aws_spot_instance_request doesn't assign key or subnetID

[mrdavidlaing]

I'm attempting to launch a AWS spot instance into an existing VPC subnet using the following aws_spot_instance_request resource:

resource "aws_spot_instance_request" "workspace_instance" {
    ami = "ami-3fee3b54" #BOSH lite 9000.38
    instance_type = "m3.xlarge"
    spot_price = "0.15"

    subnet_id = "subnet-fcdXXXXX"
    key_name = "pcf"

A spot instance is created, but there are 2 important issues:

1. It hasn't been assigned to the specified VPC subnet
2. It hasn't been assigned a SSH key name (so I can't SSH into it)

Looking at the debug output, it appears that the subnetID and key_name settings are not being added to the AWS spot request API call:

2015/08/03 12:17:11 [DEBUG] apply: aws_spot_instance_request.workspace_instance: executing Apply
aws_spot_instance_request.workspace_instance: Creating...
  ami:                                       "" => "ami-3fee3b54"
2015/08/03 12:17:11 terraform-provider-aws: 2015/08/03 12:17:11 [DEBUG] Describing AMI "ami-3fee3b54" to get root block device name
  availability_zone:                         "" => "<computed>"
  ebs_block_device.#:                        "" => "<computed>"
  ephemeral_block_device.#:                  "" => "<computed>"
  instance_type:                             "" => "m3.xlarge"
  key_name:                                  "" => "pcf"
  placement_group:                           "" => "<computed>"
  private_dns:                               "" => "<computed>"
  private_ip:                                "" => "<computed>"
  public_dns:                                "" => "<computed>"
  public_ip:                                 "" => "<computed>"
  root_block_device.#:                       "" => "1"
  root_block_device.0.delete_on_termination: "" => "1"
  root_block_device.0.iops:                  "" => "<computed>"
  root_block_device.0.volume_size:           "" => "100"
  root_block_device.0.volume_type:           "" => "gp2"
  security_groups.#:                         "" => "<computed>"
  source_dest_check:                         "" => "1"
  spot_bid_status:                           "" => "<computed>"
  spot_instance_id:                          "" => "<computed>"
  spot_price:                                "" => "0.15"
  spot_request_state:                        "" => "<computed>"
  subnet_id:                                 "" => "subnet-fcdXXXXX"
  tags.#:                                    "" => "1"
  tags.Name:                                 "" => "workspace_instance"
  tenancy:                                   "" => "<computed>"
  vpc_security_group_ids.#:                  "" => "<computed>"
  wait_for_fulfillment:                      "" => "1"
2015/08/03 12:17:12 terraform-provider-aws: 2015/08/03 12:17:12 [DEBUG] Requesting spot bid opts: {
2015/08/03 12:17:12 terraform-provider-aws:   InstanceCount: 1,
2015/08/03 12:17:12 terraform-provider-aws:   LaunchSpecification: {
2015/08/03 12:17:12 terraform-provider-aws:     BlockDeviceMappings: [{
2015/08/03 12:17:12 terraform-provider-aws:         DeviceName: "/dev/sda1",
2015/08/03 12:17:12 terraform-provider-aws:         EBS: {
2015/08/03 12:17:12 terraform-provider-aws:           DeleteOnTermination: true,
2015/08/03 12:17:12 terraform-provider-aws:           VolumeSize: 100,
2015/08/03 12:17:12 terraform-provider-aws:           VolumeType: "gp2"
2015/08/03 12:17:12 terraform-provider-aws:         }
2015/08/03 12:17:12 terraform-provider-aws:       }],
2015/08/03 12:17:12 terraform-provider-aws:     EBSOptimized: false,
2015/08/03 12:17:12 terraform-provider-aws:     IAMInstanceProfile: {
2015/08/03 12:17:12 terraform-provider-aws:       Name: ""
2015/08/03 12:17:12 terraform-provider-aws:     },
2015/08/03 12:17:12 terraform-provider-aws:     ImageID: "ami-3fee3b54",
2015/08/03 12:17:12 terraform-provider-aws:     InstanceType: "m3.xlarge",
2015/08/03 12:17:12 terraform-provider-aws:     Monitoring: {
2015/08/03 12:17:12 terraform-provider-aws:       Enabled: false
2015/08/03 12:17:12 terraform-provider-aws:     },
2015/08/03 12:17:12 terraform-provider-aws:     Placement: {
2015/08/03 12:17:12 terraform-provider-aws:       AvailabilityZone: "",
2015/08/03 12:17:12 terraform-provider-aws:       GroupName: ""
2015/08/03 12:17:12 terraform-provider-aws:     },
2015/08/03 12:17:12 terraform-provider-aws:     UserData: ""
2015/08/03 12:17:12 terraform-provider-aws:   },
2015/08/03 12:17:12 terraform-provider-aws:   SpotPrice: "0.15",
2015/08/03 12:17:12 terraform-provider-aws:   Type: "persistent"
2015/08/03 12:17:12 terraform-provider-aws: }

Is this a bug?

[mrdavidlaing]

This screenshot from the AWS control panel shows how a spot instance has been started successfully, but has not been assigned to the specified VPC subnet or given the specific key_name

[catsby]

I merged #2954, thanks for fixing it!

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