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. ________________________________ 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<mailto: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<mailto:w...@widodh.nl>> > Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2021 15:35 > To: Niclas Lindblom > <niclas_lindb...@icloud.com<mailto:niclas_lindb...@icloud.com>>; > users@cloudstack.apache.org<mailto:users@cloudstack.apache.org> > <users@cloudstack.apache.org<mailto:users@cloudstack.apache.org>> > Cc: d...@cloudstack.apache.org<mailto:d...@cloudstack.apache.org> > <d...@cloudstack.apache.org<mailto: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<mailto:rohit.ya...@shapeblue.com> > www.shapeblue.com<http://www.shapeblue.com> > 3 London Bridge Street, 3rd floor, News Building, London SE1 9SGUK > @shapeblue > > > > 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<mailto:christian.nieph...@zv.fraunhofer.de> > wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> On 26. Jan 2021, at 10:45, Wido den Hollander >>>> <w...@widodh.nl<mailto:w...@widodh.nl>> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 1/26/21 10:40 AM, >>>> christian.nieph...@zv.fraunhofer.de<mailto:christian.nieph...@zv.fraunhofer.de> >>>> wrote: >>>>> On 25. Jan 2021, at 12:40, Abhishek Kumar >>>>> <abhishek.ku...@shapeblue.com<mailto: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<mailto:abhishek.ku...@shapeblue.com> >>>>>> www.shapeblue.com<http://www.shapeblue.com><http://www.shapeblue.com> >>>>>> 3 London Bridge Street, 3rd floor, News Building, London SE1 9SGUK >>>>>> @shapeblue >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>> >> >
