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Ronny Forberger
Ronny Forberger

Reputation: 421

How to get IP and name of Terraform Google Cloud ressource google_compute_instance_template

I'm using a google_compute_instance_template ressource in Terraform and am wondering, how I can access the public IP address and name of the VM that will be created by the template in Terraform.

My template looks like the following:

resource "google_compute_instance_template" "tpl" {
  name_prefix             = "${var.name_prefix}-"
  project                 = var.project_id
  machine_type            = var.machine_type
  labels                  = var.labels
  metadata                = var.metadata
  tags                    = var.tags
  can_ip_forward          = var.can_ip_forward
  metadata_startup_script = var.startup_script
  region                  = var.region
  dynamic "disk" {
    for_each = local.all_disks
    content {
      auto_delete  = lookup(disk.value, "auto_delete", null)
      boot         = lookup(disk.value, "boot", null)
      device_name  = lookup(disk.value, "device_name", null)
      disk_name    = lookup(disk.value, "disk_name", null)
      disk_size_gb = lookup(disk.value, "disk_size_gb", null)
      disk_type    = lookup(disk.value, "disk_type", null)
      interface    = lookup(disk.value, "interface", null)
      mode         = lookup(disk.value, "mode", null)
      source       = lookup(disk.value, "source", null)
      source_image = lookup(disk.value, "source_image", null)
      type         = lookup(disk.value, "type", null)

      dynamic "disk_encryption_key" {
        for_each = lookup(disk.value, "disk_encryption_key", [])
        content {
          kms_key_self_link = lookup(disk_encryption_key.value, "kms_key_self_link", null)
        }
      }
    }
  }

  dynamic "service_account" {
    for_each = [var.service_account]
    content {
      email  = lookup(service_account.value, "email", null)
      scopes = lookup(service_account.value, "scopes", null)
    }
  }

  network_interface {
    network            = var.network
    subnetwork         = var.subnetwork
    subnetwork_project = var.subnetwork_project
    dynamic "access_config" {
      for_each = var.access_config
      content {
        nat_ip       = access_config.value.nat_ip
        network_tier = access_config.value.network_tier
      }
    }
  }

  lifecycle {
    create_before_destroy = "true"
  }

  # scheduling must have automatic_restart be false when preemptible is true.
  scheduling {
    preemptible       = var.preemptible
    automatic_restart = ! var.preemptible
  }

  dynamic "shielded_instance_config" {
    for_each = local.shielded_vm_configs
    content {
      enable_secure_boot          = lookup(var.shielded_instance_config, "enable_secure_boot", shielded_instance_config.value)
      enable_vtpm                 = lookup(var.shielded_instance_config, "enable_vtpm", shielded_instance_config.value)
      enable_integrity_monitoring = lookup(var.shielded_instance_config, "enable_integrity_monitoring", shielded_instance_config.value)
    }
  }
}

I don't have a google_compute_instance ressource in my plan, only a google_compute_instance_template.

So my question is, how can I access the VM's public IP adresses and names in Terraform?

I have tried google_compute_instance_template.tpl.network_interface.0.access_config.0.nat_ip but it's empty.

Best regards, rforberger

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1699

Answers (2)

John Hanley
John Hanley

Reputation: 81356

Use local-exec to execute the CLI.

resource "null_resource" "instances" {
  provisioner "local-exec" {
    command = "gcloud compute instance-groups managed list-instances <NAME>"
  }
}

Replace <Name> with a var or string representing the MIG.

Upvotes: 2

Marcin
Marcin

Reputation: 238189

Based on the comments.

The google_compute_instance_template is only template, based on which you can create instances using compute_instance_group_manager or google_compute_instance_from_template.

Thus, once you create these instance you will be able to access their IP addresses using the instance or MIG resources. But template in itself, does not provide such information. Once you create your MIG, you can use instances attribute from MIG data source to get the instance. But the number and id of the instances changes with time, as they are fully managed by MIG, not by terraform.

Upvotes: 4

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