terraform-aws_elasticache_cluster

A terraform module for managing Elasticache instances running Redis

• Assumes you're making your instances in a VPC

Module Input Variables

Defaults:

• engine_version - The Redis version you want to use. Defaults to 2.8.24
• node_type - The Elasticache instance type, defaults to cache.m4.large
• availability_zone - The availability zones your node will launch into. Defaults to ca-central-1a
• port - Elasticache port. Defaults to 6379
• num_cache_nodes - Number of nodes wanted for cluster. Defaults to 1
• security_group_ids - Security group ID for cluster.
• subnet_group_name Subnet group name for cluster.
• parameter_group_name Parameter group name for cluster. Defaults to default.redis2.8

Required:

• cluster_id - Name of the Elasticache instance

Module Outputs

• instance_primary_endpoint - The endpoint for the Elasticache node
• instance_name - Name of the instance

Usage

You can use this in your terraform template with the following steps.

1. Adding a module resource to your template, e.g. main.tf

module "instance" {
  source = "git::ssh://git@github.com/telusdigital/terraform-aws_elasticache_cluster"

  cluster_id = "my-cluster"
  node_type = "cache.m4.large"
}

Authors

Created and maintained by Alex Podobnik (alexandar.podobnik@telus.com)