Instance

platform_instance is a compute instance. Changing instance_type resizes in place. Changing name or deletion_protection updates in place. Changing image, region, or user_data replaces the instance.

resource "platform_instance" "web" {
  name          = "web-1"
  instance_type = "c1.small"
  image         = "ubuntu-24.04"
}

List available types with the CLI (platform catalog types) or the Go / TypeScript / Python SDKs.

Arguments

Name	Required	Notes
name	yes	Updated in place
instance_type	yes	Updated in place via resize (for example c1.small)
image	yes	Forces replacement (for example ubuntu-24.04)
region	no	Computed if omitted (API default local). Forces replacement
user_data	no	Cloud-init. Forces replacement. The API does not return it
deletion_protection	no	Computed. Updated in place

Attributes

Name	Notes
id	Platform id (inst_…)
state	Current resource state from the API

Import

terraform import platform_instance.web inst_…

Only the id is required; Read fills the rest. user_data stays empty after import because the API does not return it.