Terraform Provisioner

Definition:

• Perform operations after terraform apply
• Can be used with Cloud-Init and Packer
• Wont be reflected in Terraform State, should consider other alternatives
  • Ansible
• Docs

provisioner block

• terraform_data resource

resource terraform_data <label> {
  provisioner "<TYPE>" {
	<arguments>
  }
}

Types:

• file: Copies files or directories from the machine where Terraform is running to the new resource.
• local-exec: Invokes an executable on the local machine after Terraform creates the resource.
• remote-exec: Invokes an executable on the remote resource after Terraform creates the resource.

Arguments:

• each type has their own, refer to docs
• Shared between all types:
  • connection block: specify how to connect to that resource to provision

connection block