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EC2 Launch Template + Auto Scaling Group

EC2 launch template and Auto Scaling group with IMDSv2 enforced, encrypted gp3 root volume, an egress-only security group, and scale-to-zero defaults so it applies cleanly with no compute cost.

terraformAWS#aws
aws-autoscalingterraform v1.7

Verification

Live-tested

Really deployed to a cloud sandbox, verified against its outputs and assertions, then destroyed - with the teardown confirmed.

Conformance

  • Static validation (fmt · validate · tflint)
  • Security scan clean (Checkov)
  • Plan test superseded by live test

Provenance

Functional

  • Live-tested - applied, verified, destroyed

Last verified 2026-06-30 · how we verify

Verify this download

cosign · sha-256

Don't take our word for it. Every release is signed with cosign - check the bytes against our pinned public key before you trust them.

# 1. Our pinned public key - fetch once, trust out-of-band
curl -O https://www.iac-bazaar.com/cosign.pub

# 2. This module's Sigstore bundle
curl -o aws-autoscaling-1.0.0.sigstore.json \
  https://www.iac-bazaar.com/api/artifacts/aws-autoscaling/signature

# 3. Verify the tarball you downloaded
cosign verify-blob \
  --key cosign.pub \
  --bundle aws-autoscaling-1.0.0.sigstore.json \
  aws-autoscaling-1.0.0.tar.gz
# → Verified OK

# 4. (optional) confirm the checksum too
echo "599d940f4b20e5b185380a47966b006b0124abd963caa7474730217a827e8fd1  aws-autoscaling-1.0.0.tar.gz" | sha256sum -c

Use it from the registry

terraform · opentofu
module "autoscaling" {
  source  = "www.iac-bazaar.com/iac-bazaar/aws-autoscaling/aws"
  version = "1.0.0"
}

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Documentation

aws-autoscaling

EC2 launch template + Auto Scaling group with secure defaults. Works with Terraform and OpenTofu (>= 1.6), AWS provider >= 6.0, < 7.0. The launch template enforces IMDSv2, encrypts the root volume, and the group is wired to always track the template's latest version. Networking is self-contained: with no subnets supplied the module uses the account's default VPC and creates an egress-only security group, so it applies cleanly in a fresh account.

By default the group scales to zero (desired_capacity = 0, min_size = 0): the ASG and launch template are created and fully exercised, but no instances launch — no compute cost. Raise desired_capacity to run instances.

Secure defaults:

  • IMDSv2 required on the launch template (http_tokens = required) — blocks the SSRF → credential-theft class of attacks
  • Root volume encrypted at rest always (AWS-managed aws/ebs key, or your kms_key_id), gp3 by default
  • Egress-only security group (no inbound) created automatically; bring your own via security_group_ids to allow specific ingress
  • ebs_optimized instances; instance tags propagated to launched instances

Security notes

  • IMDSv2 is enforced and cannot be disabled by a variable — only the hop limit is tunable.
  • The root volume is always encrypted; you can choose the KMS key.
  • The module-managed security group has no inbound rules. Add ingress by supplying your own security_group_ids.

Requirements

  • Terraform or OpenTofu >= 1.6
  • hashicorp/aws >= 6.0, < 7.0

License

Commercial — IaC Bazaar EULA. © IaC Bazaar. Original work (not derived from a third-party module).

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