terraform-provider-st-tencentcloud

Terraform Custom Provider for Tencent Cloud

This Terraform custom provider is designed for own use case scenario.

Supported Versions

Requirements

• Terraform 1.3.x
• Go 1.19 (to build the provider plugin)

Local Installation

1. Run make file make install-local-custom-provider to install the provider under ~/.terraform.d/plugins.

2. The provider source should be change to the path that configured in the Makefile:

   terraform {
     required_providers {
       st-tencentcloud = {
         source = "example.local/myklst/st-tencentcloud"
       }
     }
   }
   
   provider "st-tencentcloud" {
     region = "ap-hongkong"
   }
   

Why Custom Provider

This custom provider exists due to some of the resources and data sources in the official Tencent Cloud Terraform provider may not fulfill the requirements of some scenario. The reason behind every resources and data sources are stated as below:

Resources

Data Sources

• st-tencentcloud_clb_load_balancers

  The official TencentCloud Terraform provider's data source tencentcloud_clb_instances do not support filtering load balancers with tags.

References

• Website: https://www.terraform.io
• Terraform Plugin Framework: https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform/tutorials/providers-plugin-framework
• Tencent Cloud official Terraform provider: https://github.com/tencentcloudstack/terraform-provider-tencentcloud