Import hcl instead of inlining

[jmatsushita]

Hello,

I see there is a examples/tf-native folder with *.tf files. Is it possible to use external *.tf files instead of using spec.hcl yaml blocks?

Thanks!

Jun

[jmatsushita]

Also curious about pointing to a root folder containing *.tf files.

[jmatsushita]

The use case would be to allow operators to terraform apply from an admin workstation for iterative deployments before committing to a IaC repo.

[zzxwill]

@jmatsushita examples/tf-native folder stores those Terraform native .hcl and .json configuration files which are the source of those .yaml blocks. They can help quickly validate the configuration and help continuously maintain the Configuration .yaml files.

As this controller will be deployed to a Kubernetes controller, pointing to a root folder won't be possible unless we find a way to mounting them to the container, in which the controller run.

But we definitely can support a Github repo or folder URL, or a shared object storage URL, like OSS. Then we can have an alternative to inlining Terraform configurations. Does it match your requirement?

[roberthstrand]

I'm looking through some of the projects related to running Terraform with an Operator or Controller method, and personally it really detracts to the experience if I cannot use a git repository to store .hcl files and have it be picked up by the controller as the source.

[zzxwill]

@roberthstrand Thanks for your feedback. The remote HCL git repo support will be implemented soon. Thanks.

[Belyenochi]

I would like apply for this project under the LFX mentorship program. I have read the previous comments and the requirements you mentioned. Looking forward to it. :)

[zzxwill]

@Belyenochi Looking forward to your contribution:)

[zzxwill]

@jmatsushita @roberthstrand , it's supported in #110 .

[roberthstrand]

Excellent, thank you for the update. I will give it a spin this weekend.

[zzxwill]

Based on this feature, sub-folders of a git repo to indicate the HCL file location will be supported #124 .