terraform-vsphere-ubuntu-example's Introduction

Usage (Ubuntu 18.04)

Install Terraform (Ubuntu):

wget https://releases.hashicorp.com/terraform/0.12.10/terraform_0.12.10_linux_amd64.zip
unzip terraform_0.12.10_linux_amd64.zip
sudo cp terraform /usr/local/bin

Install Terraform (Windows):

choco install -y --version 0.12.10 terraform

Save your environment details as a script that sets the terraform variables from environment variables, e.g.:

cat >secrets.sh <<EOF
export TF_VAR_vsphere_user='[email protected]'
export TF_VAR_vsphere_password='password'
export TF_VAR_vsphere_server='vsphere.local'
export TF_VAR_vsphere_datacenter='Datacenter'
export TF_VAR_vsphere_compute_cluster='Cluster'
export TF_VAR_vsphere_datastore='Datastore'
export TF_VAR_vsphere_network='VM Network'
export TF_VAR_vsphere_ubuntu_template='vagrant-templates/ubuntu-18.04-amd64-vsphere'
export GOVC_INSECURE='1'
export GOVC_URL="https://$TF_VAR_vsphere_server/sdk"
export GOVC_USERNAME="$TF_VAR_vsphere_user"
export GOVC_PASSWORD="$TF_VAR_vsphere_password"
EOF

NB You could also add these variables definitions into the terraform.tfvars file, but I find the environment variables more versatile as they can also be used from other tools, like govc.

Launch this example:

source secrets.sh
# see https://github.com/vmware/govmomi/blob/master/govc/USAGE.md
govc version
govc about
govc datacenter.info # list datacenters
govc find # find all managed objects
terraform init
terraform plan
time terraform apply -auto-approve
ssh-keygen -f ~/.ssh/known_hosts -R "$(terraform output ip)"
ssh "vagrant@$(terraform output ip)"
time terraform destroy -force

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