Route53 Record set error

[Máté Gulyás]

Hi all,

I encountered an error with adding a record to route53. I create an elb with name redirecter-prod-redirecter-test, and I try to add it to route53 as an alias.

I changed the zoneID, but I have it the same way, fixed. 

resource "aws_route53_record" "redirecter-test" {

  zone_id = "Z1DV0ZFF4AVYLA"

  name = "redirect-test.enbritely.co.uk"

  type = "A"

  alias {

    name = "${aws_elb.redirecter-prod-redirecter-test.name}"

    zone_id =  "${aws_elb.redirecter-prod-redirecter-test.zone_id}"

    evaluate_target_health = true

  }

}

The error I got: 

===================

[....]

aws_route53_record.redirecter-test: Creating...

  alias.#:                                "" => "1"

  alias.620579030.evaluate_target_health: "" => "1"

  alias.620579030.name:                   "" => "redirecter-prod-redirecter-test"

  alias.620579030.zone_id:                "" => "Z3DZXE0Q79N41H"

  fqdn:                                   "" => "<computed>"

  name:                                   "" => "redirect-test.enbritely.co.uk"

  type:                                   "" => "A"

  zone_id:                                "" => "Z1DV0ZFF4AVYLA"

aws_route53_record.redirecter-test: Error: 1 error(s) occurred:

* InvalidChangeBatch: Tried to create an alias that targets redirect-test.enbritely.co.uk., type A in zone Z3DZXE0Q79N41H, but the alias target name does not lie within the target zone

        status code: 400, request id: [8dc74333-208a-11e5-9d2d-d5f90ef2f018]

Error applying plan:

1 error(s) occurred:

* InvalidChangeBatch: Tried to create an alias that targets redirect-test.enbritely.co.uk., type A in zone Z3DZXE0Q79N41H, but the alias target name does not lie within the target zone

        status code: 400, request id: [8dc74333-208a-11e5-9d2d-d5f90ef2f018]

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Terraform version: 0.6 (OS: Fedore 22)

I verified that I can do it on AWS console, I can add the recordset with the same parameters. The strange thing is that the error message seems off. In the part "type A in zone Z3DZXE0Q79N41H" the zoneid is the zoneid of the ELB not the hosted zone where I try to add the A record. 

Any ideas what am I missing?

Thanks in advance,

Mate

[Máté Gulyás]

The error was due to a missconfiguration. The terraform documentation is correct, I was inattentive.

The name should be dns_name.

>>>>>

  alias {

    name = "${aws_elb.redirecter-prod-redirecter-test.name}"

<<<<<  >>>>>

  alias {

    name = "${aws_elb.redirecter-prod-redirecter-test.dns_name}"

<<<<<

Mate