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# aws_docdbelastic_cluster{% #aws_docdbelastic_cluster %}

## `account_id`{% #account_id %}

**Type**: `STRING`

## `admin_user_name`{% #admin_user_name %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `adminUserName`**Description**: The name of the elastic cluster administrator.

## `auth_type`{% #auth_type %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `authType`**Description**: The authentication type for the elastic cluster.

## `backup_retention_period`{% #backup_retention_period %}

**Type**: `INT32`**Provider name**: `backupRetentionPeriod`**Description**: The number of days for which automatic snapshots are retained.

## `cluster_arn`{% #cluster_arn %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `clusterArn`**Description**: The ARN identifier of the elastic cluster.

## `cluster_endpoint`{% #cluster_endpoint %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `clusterEndpoint`**Description**: The URL used to connect to the elastic cluster.

## `cluster_name`{% #cluster_name %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `clusterName`**Description**: The name of the elastic cluster.

## `create_time`{% #create_time %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `createTime`**Description**: The time when the elastic cluster was created in Universal Coordinated Time (UTC).

## `kms_key_id`{% #kms_key_id %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `kmsKeyId`**Description**: The KMS key identifier to use to encrypt the elastic cluster.

## `preferred_backup_window`{% #preferred_backup_window %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `preferredBackupWindow`**Description**: The daily time range during which automated backups are created if automated backups are enabled, as determined by `backupRetentionPeriod`.

## `preferred_maintenance_window`{% #preferred_maintenance_window %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `preferredMaintenanceWindow`**Description**: The weekly time range during which system maintenance can occur, in Universal Coordinated Time (UTC). Format: `ddd:hh24:mi-ddd:hh24:mi`

## `shard_capacity`{% #shard_capacity %}

**Type**: `INT32`**Provider name**: `shardCapacity`**Description**: The number of vCPUs assigned to each elastic cluster shard. Maximum is 64. Allowed values are 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64.

## `shard_count`{% #shard_count %}

**Type**: `INT32`**Provider name**: `shardCount`**Description**: The number of shards assigned to the elastic cluster. Maximum is 32.

## `shard_instance_count`{% #shard_instance_count %}

**Type**: `INT32`**Provider name**: `shardInstanceCount`**Description**: The number of replica instances applying to all shards in the cluster. A `shardInstanceCount` value of 1 means there is one writer instance, and any additional instances are replicas that can be used for reads and to improve availability.

## `shards`{% #shards %}

**Type**: `UNORDERED_LIST_STRUCT`**Provider name**: `shards`**Description**: The total number of shards in the cluster.

- `create_time`**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `createTime`**Description**: The time when the shard was created in Universal Coordinated Time (UTC).
- `shard_id`**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `shardId`**Description**: The ID of the shard.
- `status`**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `status`**Description**: The current status of the shard.

## `status`{% #status %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `status`**Description**: The status of the elastic cluster.

## `subnet_ids`{% #subnet_ids %}

**Type**: `UNORDERED_LIST_STRING`**Provider name**: `subnetIds`**Description**: The Amazon EC2 subnet IDs for the elastic cluster.

## `tags`{% #tags %}

**Type**: `UNORDERED_LIST_STRING`

## `vpc_security_group_ids`{% #vpc_security_group_ids %}

**Type**: `UNORDERED_LIST_STRING`**Provider name**: `vpcSecurityGroupIds`**Description**: A list of EC2 VPC security groups associated with thie elastic cluster.