Terraform Cloud/Enterprise features - Mini Project: Build & Apply

Terraform Cloud/Enterprise Features Setup

📖 Scenario: You are working as a cloud engineer for a company that wants to manage infrastructure using Terraform Cloud. Your task is to create a Terraform configuration that sets up a workspace with specific features enabled in Terraform Cloud.

🎯 Goal: Build a Terraform configuration that defines a Terraform Cloud workspace with version control integration, automatic runs enabled, and workspace variables configured.

📋 What You'll Learn

Create a Terraform Cloud workspace resource named example_workspace.

Set the workspace to use the main branch from a GitHub repository.

Enable automatic runs on changes.

Add a workspace variable named environment with the value production.

Configure the workspace to use Terraform version 1.5.0.

💡 Why This Matters

🌍 Real World

Terraform Cloud workspaces help teams manage infrastructure as code with collaboration, version control, and automation.

💼 Career

Knowing how to configure Terraform Cloud workspaces is essential for cloud engineers and DevOps professionals managing infrastructure deployments.

1

Create Terraform Cloud workspace resource

Write a Terraform resource block named terraform_cloud_workspace with the resource name example_workspace. Set the name attribute to example-workspace.

Terraform

# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use the resource keyword to define a Terraform Cloud workspace resource with the exact name and resource identifier.

2

Configure version control and automatic runs

Add the vcs_repo block inside the terraform_cloud_workspace.example_workspace resource. Set identifier to github-user/repo-name and branch to main. Also, set auto_apply to true to enable automatic runs.

Terraform

resource "terraform_cloud_workspace" "example_workspace" {
  name = "example-workspace"
  # Your code here
}

Need a hint?

Use the vcs_repo block to connect the workspace to a GitHub repo and set auto_apply to true to enable automatic runs.

3

Add workspace variable

Inside the terraform_cloud_workspace.example_workspace resource, add a variable block. Set key to environment, value to production, and category to terraform.

Terraform

resource "terraform_cloud_workspace" "example_workspace" {
  name = "example-workspace"

  vcs_repo {
    identifier = "github-user/repo-name"
    branch     = "main"
  }

  auto_apply = true

  # Your code here
}

Need a hint?

Add a variable block with the exact key, value, and category to set workspace variables.

4

Set Terraform version for the workspace

Add the terraform_version attribute to the terraform_cloud_workspace.example_workspace resource and set it to "1.5.0".

Terraform

resource "terraform_cloud_workspace" "example_workspace" {
  name = "example-workspace"

  vcs_repo {
    identifier = "github-user/repo-name"
    branch     = "main"
  }

  auto_apply = true

  variable {
    key      = "environment"
    value    = "production"
    category = "terraform"
  }

  # Your code here
}

Need a hint?

Set the terraform_version attribute to specify the Terraform version used by the workspace.