changing identifier in RDS (aws_db_instance) will destroy/create the db

[adrianlop]

Terraform Version

0.8.5

Affected Resource(s)

• aws_db_instance

Expected Behavior

Using AWS RDS UI you can change the identifier and it won't recreate the database, it will only apply it on the preferred maintenance window/apply immediately if you select it.

This change also changes the endpoint, so AWS will give you a warn as expected: Warning! Endpoint will also change.

Actual Behavior

Terraform will destroy + recreate the instance. It should only apply the change in the maintenance window or immediately if you selected apply_immediately=true, not destroy the DB.

Thanks.

[hnarimani]

Any answer?

[ghost]

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