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A Block Volume Backed Up by a Policy that Matches It

VPC backup policies match volumes by user tag, so a volume created without the tag sits silently outside the policy; encryption is provider-managed unless a root key CRN is given; and an attachment can delete the volume with the instance. The policy created with its plan and the volume tagged with the tag it matches (none by name), your key when given, the volume kept on instance deletion.

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ibm-block-volumevizier v1.2.0

Verification

Static-verified

Passed: validated and lint-clean (provider-schema-validated for AWS/Azure/GCP; Terraform-language lint elsewhere).

Conformance

  • Static validation (fmt · validate · tflint)
  • No applicable security policies for this provider
  • Plan tests (mocked: validation rules · outputs)

Provenance

  • SHA-256 checksum
  • Signature (pending)

Functional

  • Live test pending (no cloud run yet)

Last verified 2026-09-14 · how we verify

Use it from the registry

terraform · opentofu
module "block_volume" {
  source  = "www.iac-bazaar.com/iac-bazaar/ibm-block-volume/ibmcloud"
  version = "1.0.0"
}

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Documentation

ibm-block-volume

An IBM Cloud VPC block volume that is encrypted with a key you hold, attached, and backed up by a policy that matches it. Works with Terraform and OpenTofu (>= 1.6), IBM-Cloud/ibm provider >= 1.60, < 3.0.

Backup policies match by user tag. The module creates the policy and tags the volume with its tag; none needs accept_no_backup_schedule.

Encryption is provider-managed unless key_crn.

Attachment from the instance side, with the volume kept when the instance is deleted.

Verification

Static validation runs tofu fmt, init, validate, tflint and checkov. This module has not yet had a live test, so it is published as statically validated with its live test pending and does not carry the live-tested mark.

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