Auto add full domain suffix if not present

builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_route53_record.go

@@ -59,6 +59,22 @@ func resourceAwsRoute53Record() *schema.Resource {
 func resourceAwsRoute53RecordCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
 	conn := meta.(*AWSClient).route53
 
+	zone := d.Get("zone_id").(string)
+
+	zoneRecord, err := conn.GetHostedZone(zone)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// Check if the current record name contains the zone suffix.
+	// If it does not, add the zone name to form a fully qualified name
+	// and keep AWS happy.
+	recordName := d.Get("name").(string)
+	zoneName := strings.Trim(zoneRecord.HostedZone.Name, ".")
+	if ok := strings.HasSuffix(recordName, zoneName); !ok {
+		d.Set("name", strings.Join([]string{recordName, zoneName}, "."))
+	}
+
 	// Get the record
 	rec, err := resourceAwsRoute53RecordBuildSet(d)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -77,7 +93,7 @@ func resourceAwsRoute53RecordCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) er
 			},
 		},
 	}
-	zone := d.Get("zone_id").(string)
+
 	log.Printf("[DEBUG] Creating resource records for zone: %s, name: %s",
 		zone, d.Get("name").(string))
 

builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_route53_record_test.go

@@ -26,6 +26,22 @@ func TestAccRoute53Record(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func TestAccRoute53Record_generatesSuffix(t *testing.T) {
+	resource.Test(t, resource.TestCase{
+		PreCheck:     func() { testAccPreCheck(t) },
+		Providers:    testAccProviders,
+		CheckDestroy: testAccCheckRoute53RecordDestroy,
+		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
+			resource.TestStep{
+				Config: testAccRoute53RecordConfigSuffix,
+				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+					testAccCheckRoute53RecordExists("aws_route53_record.default"),
+				),
+			},
+		},
+	})
+}
+
 func testAccCheckRoute53RecordDestroy(s *terraform.State) error {
 	conn := testAccProvider.Meta().(*AWSClient).route53
 	for _, rs := range s.RootModule().Resources {
@@ -100,3 +116,17 @@ resource "aws_route53_record" "default" {
 	records = ["127.0.0.1", "127.0.0.27"]
 }
 `
+
+const testAccRoute53RecordConfigSuffix = `
+resource "aws_route53_zone" "main" {
+	name = "notexample.com"
+}
+
+resource "aws_route53_record" "default" {
+	zone_id = "${aws_route53_zone.main.zone_id}"
+	name = "subdomain"
+	type = "A"
+	ttl = "30"
+	records = ["127.0.0.1", "127.0.0.27"]
+}
+`