Відео

Syntax validation of terraform templates in VSCode

We can change the type of the variable to a desired type in IBM Cloud Automation Manager which would impact the UI display to accept the user inputs

When we import a terraform template to IBM Cloud Automation Manager, we can generate/extract variables from the template and display as an input parameter for the end user

We can add multiple variables to a terraform template in VSCode and then update the variables in IBM Cloud Automation Manager with a simple update feature

Once we write a terraform template in VSCode, we can add variables to the template. When this template is imported into IBM Cloud Automation Manager, the variables will be available for the end user to provide a value as per their requirement

Writing a terraform template manually can be a hectic task, there are few extensions available in VSCode which helps to make this task a bit easy.

Out of the box sample terraform templates for IBM Cloud Automation Manager comes with metadata files such as camvariables.json, camtemplate.json which have metadata or additional information related to the variables and template descriptions, features etc.. Incase you do not have the variables file, they can be automatically created from the template. Follow the vide for more information