func resourceAwsLaunchConfigurationCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
	autoscalingconn := meta.(*AWSClient).autoscalingconn
	ec2conn := meta.(*AWSClient).ec2conn

	createLaunchConfigurationOpts := autoscaling.CreateLaunchConfigurationInput{
		LaunchConfigurationName: aws.String(d.Get("name").(string)),
		ImageId:                 aws.String(d.Get("image_id").(string)),
		InstanceType:            aws.String(d.Get("instance_type").(string)),
		EbsOptimized:            aws.Bool(d.Get("ebs_optimized").(bool)),
	}

	if v, ok := d.GetOk("user_data"); ok {
		userData := base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString([]byte(v.(string)))
		createLaunchConfigurationOpts.UserData = aws.String(userData)
	}

	createLaunchConfigurationOpts.InstanceMonitoring = &autoscaling.InstanceMonitoring{
		Enabled: aws.Bool(d.Get("enable_monitoring").(bool)),
	}

	if v, ok := d.GetOk("iam_instance_profile"); ok {
		createLaunchConfigurationOpts.IamInstanceProfile = aws.String(v.(string))
	}

	if v, ok := d.GetOk("placement_tenancy"); ok {
		createLaunchConfigurationOpts.PlacementTenancy = aws.String(v.(string))
	}

	if v, ok := d.GetOk("associate_public_ip_address"); ok {
		createLaunchConfigurationOpts.AssociatePublicIpAddress = aws.Bool(v.(bool))
	}

	if v, ok := d.GetOk("key_name"); ok {
		createLaunchConfigurationOpts.KeyName = aws.String(v.(string))
	}
	if v, ok := d.GetOk("spot_price"); ok {
		createLaunchConfigurationOpts.SpotPrice = aws.String(v.(string))
	}

	if v, ok := d.GetOk("security_groups"); ok {
		createLaunchConfigurationOpts.SecurityGroups = expandStringList(
			v.(*schema.Set).List(),
		)
	}

	if v, ok := d.GetOk("vpc_classic_link_id"); ok {
		createLaunchConfigurationOpts.ClassicLinkVPCId = aws.String(v.(string))
	}

	if v, ok := d.GetOk("vpc_classic_link_security_groups"); ok {
		createLaunchConfigurationOpts.ClassicLinkVPCSecurityGroups = expandStringList(
			v.(*schema.Set).List(),
		)
	}

	var blockDevices []*autoscaling.BlockDeviceMapping

	// We'll use this to detect if we're declaring it incorrectly as an ebs_block_device.
	rootDeviceName, err := fetchRootDeviceName(d.Get("image_id").(string), ec2conn)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	if rootDeviceName == nil {
		// We do this so the value is empty so we don't have to do nil checks later
		var blank string
		rootDeviceName = &blank
	}

	if v, ok := d.GetOk("ebs_block_device"); ok {
		vL := v.(*schema.Set).List()
		for _, v := range vL {
			bd := v.(map[string]interface{})
			ebs := &autoscaling.Ebs{
				DeleteOnTermination: aws.Bool(bd["delete_on_termination"].(bool)),
			}

			if v, ok := bd["snapshot_id"].(string); ok && v != "" {
				ebs.SnapshotId = aws.String(v)
			}

			if v, ok := bd["encrypted"].(bool); ok && v {
				ebs.Encrypted = aws.Bool(v)
			}

			if v, ok := bd["volume_size"].(int); ok && v != 0 {
				ebs.VolumeSize = aws.Int64(int64(v))
			}

			if v, ok := bd["volume_type"].(string); ok && v != "" {
				ebs.VolumeType = aws.String(v)
			}

			if v, ok := bd["iops"].(int); ok && v > 0 {
				ebs.Iops = aws.Int64(int64(v))
			}

			if *aws.String(bd["device_name"].(string)) == *rootDeviceName {
				return fmt.Errorf("Root device (%s) declared as an 'ebs_block_device'.  Use 'root_block_device' keyword.", *rootDeviceName)
			}

			blockDevices = append(blockDevices, &autoscaling.BlockDeviceMapping{
				DeviceName: aws.String(bd["device_name"].(string)),
				Ebs:        ebs,
			})
		}
	}

	if v, ok := d.GetOk("ephemeral_block_device"); ok {
		vL := v.(*schema.Set).List()
		for _, v := range vL {
			bd := v.(map[string]interface{})
			blockDevices = append(blockDevices, &autoscaling.BlockDeviceMapping{
				DeviceName:  aws.String(bd["device_name"].(string)),
				VirtualName: aws.String(bd["virtual_name"].(string)),
			})
		}
	}

	if v, ok := d.GetOk("root_block_device"); ok {
		vL := v.(*schema.Set).List()
		if len(vL) > 1 {
			return fmt.Errorf("Cannot specify more than one root_block_device.")
		}
		for _, v := range vL {
			bd := v.(map[string]interface{})
			ebs := &autoscaling.Ebs{
				DeleteOnTermination: aws.Bool(bd["delete_on_termination"].(bool)),
			}

			if v, ok := bd["volume_size"].(int); ok && v != 0 {
				ebs.VolumeSize = aws.Int64(int64(v))
			}

			if v, ok := bd["volume_type"].(string); ok && v != "" {
				ebs.VolumeType = aws.String(v)
			}

			if v, ok := bd["iops"].(int); ok && v > 0 {
				ebs.Iops = aws.Int64(int64(v))
			}

			if dn, err := fetchRootDeviceName(d.Get("image_id").(string), ec2conn); err == nil {
				if dn == nil {
					return fmt.Errorf(
						"Expected to find a Root Device name for AMI (%s), but got none",
						d.Get("image_id").(string))
				}
				blockDevices = append(blockDevices, &autoscaling.BlockDeviceMapping{
					DeviceName: dn,
					Ebs:        ebs,
				})
			} else {
				return err
			}
		}
	}

	if len(blockDevices) > 0 {
		createLaunchConfigurationOpts.BlockDeviceMappings = blockDevices
	}

	var lcName string
	if v, ok := d.GetOk("name"); ok {
		lcName = v.(string)
	} else if v, ok := d.GetOk("name_prefix"); ok {
		lcName = resource.PrefixedUniqueId(v.(string))
	} else {
		lcName = resource.UniqueId()
	}
	createLaunchConfigurationOpts.LaunchConfigurationName = aws.String(lcName)

	log.Printf(
		"[DEBUG] autoscaling create launch configuration: %s", createLaunchConfigurationOpts)

	// IAM profiles can take ~10 seconds to propagate in AWS:
	// http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/iam-roles-for-amazon-ec2.html#launch-instance-with-role-console
	err = resource.Retry(30*time.Second, func() *resource.RetryError {
		_, err := autoscalingconn.CreateLaunchConfiguration(&createLaunchConfigurationOpts)
		if err != nil {
			if awsErr, ok := err.(awserr.Error); ok {
				if strings.Contains(awsErr.Message(), "Invalid IamInstanceProfile") {
					return resource.RetryableError(err)
				}
				if strings.Contains(awsErr.Message(), "You are not authorized to perform this operation") {
					return resource.RetryableError(err)
				}
			}
			return resource.NonRetryableError(err)
		}
		return nil
	})

	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("Error creating launch configuration: %s", err)
	}

	d.SetId(lcName)
	log.Printf("[INFO] launch configuration ID: %s", d.Id())

	// We put a Retry here since sometimes eventual consistency bites
	// us and we need to retry a few times to get the LC to load properly
	return resource.Retry(30*time.Second, func() *resource.RetryError {
		err := resourceAwsLaunchConfigurationRead(d, meta)
		if err != nil {
			return resource.RetryableError(err)
		}
		return nil
	})
}
func resourceAwsLaunchConfigurationCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
	autoscalingconn := meta.(*AWSClient).autoscalingconn
	ec2conn := meta.(*AWSClient).ec2conn

	createLaunchConfigurationOpts := autoscaling.CreateLaunchConfigurationInput{
		LaunchConfigurationName: aws.String(d.Get("name").(string)),
		ImageID:                 aws.String(d.Get("image_id").(string)),
		InstanceType:            aws.String(d.Get("instance_type").(string)),
		EBSOptimized:            aws.Boolean(d.Get("ebs_optimized").(bool)),
	}

	if v, ok := d.GetOk("user_data"); ok {
		userData := base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString([]byte(v.(string)))
		createLaunchConfigurationOpts.UserData = aws.String(userData)
	}

	if v, ok := d.GetOk("iam_instance_profile"); ok {
		createLaunchConfigurationOpts.IAMInstanceProfile = aws.String(v.(string))
	}

	if v, ok := d.GetOk("placement_tenancy"); ok {
		createLaunchConfigurationOpts.PlacementTenancy = aws.String(v.(string))
	}

	if v, ok := d.GetOk("associate_public_ip_address"); ok {
		createLaunchConfigurationOpts.AssociatePublicIPAddress = aws.Boolean(v.(bool))
	}

	if v, ok := d.GetOk("key_name"); ok {
		createLaunchConfigurationOpts.KeyName = aws.String(v.(string))
	}
	if v, ok := d.GetOk("spot_price"); ok {
		createLaunchConfigurationOpts.SpotPrice = aws.String(v.(string))
	}

	if v, ok := d.GetOk("security_groups"); ok {
		createLaunchConfigurationOpts.SecurityGroups = expandStringList(
			v.(*schema.Set).List(),
		)
	}

	var blockDevices []*autoscaling.BlockDeviceMapping

	if v, ok := d.GetOk("ebs_block_device"); ok {
		vL := v.(*schema.Set).List()
		for _, v := range vL {
			bd := v.(map[string]interface{})
			ebs := &autoscaling.EBS{
				DeleteOnTermination: aws.Boolean(bd["delete_on_termination"].(bool)),
			}

			if v, ok := bd["snapshot_id"].(string); ok && v != "" {
				ebs.SnapshotID = aws.String(v)
			}

			if v, ok := bd["volume_size"].(int); ok && v != 0 {
				ebs.VolumeSize = aws.Long(int64(v))
			}

			if v, ok := bd["volume_type"].(string); ok && v != "" {
				ebs.VolumeType = aws.String(v)
			}

			if v, ok := bd["iops"].(int); ok && v > 0 {
				ebs.IOPS = aws.Long(int64(v))
			}

			blockDevices = append(blockDevices, &autoscaling.BlockDeviceMapping{
				DeviceName: aws.String(bd["device_name"].(string)),
				EBS:        ebs,
			})
		}
	}

	if v, ok := d.GetOk("ephemeral_block_device"); ok {
		vL := v.(*schema.Set).List()
		for _, v := range vL {
			bd := v.(map[string]interface{})
			blockDevices = append(blockDevices, &autoscaling.BlockDeviceMapping{
				DeviceName:  aws.String(bd["device_name"].(string)),
				VirtualName: aws.String(bd["virtual_name"].(string)),
			})
		}
	}

	if v, ok := d.GetOk("root_block_device"); ok {
		vL := v.(*schema.Set).List()
		if len(vL) > 1 {
			return fmt.Errorf("Cannot specify more than one root_block_device.")
		}
		for _, v := range vL {
			bd := v.(map[string]interface{})
			ebs := &autoscaling.EBS{
				DeleteOnTermination: aws.Boolean(bd["delete_on_termination"].(bool)),
			}

			if v, ok := bd["volume_size"].(int); ok && v != 0 {
				ebs.VolumeSize = aws.Long(int64(v))
			}

			if v, ok := bd["volume_type"].(string); ok && v != "" {
				ebs.VolumeType = aws.String(v)
			}

			if v, ok := bd["iops"].(int); ok && v > 0 {
				ebs.IOPS = aws.Long(int64(v))
			}

			if dn, err := fetchRootDeviceName(d.Get("image_id").(string), ec2conn); err == nil {
				blockDevices = append(blockDevices, &autoscaling.BlockDeviceMapping{
					DeviceName: dn,
					EBS:        ebs,
				})
			} else {
				return err
			}
		}
	}

	if len(blockDevices) > 0 {
		createLaunchConfigurationOpts.BlockDeviceMappings = blockDevices
	}

	var lcName string
	if v, ok := d.GetOk("name"); ok {
		lcName = v.(string)
	} else {
		lcName = resource.UniqueId()
	}
	createLaunchConfigurationOpts.LaunchConfigurationName = aws.String(lcName)

	log.Printf(
		"[DEBUG] autoscaling create launch configuration: %#v", createLaunchConfigurationOpts)
	_, err := autoscalingconn.CreateLaunchConfiguration(&createLaunchConfigurationOpts)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("Error creating launch configuration: %s", err)
	}

	d.SetId(lcName)
	log.Printf("[INFO] launch configuration ID: %s", d.Id())

	// We put a Retry here since sometimes eventual consistency bites
	// us and we need to retry a few times to get the LC to load properly
	return resource.Retry(30*time.Second, func() error {
		return resourceAwsLaunchConfigurationRead(d, meta)
	})
}