Terraform will automatically search for AWS API credentials or Instance Profile Credentials. I wish I'd known that when I first read these docs.
Saving credentials outside of tf config files is a much better plan for situations where config files end up in source control and or where multiple people collaborate. Making this information available early will allow new users to set up a much more secure and robust plan for deploying terraform at scale and in production environments.
`set PATH=%PATH%;C:\terraform` is the old fashioned CMD ways to do which doesn't work in a PowerShell command line.
Moreover, the change made in the CMD console would not be permanent.
The solution proposed here uses .NET Framework’s System.Environment class in PowerShell to properly edit the path.
Source : https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff730964.aspx
* Pass over the Interpolation page
Fixes some grammar, typos and structure. Updated some headings and fixed
a couple of spelling mistakes.
* Added proper note syntax
* Turned some notes into actual notes
* Couple of minor typos just noticed
The proper use of "comprise" is "Array1 comprises item1, item2, and item3"
which is equivalent to saying "Array1 is composed of item1, item2, and item3."
That is, "comprises" is equivalent to "is composed of." Therefore, to say
"Array1 is comprised of item1, item2, and item3" is equivalent to saying
"Array1 IS IS COMPOSED OF OF item1, item2, and item3" which makes no
sense and is like "The La Trattoria" from Mickey Blue Eyes! This change fixes
the misuse of the word.
This changes the representation of maps in the interpolator from the
dotted flatmap form of a string variable named "var.variablename.key"
per map element to use native HIL maps instead.
This involves porting some of the interpolation functions in order to
keep the tests green, and adding support for map outputs.
There is one backwards incompatibility: as a result of an implementation
detail of maps, one could access an indexed map variable using the
syntax "${var.variablename.key}".
This is no longer possible - instead HIL native syntax -
"${var.variablename["key"]}" must be used. This was previously
documented, (though not heavily used) so it must be noted as a backward
compatibility issue for Terraform 0.7.
Just wanted to call out that the CLI prompts for values for unset variables instead of an error. Guessing that was an enhancement somewhere along the line and just didn't get updated in the docs.
these changes were added to reflect what was required to run the tutorial on my local machine. Below is my context for the above changes:
```shell
[2016-03-04T18:22:44] micperez in terraform_test
λ terraform remote config -backend-config="name=puhrez/getting-started"
missing 'access_token' configuration or ATLAS_TOKEN environmental variable
If the error message above mentions requiring or modifying configuration
options, these are set using the `-backend-config` flag. Example:
-backend-config="name=foo" to set the `name` configuration
[2016-03-04T18:23:27] micperez in terraform_test
λ export ATLAS_TOKEN=<REDACTED>
[2016-03-04T18:24:12] micperez in terraform_test
λ terraform remote config -backend-config="name=puhrez/getting-started"
Remote state management enabled
Remote state configured and pulled.
[2016-03-04T18:24:16] micperez in terraform_test
λ terraform push -name="puhrez/getting-started"
An error has occurred while archiving the module for uploading:
error detecting VCS: no VCS found for path: /Users/micperez/code/terraform_test
[2016-03-04T18:24:39] micperez in terraform_test
λ git init
Initialized empty Git repository in /Users/micperez/code/terraform_test/.git/
[2016-03-04T18:25:09] micperez in terraform_test [git:master]
λ terraform push -name="puhrez/getting-started"
An error has occurred while archiving the module for uploading:
error getting git commit: exit status 128
stdout:
stderr: fatal: bad default revision 'HEAD'
[2016-03-04T18:25:12] micperez in terraform_test [git:master]
λ git status
On branch master
Initial commit
Untracked files:
(use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)
.terraform/
example.tf
terraform.tfstate.backup
nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use "git add" to track)
[2016-03-04T18:25:17] micperez in terraform_test [git:master]
λ git add example.tf
[2016-03-04T18:25:24] micperez in terraform_test [git:master]
λ git commit -m "init commit"
[master (root-commit) 34c4fa5] init commit
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 example.tf
[2016-03-04T18:25:32] micperez in terraform_test [git:master]
λ terraform push -name="puhrez/getting-started"
Uploading Terraform configuration...
Configuration "puhrez/getting-started" uploaded! (v1)
```
This means that terraform commands like `plan`, `apply`, `show`, and
`graph` will expand all modules by default.
While modules-as-black-boxes is still very true in the conceptual design
of modules, feedback on this behavior has consistently suggested that
users would prefer to see more verbose output by default.
The `-module-depth` flag and env var are retained to allow output to be
optionally limited / summarized by these commands.
Seth Vargo