fire off a provisioner with terraform
I'm trying to create nodes with terraform, and I'm experimenting with invoking provisioners once the node is there.
I can't find how to set the IP address of the resource that was just created.
I'm trying to follow the process from This example in GCP
resource "linode_instance" "my_linode" {
label = "my_linode"
image = "linode/debian10"
region = var.region
type = "g6-nanode-1"
root_pass = var.root-password
authorized_keys = [ "ssh-rsa key" ]provisioner "remote-exec" {
inline = ["echo 'Hello World'"]connection {
type = "ssh"
user = "${var.ssh_user}"
private_key = "${file("${var.private_key_path}")}"
}
}
But that returns an error
The argument "host" is required, but no definition was found.
So, my best guess would be
connection {
host = self.ipv4_address
type = "ssh"
user = "${var.ssh_user}"
private_key = "${file("${var.private_key_path}")}"
}
}
Based on some Googling, but the Docs are not clear how this is done.
1 Reply
jdutton
Linode Staff
Hey @michield - if I'm understanding correctly, the example you linked initially seems to be using Terraform to provision your environment and Ansible to configure things after-the-fact.
After looking at Terraform's Linode documentation a little closer, it looks like you need to adjust the host IP variable from ipv4_address to ip_address. For reference, it's located under the "Attributes" section of the guide: Terraform: linode_instance
Our Terraform guide has some good provider config examples as well: Use Terraform to Provision Linode Environments
And our Ansible guide has some good examples on how to define your destination IP in your playbook: How to use the Linode Ansible Module to Deploy Linodes
Hope this helps!