Set up your development environment with Microk8s for Juju Terraform Provider

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Prerequisites

Make sure the following software and tools are installed in the development environment.

  • Kubernetes Cluster
  • juju
  • Terraform

Prepare Development Environment

Install Microk8s:

sudo snap install microk8s --channel=1.27-strict/stable
sudo usermod -a -G snap_microk8s $USER
newgrp snap_microk8s

Enable storage plugin for Microk8s:

sudo microk8s enable hostpath-storage

Install Juju:

sudo snap install juju --channel=3.1/stable

Install Terraform:

sudo snap install --classic terraform

Bootstrap the Juju Controller using Microk8s:

juju bootstrap microk8s

Testing

Terraform provider

The Terraform module uses the Juju provider to provision Juju resources. Please refer to the Juju provider documentation for more information.

A Terraform working directory needs to be initialized at the beginning.

Initialise the provider:

terraform init

Terraform CLI provides various ways to do formatting and validation.

Formats to a canonical format and style:

terraform fmt

Check the syntactical validation:

terraform validate

Preview the changes:

terraform plan
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We are also starting to add terraform provider for juju documentation into the overall juju docs. It will be included as an available client when using some functionality. e.g. Juju | Client