I have no objection to that. On Fri., Jan. 29, 2021, 11:14 a.m. Rohit Yadav, <rohit.ya...@shapeblue.com> wrote:
> Hi Wido, Will, PL, all, > > I think I can setup a repository and request ASF infra (who prefers a JIRA > ticket) to enable PR/issue on it, anybody has an objection to a new > apache/cloudstack-terraform repo to maintain the provider plugin? > > > Regards. > > rohit.ya...@shapeblue.com > www.shapeblue.com > @shapeblue > > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Will Stevens <wstev...@cloudops.com> > *Sent:* Friday, January 29, 2021 19:49 > *To:* d...@cloudstack.apache.org <d...@cloudstack.apache.org> > *Cc:* users <users@cloudstack.apache.org>; Rohit Yadav < > rohit.ya...@shapeblue.com>; Niclas Lindblom <niclas_lindb...@icloud.com>; > Pierre-Luc Dion <pd...@cloud.ca> > *Subject:* Re: [DISCUSS] Terraform CloudStack provider > > Hey PLD, > You may want to tune into this. I think you may be maintaining a fork > based on this code, but I am not positive. > > On Fri., Jan. 29, 2021, 6:07 a.m. Wido den Hollander, <w...@widodh.nl> > wrote: > > > > On 28/01/2021 10:55, Rohit Yadav wrote: > > Agree we can ask that. > > > > Is infra from ASF the place to ask this? > > Wido > > > > > Regards. > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Wido den Hollander <w...@widodh.nl> > > Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2021 15:35 > > To: Niclas Lindblom <niclas_lindb...@icloud.com>; > users@cloudstack.apache.org <users@cloudstack.apache.org> > > Cc: d...@cloudstack.apache.org <d...@cloudstack.apache.org> > > Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] Terraform CloudStack provider > > > > > > > > On 1/27/21 12:18 AM, Niclas Lindblom wrote: > >> I can confirm that the Terraform plugin is working if it is already > installed, since it was archived it no longer automatically downloads when > applying unless manually installed. > >> > >> From the Hashicorp website, it appears it was archived when they moved > all plugins to their registry and needs an owner and an email to Hashicorp > to be moved into to the registry and supported again when running > Terraform. I use it regularly but haven’t got the technical skills to > maintain the code so been hoping this would be resolved. > >> > > > > I mailed Hashicorp to ask about this: > > > > "Thanks for reaching out. The provider was archived because we launched > > the Terraform Registry last year which allows vendors to host and > > publish their own providers. We'd be happy to work with you to transfer > > the repository over to a CloudStack Github organization where you can > > build and publish releases to the registry. > > > > We'd also like to have CloudStack join our Technology partnership > > program so I can mark your Terraform provider as verified." > > > > So I think we don't need to do much technology-wise. > > > > I don't use Terraform and don't have a major stake in it, but I would > > hate to see the Provider being removed from Terraform. > > > > Should we request https://github.com/apache/cloudstack-terraform at > > infra and then host the Provider there? > > > > Wido > > > >> Niclas > >> > >> > > rohit.ya...@shapeblue.com > > www.shapeblue.com > > 3 London Bridge Street, 3rd floor, News Building, London SE1 9SGUK > > @shapeblue > > > > > > > >> On 26 Jan 2021, at 18:33, christian.nieph...@zv.fraunhofer.de wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>> On 26. Jan 2021, at 10:45, Wido den Hollander <w...@widodh.nl> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On 1/26/21 10:40 AM, christian.nieph...@zv.fraunhofer.de wrote: > >>>>> On 25. Jan 2021, at 12:40, Abhishek Kumar < > abhishek.ku...@shapeblue.com> wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Hi all, > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Terraform CoudStack provider by Hashicorp is archived here > https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-cloudstack > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Is anyone using or maintaining it? > >>>>> > >>>>> We are also using it heavily and are somewhat worried about the > module being archived. > >>>> > >>>> Agreed. But do we know why this has been done? What needs to be done > to > >>>> un-archive it? > >>>> > >>>> If it's just a matter of some love and attention we can maybe arrange > >>>> something. > >>>> > >>>> Is it technically broken or just abandoned? > >>> > >>> This is just an educated guess, but given that we're not experiencing > any technical issues, I believe it has just been abandoned. > >>> > >>> Christian > >>> > >>> > >>>> > >>>> Wido > >>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> We're aware of Ansible CloudStack module ( > https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/scenario_guides/guide_cloudstack.html) > but are there any other alternatives of Terraform that you may be using > with CloudStack? > >>>>> > >>>>> The ansible module is working quite well. However, one of the > advantage of terraform imho is that one can easily destroy defined > infrastructure with one command, while with ansible 'the destrcution' needs > to be implemented in the playbook. Another advantage is that (at least) > Gitlab can now maintain terraform states, which quite nicely supports > GitOps approaches. > >>>>> > >>>>> Cheers, Christian > >>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Regards, > >>>>>> Abhishek > >>>>>> > >>>>>> abhishek.ku...@shapeblue.com > >>>>>> www.shapeblue.com<http://www.shapeblue.com> > >>>>>> 3 London Bridge Street, 3rd floor, News Building, London SE1 9SGUK > >>>>>> @shapeblue > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> > >>> > >> > > > >
