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Content for "Manage any AWS resource with Terraform"
https://github.com/antonbabenko/terraform-aws-anything

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Content for "Manage any AWS resource with Terraform"

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/antonbabenko/terraform-aws-anything
• Owner: antonbabenko
• Created: 2020-02-21T21:10:56.000Z (over 4 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2020-05-21T20:27:15.000Z (over 4 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-04T12:59:08.625Z (about 1 month ago)
• Topics: aws, aws-cli, aws-cloudformation, terraform
• Language: HCL
• Size: 4.63 MB
• Stars: 24
• Watchers: 4
• Forks: 7
• Open Issues: 1
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  • Readme: README.md

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# This repository contains content for my talk "Manage any AWS resource with Terraform".

## Available types of AWS resources:

1. Supported by Terraform AWS provider. See `1-terraform`.

2. Supported only by AWS CloudFormation, but not by Terraform AWS provider. See `2-cloudformation`.

3. Supported by AWS SDK/CLI and not in AWS CloudFormation. See `3-cli`.

4. Partially supported by Terraform AWS provider (some arguments are not supported). See `4-partial-terraform`.

5. Not supported in AWS CLI/SDK. [Good luck with Selenium!](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2020/01/aws-device-farm-announces-desktop-browser-testing-using-selenium/) or take a look at [Ian's work with Puppeteer](https://github.com/iann0036/aws-account-controller) :trollface: :trollface: :trollface:

6. New since 2024! AWS Cloud Control API (AWS CC). Potentially, better support than AWS CloudFormation.

## Available solutions to manage AWS resources using Terraform include:

1. Use `local-exec` provisioner with `aws-cli`

2. Use [`shell` provider](https://github.com/scottwinkler/terraform-provider-shell)

3. Patch the [Terraform AWS provider](https://github.com/terraform-providers/terraform-provider-aws/) using golang

## Flow:

1. Import existing resources into state

2. Refactoring states:

  - from/to module

  - to another state-file

  - `terraform state list | grep -v module..... | xargs -Ixx terraform state rm xx`

3. Migrate from AWS Cloudformation to Terraform

## See also

1. Talk "I Can’t Do This With Terraform, Now What?" by Patrick Conheady given at HashiTalks 2020. [See this repository](https://github.com/pacon-vib/tfcando) and [this recording](https://www.hashicorp.com/resources/i-can-t-do-this-with-terraform-now-what).