Hi Peter, I had explored the migration of repo, but before we do that we need to get the original authors to relicense the codebase to Apache License v2.0. I'll discuss this with Hashicorp authors and report back soon.
Regards. ________________________________ From: peter.murysh...@zv.fraunhofer.de <peter.murysh...@zv.fraunhofer.de> Sent: Monday, March 29, 2021 21:04 To: d...@cloudstack.apache.org <d...@cloudstack.apache.org>; users@cloudstack.apache.org <users@cloudstack.apache.org> Subject: AW: [DISCUSS] Terraform CloudStack provider Hi all, are there any updates regarding this topic i.e. migration of HashiCorp Terraform provider to Apache CloudStack, either registering it in HashiCorp's registry? kind regards Peter ________________________________________ Von: Rohit Yadav <rohit.ya...@shapeblue.com> Gesendet: Freitag, 29. Januar 2021 17:14:05 An: Will Stevens; d...@cloudstack.apache.org Cc: users; Niclas Lindblom; Pierre-Luc Dion Betreff: Re: [DISCUSS] Terraform CloudStack provider 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<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 >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>> >> >
