AWS::EC2::instance (specify TagSpecification in EBS BlockDeviceMapping)

[Remi-Faydide]

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1. Title -> Specifying TagSpecification on creation for AWS::EC2::Instance Ebs Attribute is available since 28 Mar 2017 with API (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-tag-ec2-instances-ebs-volumes-on-creation/)
2. Scope of request -> Allow specifying tags in CloudFormation for EC2 instances.
3. Expected behavior -> In Create, it should allow specifying separate tags per volumes or same for every volumes or same tags than EC2 Instance. At least it should allow tag creation, like the API allows.
4. Test case recommendation (optional) ->
5. Links to existing API doc (optional) -> https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/APIReference/API_CreateVolume.html
6. Category tag (optional) -> Compute / Storage
7. Any additional context (optional)

[whereisaaron]

eksctl-io/eksctl#778

[DanyC97]

@PatMyron @luiseduardocolon i saw you folks referenced this issue on the master issue #228 , any chance you have an update on this ?

Asking as this lack of functionality does really impact myself and others in sorting out the EBS tagging which is a must to not waste the $$ down the pipe.
In my case i was using ASG with LC and tagging EBS vols inside userdata didn't cut very well as there are some limitation on the !Sub function and you can't do much of bash scripting with variables interpolation.

Moved to ASG with LT and while TagSpecifications works in some cases it doesn't if you have different EBS vols as below where you want the Tag's Name value to be dynamic

      LaunchTemplateData:
        BlockDeviceMappings:
{% for i in range(StorageEbsNumVolumes) %}
          - DeviceName: /dev/xvd{{ vol_drive_letters[i] }}
            Ebs:
              VolumeSize: !Ref StorageEbsVolumeSize
              VolumeType: !Ref StorageEbsVolumeType
              DeleteOnTermination: !Ref StorageEbsDeleteOnTermination
{% endfor %}
          - DeviceName: /dev/sda1
            Ebs:
              VolumeSize: 100

[robertd]

We also take care of EBS tagging in userdata section, and it would be nice to take care of it on CloudFormation level. Looking forward to this CloudFormation update.

[jchapuran]

This has been "coming soon" for 3 full months now, is there an ETA for when this will be available?

[timschill]

Any updates on this issue yet?

[luiseduardocolon]

I'm following up on this - if you don't hear from me in a couple of weeks, ping me again here :)

[jchapuran]

@luiseduardocolon as requested :)

[timschill]

@luiseduardocolon any progress?

[Remi-Faydide]

Soon 1 year this issue has been opened...
you have less than 5 days to let it close before the official anniversary... ;)
I know you can do it !

[robertd]

Hi @luiseduardocolon 👋 ... any updates?