Softlayer: Create flavor vm instance using Terraform - ibm-cloud

Question

I found there exist some flavor vm type, e.g. c1.1x1 or b1.2x4 in bluemix portal site.
But ibm_compute_vm_instance seems only be able to setup cores.
Could i be able to create for type c1 or m1?
Or, which cpu type it is by default while deploying?

Answer 1

They has add the ability to create flaovr using terraform ref.
Check the new field 'flavor_key_name'.
But it still need setup 'local_disk'. 'local_disk' is 'true' while using using bl1 or bl2, or it should be 'false'.

Answer 2

IBM Terraform does not have an attribute to put a flavor’s value that is needed to create a VM, the same that you do in blumix portal, or the presetId attribute that is used in other languages.
This issue has already been reported, you can see it in this link: https://github.com/IBM-Cloud/terraform-provider-ibm/issues/151
To create a new VM by terraform you have to choose the CPU, RAM and FIRST DISK separately.
e.g you can choose this flavor:
"name" :" C1.2x2x25 "
It means (2 x 2.0 GHz Cores, 2 GB RAM, 25 GB (SAN) First Disk)
There is no default CPU type while deploying. You have to choose one.
To find these values you can use the following rest api:
Method: GET
https://[username]-[apiKey]#api.softlayer.com/rest/v3/SoftLayer_Virtual_Guest/getCreateObjectOptions
You will find here the following result:
{
"flavor": {
"keyName": "C1_2X2X25",
"name": "C1.2x2x25",
"configuration": [
{
"category": {
"name": "Computing Instance"
},
"price": {
"hourlyRecurringFee": ".045",
"item": {
"description": "2 x 2.0 GHz Cores"
}
}
},
{
"category": {
"name": "First Disk"
},
"price": {
"hourlyRecurringFee": "0",
"item": {
"description": "25 GB (SAN)"
}
}
},
{
"category": {
"name": "RAM"
},
"price": {
"hourlyRecurringFee": ".03",
"item": {
"description": "2 GB"
}
}
}
],
"totalMinimumHourlyFee": "0.075",
"totalMinimumRecurringFee": "49.77"
},
"template": {
"id": null,
"supplementalCreateObjectOptions": {
"flavorKeyName": "C1_2X2X25"
}
}
},
This is an example how could you send the terraform request:
resource "ibm_compute_vm_instance" "twc_terraform_sample" {
hostname = "twc-terraform-sample-name"
domain = "bar.example.com"
os_reference_code = "DEBIAN_7_64"
datacenter = "wdc01"
network_speed = 10
hourly_billing = true
private_network_only = false
cores = 2
memory = 2048
disks = [25]
dedicated_acct_host_only = true
local_disk = false
}
The RAM (memory) that you have to send must be in MB (e.g 2GB will be 2048 MB)