override name tag if required

Author: cuotos

README.md

@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ No modules.
 | <a name="input_ami"></a> [ami](#input\_ami) | Specify an AMI to run, if not it will use the latest Amazon Linux, or Windows Server image. | `string` | `""` | no |
 | <a name="input_associate_public_ip_address"></a> [associate\_public\_ip\_address](#input\_associate\_public\_ip\_address) | Assign public IP to the instance. | `bool` | `true` | no |
 | <a name="input_comment"></a> [comment](#input\_comment) | Comment tag to add to all resources | `string` | `""` | no |
+| <a name="input_instance_name_override"></a> [instance\_name\_override](#input\_instance\_name\_override) | Override the name tag provided to the instance. default: <username>-tmp-instance-<random string> | `string` | `null` | no |
 | <a name="input_instance_type"></a> [instance\_type](#input\_instance\_type) | AWS instance type to create | `string` | `"t3.nano"` | no |
 | <a name="input_key_name"></a> [key\_name](#input\_key\_name) | SSH key pair to use | `string` | `""` | no |
 | <a name="input_subnet_id"></a> [subnet\_id](#input\_subnet\_id) | Subnet to create the instance in | `string` | n/a | yes |

main.tf

@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ resource "aws_instance" "instance" {
   tags = merge(
     local.common_tags,
     {
-      "Name" : "${local.username}-tmp-instance-${random_string.module_suffix.result}"
+      "Name" : var.instance_name_override != null ? "${var.instance_name_override}-${random_string.module_suffix.result}" : "${local.username}-tmp-instance-${random_string.module_suffix.result}"
     }
   )
   volume_tags = {}
@@ -167,4 +167,4 @@ data "aws_iam_policy_document" "assume_policy" {
       identifiers = ["ec2.amazonaws.com"]
     }
   }
-}
+}

variables.tf

@@ -72,6 +72,12 @@ variable "additional_tags" {
   default     = {}
 }
 
+variable "instance_name_override" {
+  type        = string
+  description = "Override the name tag provided to the instance. default: <username>-tmp-instance-<random string>"
+  default     = null
+}
+
 variable "additional_user_data" {
   type        = string
   description = "Additional code to be added to the user_data.sh script"