Implement ‘InstanceId’ for AutoScalingGroup

https://blueprints.launchpad.net/heat/+spec/implement-instanceid-for-autoscalinggroup

We should support the ‘InstanceId’ for AWS::AutoScaling::AutoScalingGroup resource to be compatible with AWSCloudFormation.

Problem description

In AWSCloudFormation, user can specify ‘InstanceId’ property if he want to create an Auto Scaling group that uses an existing instance instead of a launch configuration, see:

http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-properties-as-group.html

Now in Heat, the AWS::AutoScaling::AutoScalingGroup resource only has ‘LaunchConfigurationName’ property, will be good to implement ‘InstanceId’ property.

Proposed change

1. Change ‘LaunchConfigurationName’ to be an optional property

2. Add ‘InstanceId’ property, optional and non-updatable

3. Add validate for AWS::AutoScaling::AutoScalingGroup resource, make sure choose one of the two properties

4. Modify the _get_conf_properties() function

   • if specify ‘InstanceId’, to get the attributes of the instance, and to make a temporary launch config resource, and then return the resource and its properties.

     Note that the attributes include ImageId, InstanceType, KeyName, SecurityGroups.

   • if without ‘InstanceId’, using the old way to get the launch config resource and its properties.

Alternatives

None

Implementation

Assignee(s)

Primary assignee: huangtianhua <huangtianhua@huawei.com>

Milestones

Target Milestone for completion:

Kilo-1

Work Items

• Support the ‘InstanceId’ property

• Add UT/Tempest for the change

Dependencies

None