
aws_instance.app: Refreshing state... (ID: )
cloudflare_record.dns: Refreshing state... (ID: 287002525)
Error refreshing state: 1 error(s) occurred:

• 1 error(s) occurred:
• MissingParameter: The request must contain the parameter InstanceId

If I log into AWS, I can see the instance that was created by terraform is there. Just no way to destroy it?

[mitchellh]

Fixed in above PR.

@timothykimball That sounds really bad, but I tried a few times and couldn't get this to reproduce (unless I ctrl-C twice, which explicitly warns me data loss will occur). You can do it with a single ctrl-C?

[timothykimball]

@mitchellh - Pleased to meet you! Great product btw. What is the best way for me to contribute?

I have attempted to reproduce and you are correct - I was hitting Ctrl-C twice (slap my hand). Apologies.

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