🚀 Learn Terraform 🚀

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Getting started

This documentation aims to help use get start with terraform on different cloud providers.

Requirements:

Please install following on your computer before we get started:

1. Python 3.5 or 3.7
2. Install google cloud sdk
3. Install terraform

Firstly

1. Make sure your python is installed and running Use: python -v

2. Make sure gcloud is installed and running Use: gcloud -v

3. Make sure terraform is installed and running Use : terraform --help

4. (Optional) Install terraform autocomplete Use : terraform -install-autocomplete

Secondly

For GCP users

Before you start make sure you already have signed up for google cloud service.

gcloud CLI login

1. Login into GCP using command gcloud auth application-default login. This will open browser asking which account you want to use.
2. Provide google auth library to access google account.

gcloud CLI project list

1. Check projects associated with given account using gcloud projects list
2. There might be default project created automatically.

gcloud Service account

1. Create gcloud service account using command gcloud iam service-accounts create terraform-admin --display-name "Terraform Gcloud"
2. verify the service account using command gcloud iam service-accounts list
3. Download service account key using command gcloud iam service-accounts keys create ~/terraform-admin.json --iam-account SERVICE_ACCOUNT_EMAIL
4. Go to gcp console > IAM > service accounts to verify id your service account has been created or not.

Set project and service account to use

1. You can list projects using gcloud projects list
2. Select which project to use using command gcloud config set project project ID

Associate role to the service account

1. In order for service account to make changes to google cloud console, we need to add role. Let's try to give editor role to service account.Use this command to provide editor role to service account created above. gcloud projects add-iam-policy-binding PROJECT ID --member "serviceAccount:SERVICE ACCOUNT EMAIL" --role "roles/editor"
2. Now, go and verify in google cloud console to see if service account as been associated with IAM role.

Activate service account

1. Active service account created above using command gcloud auth activate-service-account SERVICE_ACCOUNT_EMAIL --key-file=PATH_TO_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_KEY DOWNLOADED
2. We will be using this service account to interact with GCP console

Now, Let's do some Terraforming ...

Getting Started