Version: v1.3

Addon Cloud Resources

  1. vela addon enable terraform

KubeVela can support following cloud providers by enabling the Terraform provider addons.

  1. $ vela addon list | grep terraform-
  2. terraform-alibaba           KubeVela    Kubernetes Terraform Controller for Alibaba Cloud                                                       [1.0.2, 1.0.1]                          enabled (1.0.2)
  3. terraform-tencent           KubeVela    Kubernetes Terraform Controller Provider for Tencent Cloud                                              [1.0.0, 1.0.1]                          enabled (1.0.0)
  4. terraform-aws               KubeVela    Kubernetes Terraform Controller for AWS                                                                 [1.0.0, 1.0.1]                          enabled (1.0.0)
  5. terraform-azure             KubeVela    Kubernetes Terraform Controller for Azure                                                               [1.0.0, 1.0.1]                          enabled (1.0.0)
  6. terraform-baidu             KubeVela    Kubernetes Terraform Controller Provider for Baidu Cloud                                                [1.0.0, 1.0.1]                          enabled (1.0.0)
  7. terraform-gcp               KubeVela    Kubernetes Terraform Controller Provider for Google Cloud Platform                                      [1.0.0, 1.0.1]                          enabled (1.0.0)
  8. terraform-ucloud            KubeVela    Kubernetes Terraform Controller Provider for UCloud                                                     [1.0.1, 1.0.0]                          enabled (1.0.1)

To enable one of them, use the following command:

  1. $ vela addon enable terraform-xxx

You can also disable, upgrade, check status of an addon by command vela addon.

Each Terraform provider can be authenticated by the command as below.

  1. $ vela provider add -h
  2. Authenticate Terraform Cloud Provider by creating a credential secret and a Terraform Controller Provider
  4. Usage:
  5.   vela provider add [flags]
  6.   vela provider add [command]
  8. Examples:
  9. vela provider add <provider-type>
  11. Available Commands:
  12.   terraform-alibaba Authenticate Terraform Cloud Provider terraform-alibaba
  13.   terraform-aws     Authenticate Terraform Cloud Provider terraform-aws
  14.   terraform-azure   Authenticate Terraform Cloud Provider terraform-azure
  15.   terraform-baidu   Authenticate Terraform Cloud Provider terraform-baidu
  16.   terraform-gcp     Authenticate Terraform Cloud Provider terraform-gcp
  17.   terraform-tencent Authenticate Terraform Cloud Provider terraform-tencent
  18.   terraform-ucloud  Authenticate Terraform Cloud Provider terraform-ucloud

For example, let’s authenticate the Terraform provider terraform-aws.

Here is the help message for authenticate the terraform-aws.

  1. $ vela provider add terraform-aws -h
  2. Authenticate Terraform Cloud Provider terraform-aws by creating a credential secret and a Terraform Controller Provider
  4. Usage:
  5.   vela provider add terraform-aws [flags]
  7. Examples:
  8. vela provider add terraform-aws
  10. Flags:
  11.       --AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID string       Get AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID per https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/security/wheres-my-secret-access-key/
  12.       --AWS_DEFAULT_REGION string      Choose one of Code form region list https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/using-regions-availability-zones.html#concepts-available-regions
  13.       --AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY string   Get AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY per https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/security/wheres-my-secret-access-key/
  14.       --AWS_SESSION_TOKEN string       Get AWS_SESSION_TOKEN per https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_credentials_temp_use-resources.html
  15.   -h, --help                           help for terraform-aws
  16.       --name default                   The name of Terraform Provider for AWS, default is default (default "aws")
  18. Global Flags:
  19.   -y, --yes   Assume yes for all user prompts
  1. $ vela provider add terraform-aws --AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=xxx --AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=yyy --AWS_DEFAULT_REGION=us-east-1

Without setting a provider name by --name, an AWS Terraform provider named aws will be created.

You also create multiple providers by specifying the --name flag.

  1. $ vela provider add terraform-aws --name aws-dev --AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=xxx --AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=yyy --AWS_DEFAULT_REGION=us-east-1

After a Terraform provider is authenticated, you can provision and/or consume cloud resources.

Last updated on Nov 1, 2022 by Tianxin Dong