Setting up Terraform for Code Engine

Installing Terraform and configuring resources for Code Engine

Before you can create workloads with Terraform, make sure that you have completed the following prerequisites.

• Make sure that you have the required access to create and work with Code Engine resources.
• Install the Terraform CLI and configure the IBM Cloud Provider plug-in for Terraform. For more information, see the tutorial for Getting started with Terraform on IBM Cloud®. The plug-in abstracts the IBM Cloud APIs that are used to complete this task.
• Create a Terraform configuration file that is named main.tf. In this file, you define resources by using HashiCorp Configuration Language. For more information, see the Terraform documentation.

1. Create a Code Engine project by using the code_engine_project resource argument in your main.tf file.

   data "ibm_resource_group" "resource_group" {
      name = "<your_resource_group_name>"
   }
   
   resource "ibm_code_engine_project" "code_engine_project_instance" {
      name = "<your_project_name>"
      resource_group_id = data.ibm_resource_group.resource_group.id
   }
   

2. After you finish building your configuration file, initialize the Terraform CLI. For more information, see Initializing Working Directories.

   terraform init
   

3. Provision the project from the main.tf file. For more information, see Provisioning Infrastructure with Terraform.

   1. Run terraform plan to generate a Terraform execution plan to preview the proposed actions.

      terraform plan
      

      data.ibm_resource_group.resource_group: Reading...
      data.ibm_resource_group.resource_group: Read complete after 1s [id=<your_resource_group_id>]
      
      Terraform used the selected providers to generate the following execution plan. Resource actions are indicated with the following symbols:
         + create
      
      Terraform will perform the following actions:
      
         # ibm_code_engine_project.code_engine_project_instance will be created
         + resource "ibm_code_engine_project" "code_engine_project_instance" {
            + account_id        = (known after apply)
            + created_at        = (known after apply)
            + crn               = (known after apply)
            + href              = (known after apply)
            + id                = (known after apply)
            + name              = "<your_project_name>"
            + project_id        = (known after apply)
            + region            = (known after apply)
            + resource_group_id = "<your_resource_group_id>"
            + resource_type     = (known after apply)
            + status            = (known after apply)
         }
      
      Plan: 1 to add, 0 to change, 0 to destroy.
      

   2. Run terraform apply to create the resources that are defined in the plan.

      terraform apply
      

      data.ibm_resource_group.resource_group: Reading...
      data.ibm_resource_group.resource_group: Read complete after 1s [id=<your_resource_group_id>]
      
      Terraform used the selected providers to generate the following execution plan. Resource actions are indicated with the following symbols:
         + create
      
      Terraform will perform the following actions:
      
         # ibm_code_engine_project.code_engine_project_instance will be created
         + resource "ibm_code_engine_project" "code_engine_project_instance" {
            + account_id        = (known after apply)
            + created_at        = (known after apply)
            + crn               = (known after apply)
            + href              = (known after apply)
            + id                = (known after apply)
            + name              = "my-project"
            + project_id        = (known after apply)
            + region            = (known after apply)
            + resource_group_id = "5218b5c8c749454b9fc8be28f32e458e"
            + resource_type     = (known after apply)
            + status            = (known after apply)
         }
      
      Plan: 1 to add, 0 to change, 0 to destroy.
      
      Changes to Outputs:
         + ibm_code_engine_project = {
            + account_id        = (known after apply)
            + created_at        = (known after apply)
            + crn               = (known after apply)
            + href              = (known after apply)
            + id                = (known after apply)
            + name              = "my-project"
            + project_id        = (known after apply)
            + region            = (known after apply)
            + resource_group_id = "5218b5c8c749454b9fc8be28f32e458e"
            + resource_type     = (known after apply)
            + status            = (known after apply)
            + timeouts          = null
         }
      
      Do you want to perform these actions?
         Terraform will perform the actions described above.
         Only 'yes' will be accepted to approve.
      
         Enter a value: yes
      
      ibm_code_engine_project.code_engine_project_instance: Creating...
      ibm_code_engine_project.code_engine_project_instance: Still creating... [10s elapsed]
      ibm_code_engine_project.code_engine_project_instance: Still creating... [20s elapsed]
      ibm_code_engine_project.code_engine_project_instance: Still creating... [30s elapsed]
      ibm_code_engine_project.code_engine_project_instance: Creation complete after 30s [id=13468527-84sa-619g-gr99-168fe364w98f]
      
      Apply complete! Resources: 1 added, 0 changed, 0 destroyed.
      
      Outputs:
      
      ibm_code_engine_project = {
         "account_id" = "<your_account_id>"
         "created_at" = "2023-03-16T10:44:24.150838188Z"
         "crn" = "crn:v1:bluemix:public:codeengine:eu-de:a/dc5e6392e5d14021846031b83e95f190:13468527-84sa-619g-gr99-168fe364w98f::"
         "href" = "https://api.eu-de.codeengine.cloud.ibm.com/v2/projects/13468527-84sa-619g-gr99-168fe364w98f"
         "id" = "13468527-84sa-619g-gr99-168fe364w98f"
         "name" = "my-project"
         "project_id" = "<your_project_id>"
         "region" = "eu-de"
         "resource_group_id" = "<your_resource_group_id>"
         "resource_type" = "project_v2"
         "status" = "active"
         "timeouts" = null /* object */
      }
      

4. You can see your project in the list of projects in the Code Engine console. Alternatively you can see your project in the IBM Cloud resource list, by expanding the category Containers and looking for your project name.

What's next?

Now that you successfully created your first Code Engine project with Terraform on IBM Cloud, you can create additional resources.