Terraform: An Overview & Introduction (GCP)

David Chou

What is Infrastructure as Code?

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

The Process of Managing and Provisioning Computer Data Centers Through Machine-Readable Definition Files

Record cloud resource with IaC tool & source code, not document !

What is Terraform?

Terraform is an open source tool for managing Infrastructure as Code

Terraform facts

  • Developed by HashiCorp
  • Opensource
  • Golang
  • HCL syntax

Core & Plugins

and more...

HCL

A structured configuration language that is both human and machine friendly, and specifically targeted towards DevOps tools, etc.

resource "google_compute_instance" "vm_instance" {
  name         = "terraform-instance"
  machine_type = "f1-micro"

  boot_disk {
    initialize_params {
      image = "debian-cloud/debian-9"
    }
  }

  network_interface {
    # A default network is created for all GCP projects
    network = "default"
    access_config {
    }
  }
}

Terraform command

Terraform flow

$ terraform init

To initialize a working directory containing Terraform configuration files

$ terraform plan

Terraform performs a refresh,  then determines what actions are necessary to achieve the desired state specified in the configuration files.

$ terraform apply

Apply the changes required to reach the desired state of the configuration

Hello Terraform

Let's provision a GCS bucket

main.tf

#Configure aws with a default region
provider "google" {
  credentials = file("~/.gcp/david74-service-account.json")
  project     = "gcp-playground-332207"
}

/*Create a demo GCS bucket*/
resource "google_storage_bucket" "auto-expire" {
  name     = "david74-auto-expiring-bucket"
  location = "asia-east1"

  lifecycle_rule {
    condition {
      age = 3
    }
    action {
      type = "Delete"
    }
  }
}

Terraform plan

Terraform apply

Terraform apply

  • terraform-provider-google provider plugin
  • terraform.tfstate

terraform.tfstate

What if I want to change the settings?

#Configure aws with a default region
provider "google" {
  credentials = file("~/.gcp/david74-service-account.json")
  project     = "gcp-playground-332207"
}

/*Create a demo GCS bucket*/
resource "google_storage_bucket" "auto-expire" {
  name     = "david74-auto-expiring-bucket"
  location = "asia-east1"

  lifecycle_rule {
    condition {
      age = 9999
    }
    action {
      type = "Delete"
    }
  }
}

variables.tf

main.tf

resource "google_storage_bucket" "auto-expire" {
  name     = "david74-auto-expiring-bucket-${var.env}"
  location = "asia-east1"

  lifecycle_rule {
    condition {
      age = var.bucket_age
    }
    action {
      type = "Delete"
    }
  }
}
variable "env" {
  default = "local"
}

variable "bucket_age" {
  default = 1
}

What if I want different settings for different env?

  • staging: 7d lifecycle
  • production: 365d lifecycle

terraform workspace

  • Create different workspace with differen tfvars for different envs
  • Each workspace has its on tfstate file

variables.tf

main.tf

resource "google_storage_bucket" "auto-expire" {
  name     = "david74-auto-expiring-bucket-${var.env}"
  location = "asia-east1"

  lifecycle_rule {
    condition {
      age = var.bucket_age
    }
    action {
      type = "Delete"
    }
  }
}
variable "env" {
  default = "local"
}

variable "bucket_age" {
  default = 1
}

staging.tfvars

env = "staging"
bucket_age = 3

production.tfvars

env = "production"
bucket_age = 365

$ terraform workspace new staging

$ terraform apply -var-file=staging.tfvars

$ terraform workspace new production

$ terraform apply -var-file=production.tfvars

Teamwork on Terraform?

Terraform Remote Backend

  • By default, .tfstate file stores on local disk
  • Save .tfstate file to a remote backend
  • Easier for state sharing and team work
  • CI/CD

GCS Remote Backend

terraform {
  backend "gcs" {
    credentials = "~/.gcp/david74-service-account.json"
    bucket      = "david74-terraform-remote-state-storage"
    prefix      = "terraform-gcp-gcs"
  }
}

GCS Remote Backend

terraform {
  backend "gcs" {
    bucket                      = "cresclab-terraform-remote-state-storage"
    impersonate_service_account = "terraform@cresclab.iam.gserviceaccount.com"
    prefix                      = "line-workshop-go"
  }
}

Advanced topics

Terraform module

provider "aws" {
  region  = "${var.requester_region}"
  profile = "${var.requester_aws_profile}"
}

module "vpc_peering" {
  source = "./vpc-peering"

  allow_remote_vpc_dns_resolution = "${var.allow_remote_vpc_dns_resolution}"

  # Requester Data
  requester_vpc_id = "${var.requester_vpc_id}"

  # Accepter Data
  accepter_aws_profile = "${var.accepter_aws_profile}"
  accepter_region      = "${var.accepter_region}"
  accepter_vpc_id      = "${var.accepter_vpc_id}"
}

Terraform import

  • Bring existing resources under terraform management
resource "google_compute_instance" "vm" {
  /* ... */
}

$ terraform import google_compute_instance.vm {name}

Terraform State Mircomanagement

Terraform State Mircomanagement

$ terraform state show ADDRESS

$ terraform state mv SRC DEST

$ terraform state rm ADDRESS

Everything as Code,
but how to test?

Terratest is a Go library that makes it easier to write automated tests for your infrastructure code.

 

 

gruntwork-io/terratest

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