terratemplate

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This Python tool is designed to assist with the creation and loading of Terraform templates using a JSON configuration file. It offers two primary functionalities:

• The ability to create a Terraform stack from a JSON file (load)
• The ability to save a JSON file from a pre-existing Terraform stack (save)

Prerequisites

• Python 3.6 or later
• click Python package
• A Terraform environment already setup (if you want to save a JSON file)

Installation

You can download the Python script directly or clone the whole repository.

git clone https://github.com/keithcampbelljr/terratemplate.git

Install required packages

make install

After cloning the repository, you can run the script.

tftmpl -v

Usage

The tool provides two commands, load and save.

load

To create a Terraform stack using a JSON configuration file, you can use the load command:

tftmpl load --template-name=your_template_name

The JSON file should be named your_template_name.json and should be located in the same directory as this script. It should follow this structure:

{
    "directories": [
        "path/to/directory1",
        "path/to/directory2",
        # ...
    ],
    "files": {
        "path/to/file1.tf": "file contents",
        "path/to/file2.tf": "file contents",
        # ...
    }
}

save

To save a Terraform stack JSON configuration file from your existing Terraform setup, you can use the save command:

tftmpl save --template-name=your_template_name

The saved JSON file will be named your_template_name.json and will be located in the same directory as this script.