Terraformer

• kkumtree

2023-09-24T11:47:51+09:00

Removing & installing packages are some annoying, isn’t it? So, I like using version managers like SDKMAN, nvm, etc..

I also use tfenv for terraform version management.
(prev post: KR/‘Terraform 시작하기 w/Minimal Ubuntu’)

And I recommend neighbors to use terraformer for first learning about terraform.

terraformer is a great terraform generator tool for converting existing cloud infrastructure to terraform code.

In this post, I write how I use terraformer with tfenv.

1. How to install terraformer in Linux

• After follow below, you can use terraformer with terraformer command!

export PROVIDER=aws 
# you can use other providers like 'google, kubernetes',
# Or if you want to use all providers, adjust 'all' instead of 'aws'
curl -LO "https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/terraformer/releases/download/$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/GoogleCloudPlatform/terraformer/releases/latest | grep tag_name | cut -d '"' -f 4)/terraformer-${PROVIDER}-linux-amd64"
chmod +x terraformer-${PROVIDER}-linux-amd64
sudo mv terraformer-${PROVIDER}-linux-amd64 /usr/local/bin/terraformer

2. Importing AWS VPC with terraformer

• After install terraformer, you can import AWS VPC with terraformer like below
  (Also you can import other AWS resources like EC2, S3, etc..)

terraformer import aws --resources=vpc --regions=ap-northeast-2 

• But, error will happen… if you use tfenv like me.

$ terraformer import aws --resources=vpc --regions=ap-northeast-2
2023/09/24 12:03:53 aws importing region ap-northeast-2
2023/09/24 12:03:53 open /home/kkumtree/.terraform.d/plugins/linux_amd64: no such file or directory
$ whereis terraform
terraform: /home/kkumtree/.tfenv/bin/terraform

• As you can see, terraformer can’t find terraform binary.