# cloudstack-terraform-provider

**Repository Path**: mirrors_apache/cloudstack-terraform-provider

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: cloudstack-terraform-provider
- **Description**: CloudStack Terraform Provider
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: Apache-2.0
- **Default Branch**: main
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

- **Stars**: 0
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2021-04-23
- **Last Updated**: 2025-09-27

## Categories & Tags

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## README

# CloudStack Terraform Provider

## Requirements

- [Terraform](https://www.terraform.io/downloads.html) 1.0.x
- [Go](https://golang.org/doc/install) 1.20+ (to build the provider plugin)

See wiki: <https://github.com/apache/cloudstack-terraform-provider/wiki>

## Installing from Github Release

User can install the CloudStack Terraform Provider using the [Github Releases](https://github.com/apache/cloudstack-terraform-provider/releases) with the installation steps below.

Replace the `RELEASE` version with the version you're trying to install and use.

The valid `ARCH` options are:

- linux_amd64
- linux_386
- linux_arm64
- linux_arm
- darwin_amd64
- darwin_arm64
- freebsd_amd64
- freebsd_386
- freebsd_arm64
- freebsd_arm

Steps for installation:

```bash
RELEASE=0.5.0
ARCH=darwin_arm64
mkdir -p ~/.terraform.d/plugins/local/cloudstack/cloudstack/${RELEASE}/${ARCH}
wget "https://github.com/apache/cloudstack-terraform-provider/releases/download/v${RELEASE}/cloudstack-terraform-provider_${RELEASE}_${ARCH}.zip"
unzip cloudstack-terraform-provider_${RELEASE}_${ARCH}.zip -d cloudstack-terraform-provider_${RELEASE}
mv cloudstack-terraform-provider_${RELEASE}/cloudstack-terraform-provider_v${RELEASE} ~/.terraform.d/plugins/local/cloudstack/cloudstack/${RELEASE}/${ARCH}/terraform-provider-cloudstack_v${RELEASE}
```

To use the locally installed provider, please use the following in your main.tf etc, and then run `terraform init`:

```sh
terraform {
  required_providers {
    cloudstack = {
      source = "local/cloudstack/cloudstack"
      version = "0.5.0"
    }
  }
}

provider "cloudstack" {
  # Configuration options
}
```

Note: this can be used when users are not able to install using the Terraform registry.

## Installing from Terrafrom registry

To install the CloudStack provider, copy and paste the below code into your Terraform configuration. Then, run terraform init.

```sh
terraform {
  required_providers {
    cloudstack = {
      source = "cloudstack/cloudstack"
      version = "0.5.0"
    }
  }
}

provider "cloudstack" {
  # Configuration options
}
```

User hitting installation issue using registry can install using the local install method.

## Documentation

For more details on how to use the provider, visit [website](website/) or visit <https://registry.terraform.io/providers/cloudstack/cloudstack/latest/docs>

## Developing the Provider

If you wish to work on the provider, you'll first need [Go](http://www.golang.org) installed on your machine (version 1.16+ is _required_). You'll also need to correctly setup a [GOPATH](http://golang.org/doc/code.html#GOPATH), as well as adding `$GOPATH/bin` to your `$PATH`.

Clone repository to: `$GOPATH/src/github.com/apache/cloudstack-terraform-provider`

```sh
mkdir -p $GOPATH/src/github.com/apache; cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/apache
git clone git@github.com:apache/cloudstack-terraform-provider
```

To compile the provider, run `make build`. This will build the provider and put the provider binary in the `$GOPATH/bin` directory.

Enter the provider directory and build the provider

```sh
cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/apache/cloudstack-terraform-provider
make build
ls $GOPATH/bin/terraform-provider-cloudstack
```

Once the build is ready, you have to copy the binary into Terraform locally (version appended).

On Linux and Mac this path is at ~/.terraform.d/plugins,
On Windows at %APPDATA%\terraform.d\plugins,

```sh
cd ~
mkdir -p ~/.terraform.d/plugins/localdomain/provider/cloudstack/0.5.0/linux_amd64
cp $GOPATH/bin/terraform-provider-cloudstack ~/.terraform.d/plugins/localdomain/provider/cloudstack/0.5.0/linux_amd64
```

## Testing the Provider

In order to test the provider, you can simply run `make test`.

```sh
make test
```

In order to run the full suite of Acceptance tests you will need to run the CloudStack Simulator. Please follow these steps to prepare an environment for running the Acceptance tests:

```sh
docker pull apache/cloudstack-simulator

or pull it with a particular build tag

docker pull apache/cloudstack-simulator:4.20.1.0

docker run --name simulator -p 8080:5050 -d apache/cloudstack-simulator

or

docker run --name simulator -p 8080:5050 -d apache/cloudstack-simulator:4.20.1.0
```

When Docker started the container you can go to <http://localhost:8080/client> and login to the CloudStack UI as user `admin` with password `password`. It can take a few minutes for the container is fully ready, so you probably need to wait and refresh the page for a few minutes before the login page is shown.

Once the login page is shown and you can login, you need to provision a simulated data-center:

```sh
docker exec -it simulator python /root/tools/marvin/marvin/deployDataCenter.py -i /root/setup/dev/advanced.cfg
```

If you refresh the client or login again, you will now get passed the initial welcome screen and be able to go to your account details and retrieve the API key and secret. Export those together with the URL:

```sh
export CLOUDSTACK_API_URL=http://localhost:8080/client/api
export CLOUDSTACK_API_KEY=r_gszj7e0ttr_C6CP5QU_1IV82EIOtK4o_K9i_AltVztfO68wpXihKs2Tms6tCMDY4HDmbqHc-DtTamG5x112w
export CLOUDSTACK_SECRET_KEY=tsfMDShFe94f4JkJfEh6_tZZ--w5jqEW7vGL2tkZGQgcdbnxNoq9fRmwAtU5MEGGXOrDlNA6tfvGK14fk_MB6w
```

In order for all the tests to pass, you will need to create a new (empty) project in the UI called `terraform`. When the project is created you can run the Acceptance tests against the CloudStack Simulator by simply running:

```sh
make testacc
```

To execute specific test:

```sh
make testacc TESTARGS='-run ^TestAccCloudStackNetworkACLRule_update$'
```

## Sample Terraform configuration when testing locally

Below is an example configuration to initialize provider and create a Virtual Machine instance `provider.tf`

```sh
terraform {
  required_providers {
    cloudstack = {
      source = "localdomain/provider/cloudstack"
      version = "0.4.0"
    }
  }
}

provider "cloudstack" {
  # Configuration options
  api_url    = var.cloudstack_api_url
  api_key    = var.cloudstack_api_key
  secret_key = var.cloudstack_secret_key
}

resource "cloudstack_instance" "web" {
  name             = "server-1"
  service_offering = "Small Instance"
  network_id       = "df5fc279-86d5-4f5d-b7e9-b27f003ca3fc"
  template         = "616fe117-0c1c-11ec-aec4-1e00610002a9"
  zone             = "2b61ed5d-e8bd-431d-bf52-d127655dffab"
}
```

## Releasing Terraform Provider

The CloudStack Terraform Provider release process requires `goreleaser` to be performed
by a committer or a PMC member of the project: <https://goreleaser.com/install>

Check and ensure TF provider passes builds, GA and run this for local checks:

```sh
goreleaser release --snapshot --clean
```

Next, create a personalised Github token: <https://github.com/settings/tokens/new?scopes=repo,write:packages>

```sh
export GITHUB_TOKEN="YOUR_GH_TOKEN"
```

Note: Due to how the Terraform registry works, it require the repo to be named in a certain way.
For this reason, the builds are published via <https://github.com/cloudstack/terraform-provider-cloudstack/releases>

To do this, add the following remote for publishing builds:

```sh
git remote add cloudstack git@github.com:cloudstack/terraform-provider-cloudstack.git
```

Finally tag the release, for example and push to Github:

```sh
git tag -a v0.5.0-pre -m "v0.5.0-pre Alpha Release for testing purposes"
git push cloudstack v0.5.0-pre
```

Run goreleaser to release them:

```sh
goreleaser release --clean
```

Or, just release using:

```sh
goreleaser release
```

For testing or to push on other repos, you need to fix repo path in the
`.goreleaser.yml` and run:

```sh
goreleaser release --clean --skip-validate
```

## History

This codebase relicensed under APLv2 and donated to the Apache CloudStack
project under an [IP
clearance](https://github.com/apache/cloudstack/issues/5159) process and
imported on 26th July 2021.

## License

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use
this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the
License at <http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0>