Argument for aws_key_pair resource is incorrectly documented as "required" #9992
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Reasoning for docs update
The documentation for aws_key_pair resource indicates that the key_name argument is required. It is actually optional - omitting that argument will result in an auto-generated key name, prefixed with
terraform-
.Relevant Terraform version
Documentation is incorrect on current live site. Behaviour has been tested with Terraform
0.7.9
.