Developing Terraform Custom Provider for Terraform v0.12

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href="#what-is-required-to-develop-custom-provider">What is required to develop Custom Provider</a></li> <li><a href="#install-and-configure-terraform">Install and Configure Terraform</a></li> <li> <a href="#how-to-develop-provider-code-with-go">How to develop provider code with Go</a> <ul> <li> <a href="#step-1-setting-up-go-develop-environment">Step 1 Setting up Go develop environment</a> </li> <li><a href="#step-2-custom-provider-source-code-details">Step 2 Custom Provider Source Code Details</a></li> <li><a href="#step-3-build-go-code-and-create-tf-provider-executable">Step 3 Build go code and create tf provider executable</a></li> <li><a href="#step-4-create-terraform-file">Step 4 Create terraform file</a></li> <li><a href="#step-5-testing-provider-create-and-destroy-resource">Step 5 Testing Provider Create and Destroy resource</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="#bibliography-and-reference">Bibliography and Reference</a></li> </ul> <h2> <a name="introduction" href="#introduction"> </a> <em>Introduction</em> </h2> <p>We assume that the readers of this article has prior understanding and working knowledge in Terraform and has created resource provisioning TF files for various Cloud providers. But still....</p> <h2> <a name="bit-of-intro-into-terraform" href="#bit-of-intro-into-terraform"> </a> <em>Bit of intro into Terraform</em> </h2> <ul> <li>Terraform is a Cloud agnostic Infra as code technology and used to create immutable infrastructure. </li> <li>Terraform is used to create, manage, and update infrastructure resources such as physical machines, VMs, network switches, containers, and more. Almost any infrastructure type can be represented as a resource in Terraform.</li> <li>Deliver infrastructure as code with Terraform using declarative tf configuration files</li> <li>Plan and predict changes: Terraform provides an elegant user experience for operators to safely and predictably make changes to infrastructure</li> <li>Create reproducible infrastructure: Terraform makes it easy to re-use configurations for similar infrastructure, helping you avoid mistakes and save time.</li> </ul> <h2> <a name="terraform-provider" href="#terraform-provider"> </a> <em>Terraform Provider</em> </h2> <p>A provider is responsible for understanding API interactions and exposing resources. Most providers configure a specific infrastructure platform (either cloud or self-hosted). Providers can also offer local utilities for tasks like generating random numbers for unique resource names.</p> <h2> <a name="terraform-custom-provider" href="#terraform-custom-provider"> </a> <em>Terraform Custom Provider</em> </h2> <p>According to Terraform documentation,</p> <p>There are a few possible reasons for authoring a custom Terraform provider, such as:</p> <ul> <li><p>An internal private cloud whose functionality is either proprietary or would not benefit the open source community.</p></li> <li><p>A "work in progress" provider being tested locally before contributing back.</p></li> <li><p>Extensions of an existing provider</p></li> </ul> <p>Refer the Hashicorp Documentation on <a href="https://www.terraform.io/docs/extend/writing-custom-providers.html">writing custom providers</a></p> <h2> <a name="what-is-required-to-develop-custom-provider" href="#what-is-required-to-develop-custom-provider"> </a> <em>What is required to develop Custom Provider</em> </h2> <ol> <li>Just small enough Go development knowledge </li> <li>Resource creation supported by API calls from the respective provider</li> </ol> <h2> <a name="install-and-configure-terraform" href="#install-and-configure-terraform"> </a> <em>Install and Configure Terraform</em> </h2> <ul> <li>Refer here <a href="https://www.terraform.io/downloads.html">for installing terraform</a> </li> <li>Windows <ul> <li>Download and extract the terraform executable</li> <li>Add terraform executable path to ENV PATH variable</li> </ul> </li> <li>In Linux flavours, Copy the terraform executable in /usr/bin path to execute it from any path.</li> </ul> <h2> <a name="how-to-develop-provider-code-with-go" href="#how-to-develop-provider-code-with-go"> </a> <em>How to develop provider code with Go</em> </h2> <h3> <a name="step-1-setting-up-go-develop-environment" href="#step-1-setting-up-go-develop-environment"> </a> <em>Step 1 Setting up Go develop environment</em> </h3> <p><a href="https://dev.to/chefgs/getting-started-with-go-in-ubuntu-16-04-3b59">Refer my Dev community article</a></p> <p><a href="https://dev.to/chefgs/go-hello-world-program-17pk">Read my article on getting started with Go Hello World</a></p> <h3> <a name="step-2-custom-provider-source-code-details" href="#step-2-custom-provider-source-code-details"> </a> <em>Step 2 Custom Provider Source Code Details</em> </h3> <p>Please check out the provider source files from <a href="https://github.com/chefgs/terraform_repo/tree/main/custom_provider/tf_custom_provider">GitHub Repo Here</a></p> <ul> <li>Required source files for custom provider are, <ul> <li><code>main.go</code></li> <li> <code>provider.go</code> </li> <li> <code>resource_server.go</code> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight plaintext"><code>The code layout looks like this: . ├── main.go ├── provider.go ├── resource_server.go </code></pre> <div class="highlight__panel js-actions-panel"> <div class="highlight__panel-action js-fullscreen-code-action"> <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20px" height="20px" viewbox="0 0 24 24" class="highlight-action crayons-icon highlight-action--fullscreen-on"><title>Enter fullscreen mode</title> <path d="M16 3h6v6h-2V5h-4V3zM2 3h6v2H4v4H2V3zm18 16v-4h2v6h-6v-2h4zM4 19h4v2H2v-6h2v4z"></path> </svg> <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20px" height="20px" viewbox="0 0 24 24" class="highlight-action crayons-icon highlight-action--fullscreen-off"><title>Exit fullscreen mode</title> <path d="M18 7h4v2h-6V3h2v4zM8 9H2V7h4V3h2v6zm10 8v4h-2v-6h6v2h-4zM8 15v6H6v-4H2v-2h6z"></path> </svg> </div> </div> </div> <ul> <li>Go entry point function is <code>main.go</code>. </li> </ul> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight plaintext"><code>// main.go package main import ( "github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/plugin" "github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/terraform" ) func main() { plugin.Serve(&plugin.ServeOpts{ ProviderFunc: func() terraform.ResourceProvider { return Provider() }, }) } </code></pre> <div class="highlight__panel js-actions-panel"> <div class="highlight__panel-action js-fullscreen-code-action"> <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20px" height="20px" viewbox="0 0 24 24" class="highlight-action crayons-icon highlight-action--fullscreen-on"><title>Enter fullscreen mode</title> <path d="M16 3h6v6h-2V5h-4V3zM2 3h6v2H4v4H2V3zm18 16v-4h2v6h-6v-2h4zM4 19h4v2H2v-6h2v4z"></path> </svg> <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20px" height="20px" viewbox="0 0 24 24" class="highlight-action crayons-icon highlight-action--fullscreen-off"><title>Exit fullscreen mode</title> <path d="M18 7h4v2h-6V3h2v4zM8 9H2V7h4V3h2v6zm10 8v4h-2v-6h6v2h-4zM8 15v6H6v-4H2v-2h6z"></path> </svg> </div> </div> </div> <ul> <li> <code>provider.go</code> will have the resource server function calls. </li> </ul> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight plaintext"><code>// provider.go package main import ( "github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/helper/schema" ) func Provider() *schema.Provider { return &schema.Provider{ ResourcesMap: map[string]*schema.Resource{ "customprovider_server": resourceServer(), }, } } </code></pre> <div class="highlight__panel js-actions-panel"> <div class="highlight__panel-action js-fullscreen-code-action"> <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20px" height="20px" viewbox="0 0 24 24" class="highlight-action crayons-icon highlight-action--fullscreen-on"><title>Enter fullscreen mode</title> <path d="M16 3h6v6h-2V5h-4V3zM2 3h6v2H4v4H2V3zm18 16v-4h2v6h-6v-2h4zM4 19h4v2H2v-6h2v4z"></path> </svg> <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20px" height="20px" viewbox="0 0 24 24" class="highlight-action crayons-icon highlight-action--fullscreen-off"><title>Exit fullscreen mode</title> <path d="M18 7h4v2h-6V3h2v4zM8 9H2V7h4V3h2v6zm10 8v4h-2v-6h6v2h-4zM8 15v6H6v-4H2v-2h6z"></path> </svg> </div> </div> </div> <ul> <li>All the resource creation has to be coded in <code>resource_server.go</code>. This file will have the resource function declaration and definition like create, delete etc, it also gets the input params required to create resources. </li> </ul> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight plaintext"><code>// resource_server.go package main import ( "github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/helper/schema" ) func resourceServer() *schema.Resource { return &schema.Resource{ Create: resourceServerCreate, Read: resourceServerRead, Update: resourceServerUpdate, Delete: resourceServerDelete, Schema: map[string]*schema.Schema{ "num_sys": &schema.Schema{ Type: schema.TypeString, Required: true, }, }, } } func resourceServerCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, m interface{}) error { num_sys := d.Get("num_sys").(string) d.SetId(num_sys) /* API call to be added for respective provider. In case of developing provider for on-prem cloud or public cloud, that is not supported by terraform, add the API call to corresponding Resource creation API */ return resourceServerRead(d, m) } func resourceServerRead(d *schema.ResourceData, m interface{}) error { return nil } func resourceServerUpdate(d *schema.ResourceData, m interface{}) error { return resourceServerRead(d, m) } func resourceServerDelete(d *schema.ResourceData, m interface{}) error { return nil } </code></pre> <div class="highlight__panel js-actions-panel"> <div class="highlight__panel-action js-fullscreen-code-action"> <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20px" height="20px" viewbox="0 0 24 24" class="highlight-action crayons-icon highlight-action--fullscreen-on"><title>Enter fullscreen mode</title> <path d="M16 3h6v6h-2V5h-4V3zM2 3h6v2H4v4H2V3zm18 16v-4h2v6h-6v-2h4zM4 19h4v2H2v-6h2v4z"></path> </svg> <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20px" height="20px" viewbox="0 0 24 24" class="highlight-action crayons-icon highlight-action--fullscreen-off"><title>Exit fullscreen mode</title> <path d="M18 7h4v2h-6V3h2v4zM8 9H2V7h4V3h2v6zm10 8v4h-2v-6h6v2h-4zM8 15v6H6v-4H2v-2h6z"></path> </svg> </div> </div> </div> <ul> <li>Details regarding the custom provider code in <code>resource_server.go</code>: <ul> <li>Our code repo example implemented with mock resource creation for the provider called 'customprovider'. </li> <li>In real-time case, it has to be changed for the provider name of respective cloud or on-premises server. </li> <li>Most of providers have API calls to be consumed for resource operation like create/update/delete etc.. So We need to define the logic of resource operations like create and delete using the custom provider api calls, to apply the terraform template.</li> <li>Please add the API call implementation in the <code>/* commented out */</code> section in <code>resource_server.go</code> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <h3> <a name="step-3-build-go-code-and-create-tf-provider-executable" href="#step-3-build-go-code-and-create-tf-provider-executable"> </a> <em>Step 3 Build go code and create tf provider executable</em> </h3> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight plaintext"><code>cd tf_custom_provider/ go mod init go mod tidy go build -o terraform-provider-customprovider </code></pre> <div class="highlight__panel js-actions-panel"> <div class="highlight__panel-action js-fullscreen-code-action"> <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20px" height="20px" viewbox="0 0 24 24" class="highlight-action crayons-icon highlight-action--fullscreen-on"><title>Enter fullscreen mode</title> <path d="M16 3h6v6h-2V5h-4V3zM2 3h6v2H4v4H2V3zm18 16v-4h2v6h-6v-2h4zM4 19h4v2H2v-6h2v4z"></path> </svg> <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20px" height="20px" viewbox="0 0 24 24" class="highlight-action crayons-icon highlight-action--fullscreen-off"><title>Exit fullscreen mode</title> <path d="M18 7h4v2h-6V3h2v4zM8 9H2V7h4V3h2v6zm10 8v4h-2v-6h6v2h-4zM8 15v6H6v-4H2v-2h6z"></path> </svg> </div> </div> </div> <p>Please note,<br> </p> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight plaintext"><code>Third-party plugins (both providers and provisioners) can be manually installed into the user plugins directory Located at %APPDATA%\terraform.d\plugins on Windows and ~/.terraform.d/plugins on other systems. Copy the custom provider executable created in the step above to Terraform plugin directory </code></pre> <div class="highlight__panel js-actions-panel"> <div class="highlight__panel-action js-fullscreen-code-action"> <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20px" height="20px" viewbox="0 0 24 24" class="highlight-action crayons-icon highlight-action--fullscreen-on"><title>Enter fullscreen mode</title> <path d="M16 3h6v6h-2V5h-4V3zM2 3h6v2H4v4H2V3zm18 16v-4h2v6h-6v-2h4zM4 19h4v2H2v-6h2v4z"></path> </svg> <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20px" height="20px" viewbox="0 0 24 24" class="highlight-action crayons-icon highlight-action--fullscreen-off"><title>Exit fullscreen mode</title> <path d="M18 7h4v2h-6V3h2v4zM8 9H2V7h4V3h2v6zm10 8v4h-2v-6h6v2h-4zM8 15v6H6v-4H2v-2h6z"></path> </svg> </div> </div> </div> <ul> <li>After adding the logic for resource operations in <code>resource_server.go</code>, our custom provider is ready to get tested</li> </ul> <h3> <a name="step-4-create-terraform-file" href="#step-4-create-terraform-file"> </a> <em>Step 4 Create terraform file</em> </h3> <p>Test the provider by creating <code>main.tf</code>, by providing the resource inputs. In our sample just the number of server count added as an input parameter for demo purpose.<br> Create or Edit <code>main.tf</code> file with code to create custom provider resource<br> </p> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight plaintext"><code>resource "customprovider_server" "my-server-name" { num_sys = "2" } </code></pre> <div class="highlight__panel js-actions-panel"> <div class="highlight__panel-action js-fullscreen-code-action"> <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20px" height="20px" viewbox="0 0 24 24" class="highlight-action crayons-icon highlight-action--fullscreen-on"><title>Enter fullscreen mode</title> <path d="M16 3h6v6h-2V5h-4V3zM2 3h6v2H4v4H2V3zm18 16v-4h2v6h-6v-2h4zM4 19h4v2H2v-6h2v4z"></path> </svg> <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20px" height="20px" viewbox="0 0 24 24" class="highlight-action crayons-icon highlight-action--fullscreen-off"><title>Exit fullscreen mode</title> <path d="M18 7h4v2h-6V3h2v4zM8 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