AWS Amazon DocumentDB Cluster

aws_docdb (Terraform)

The Cluster in Amazon DocumentDB can be configured in Terraform with the resource name aws_docdb. The following sections describe how to use the resource and its parameters.

Example Usage from GitHub

An example could not be found in GitHub.

Security Best Practices for aws_docdb

There is 1 setting in aws_docdb that should be taken care of for security reasons. The following section explain an overview and example code.

Ensure AWS DocumentDB logging is enabled

It is better to enable AWS DocumentDB logging for auditing and following compliance requirements.

Parameters

For more detailed documentation about each argument, refer to the AWS official documentation.

The following arguments are supported:

• apply_immediately - (Optional) Specifies whether any cluster modifications are applied immediately, or during the next maintenance window. Default is false.
• availability_zones - (Optional) A list of EC2 Availability Zones that instances in the DB cluster can be created in.
• backup_retention_period - (Optional) The days to retain backups for. Default 1
• cluster_identifier_prefix - (Optional, Forces new resource) Creates a unique cluster identifier beginning with the specified prefix. Conflicts with cluster_identifier.
• cluster_identifier - (Optional, Forces new resources) The cluster identifier. If omitted, Terraform will assign a random, unique identifier.
• db_subnet_group_name - (Optional) A DB subnet group to associate with this DB instance.
• db_cluster_parameter_group_name - (Optional) A cluster parameter group to associate with the cluster.
• deletion_protection - (Optional) A value that indicates whether the DB cluster has deletion protection enabled. The database can't be deleted when deletion protection is enabled. By default, deletion protection is disabled.
• enabled_cloudwatch_logs_exports - (Optional) List of log types to export to cloudwatch. If omitted, no logs will be exported. The following log types are supported: audit, profiler.
• engine_version - (Optional) The database engine version. Updating this argument results in an outage.
• engine - (Optional) The name of the database engine to be used for this DB cluster. Defaults to docdb. Valid Values: docdb
• final_snapshot_identifier - (Optional) The name of your final DB snapshot when this DB cluster is deleted. If omitted, no final snapshot will be made.
• kms_key_id - (Optional) The ARN for the KMS encryption key. When specifying kms_key_id, storage_encrypted needs to be set to true.
• master_password - (Required unless a snapshot_identifier is provided) Password for the master DB user. Note that this may show up in logs, and it will be stored in the state file. Please refer to the DocDB Naming Constraints.
• master_username - (Required unless a snapshot_identifier is provided) Username for the master DB user.
• port - (Optional) The port on which the DB accepts connections
• preferred_backup_window - (Optional) The daily time range during which automated backups are created if automated backups are enabled using the BackupRetentionPeriod parameter.Time in UTC Default: A 30-minute window selected at random from an 8-hour block of time per regionE.g., 04:00-09:00
• preferred_maintenance_window - (Optional) The weekly time range during which system maintenance can occur, in (UTC) e.g., wed:04:00-wed:04:30
• skip_final_snapshot - (Optional) Determines whether a final DB snapshot is created before the DB cluster is deleted. If true is specified, no DB snapshot is created. If false is specified, a DB snapshot is created before the DB cluster is deleted, using the value from final_snapshot_identifier. Default is false.
• snapshot_identifier - (Optional) Specifies whether or not to create this cluster from a snapshot. You can use either the name or ARN when specifying a DB cluster snapshot, or the ARN when specifying a DB snapshot.
• storage_encrypted - (Optional) Specifies whether the DB cluster is encrypted. The default is false.
• tags - (Optional) A map of tags to assign to the DB cluster. If configured with a provider default_tags configuration block present, tags with matching keys will overwrite those defined at the provider-level.
• vpc_security_group_ids - (Optional) List of VPC security groups to associate with the Cluster

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

• arn - Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of cluster
• cluster_members – List of DocDB Instances that are a part of this cluster
• cluster_resource_id - The DocDB Cluster Resource ID
• endpoint - The DNS address of the DocDB instance
• hosted_zone_id - The Route53 Hosted Zone ID of the endpoint
• id - The DocDB Cluster Identifier
• reader_endpoint - A read-only endpoint for the DocDB cluster, automatically load-balanced across replicas
• tags_all - A map of tags assigned to the resource, including those inherited from the provider default_tags configuration block.

Explanation in Terraform Registry

Manages a DocDB Cluster. Changes to a DocDB Cluster can occur when you manually change a parameter, such as port, and are reflected in the next maintenance window. Because of this, Terraform may report a difference in its planning phase because a modification has not yet taken place. You can use the apply_immediately flag to instruct the service to apply the change immediately (see documentation below).

Note: using apply_immediately can result in a brief downtime as the server reboots. Note: All arguments including the username and password will be stored in the raw state as plain-text. Read more about sensitive data in state.