September 30, 2016

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Create a SoftLayer Virtual Guest

Terraform code to create a SoftLayer virtual guest.

This example will create a virtual guest running the latest offered version of Ubuntu in the Dallas 09 Datacenter.

Configuration File

provider "softlayer" {}

# Virtual Server created with existing SSH Key already in SoftLayer 

resource "softlayer_virtual_guest" "terraform" {
    name = "terraform"
    domain = "tinylab.info"
    ssh_keys = ["563523"]
    image = "UBUNTU_LATEST_64"
    region = "dal09"
    public_network_speed = 100
    cpu = 1
    ram = 1024
    local_disk = "false"
    hourly_billing = "true"
}

Terraform Plan

The terraform plan command will look at any .tf file in the current directory and show you what Terraform would do if we applied the configuration aka running terraform apply.

$ terraform plan

+ softlayer_virtual_guest.terraform
    cpu:                  "1"
    domain:               "tinylab.info"
    hourly_billing:       "true"
    image:                "UBUNTU_LATEST_64"
    ipv4_address:         "<computed>"
    ipv4_address_private: "<computed>"
    local_disk:           "false"
    name:                 "terraform"
    private_network_only: "false"
    public_network_speed: "100"
    ram:                  "1024"
    region:               "dal09"
    ssh_keys.#:           "1"
    ssh_keys.0:           "563523"


Plan: 1 to add, 0 to change, 0 to destroy.

Terraform apply

$ terraform apply 

  cpu:                  "" => "1"
  domain:               "" => "tinylab.info"
  hourly_billing:       "" => "true"
  image:                "" => "UBUNTU_LATEST_64"
  ipv4_address:         "" => "<computed>"
  ipv4_address_private: "" => "<computed>"
  local_disk:           "" => "false"
  name:                 "" => "terraform"
  private_network_only: "" => "false"
  public_network_speed: "" => "100"
  ram:                  "" => "1024"
  region:               "" => "dal09"
  ssh_keys.#:           "" => "1"
  ssh_keys.0:           "" => "563523"

$ terraform show 

softlayer_virtual_guest.terraform:
  id = 24618829
  cpu = 1
  dedicated_acct_host_only = false
  domain = tinylab.info
  hourly_billing = true
  image = UBUNTU_LATEST_64
  ipv4_address = 169.44.104.77
  ipv4_address_private = 10.143.223.17
  local_disk = false
  name = terraform
  private_network_only = true
  public_network_speed = 100
  ram = 1024
  region = dal09
  ssh_keys.# = 1
  ssh_keys.0 = 563523

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