terraform-provider-salt

Terraform provider for SaltStack OSS. This provider requires CherryPy NetAPI module configured.

The intended use-case is to integrate Terraform and SaltStack:

1. Create minion keys on master using salt_minion resource

2. Configure and initialize Salt Minion using cloud-init.

3. Use salt-highstate provisioner to your manifests.

4. Terraform will create the machines, execute the provisioner and will only complete when the highstate is successfully applied.

Usage

Installation

1. Download the binary for your platform to Terraform plugins path.

   • Windows: %AppData%\terraform.d\plugins
   • Linux: ~/.terraform.d/plugins

2. Configure CherryPy NetAPI module on SaltStack master. See setup section of Saltstack documentation for instructions.

3. Add the provider to your manifest. See the example manifest

Configuration

Name	Type	Required	Remarks
address	String	Required	URL to the CherryPy NetAPI endpoint (e.g.: https://saltmaster:8000)
password	String	Required	Password
backend	String	Required	External authentincation backend (eauth) (e.g.: pam)
skip_verify	Bool	Optional	Skip TLS/SSL verification (Default: false)

Resources

salt_minion

Inputs

Name	Type	Usage	Remarks
name	String	Required	Minion ID
key_size	Int	Optional	Key size (Default: 2048)

Attributes

Name	Type	Remarks
private_key	String	Minion private key
public_key	String	Minion public key

Example

provider "salt" {
    address = "http://192.168.50.10:8000"
    username = "test_user"
    password = "test_pwd"
    backend = "pam"    
}

resource "salt_minion" "test" {
    name = "minion1"
    key_size = 4096
}