tfc-cli

README

Terraform Cloud CLI

A command line utility for interacting with the Terraform Cloud API. Uses tfe-go under the hood.

Terraform Cloud API Token

In order to make API requests to Terraform Cloud, the client needs an API token. A token may be created at various scopes, e.g. user, team and organization. Organization tokens are more limited in scope than user or team tokens, but are sufficient for most of the activities enabled by tfc-cli.

Go to the API Tokens page for the organization in which you will be setting up workspaces:

https://app.terraform.io/app/<YOUR ORG NAME>/settings/authentication-tokens

Do not regenerate a new token because this will invalidate the existing token and break any processes that are using it. Only do this if you're sure that's okay. Coordinate with your organization to obtain the token for use in your processes.

Save this API token in a secure manner, such as your password manager. If using the token in an automated process, ensure that it is stored in a secure manner, such as GitHub encrypted secrets.

Supported Environment Variables

Most of the commands require -token and -org parameters to specify the API token and Terraform Cloud organization, respectively. As a convenience, the tool will fallback on the TFC_TOKEN and TFC_ORG environment variables. Due to the sensitive nature of the API token, you may wish to keep them out of your shell setup files. A better option would be direnv.

To keep the examples below brief, it is assumed that these environment variables are set.

Installation and Usage

Docker

This is a good way to run the command locally if you have Docker and/or don't wish to install Go.

docker run -e TFC_ORG -e TFC_TOKEN --pull always --rm frostedcarbon/tfc-cli:latest workspaces variables create -workspace foo -key bar -value baz -category terraform

On Mac/Linux

1. Make sure you have Go installed using your method of choice. goenv is one way.

2. Install the tfc-cli module locally:

   go install github.com/cbsinteractive/tfc-cli@latest
   

Available Commands

Create a workspace:

tfc-cli workspaces create -workspace foo

Delete a workspace:

tfc-cli workspaces delete -workspace foo

Create a workspace variable:

tfc-cli workspaces variables create -workspace foo -key bar -value baz -category terraform

Update a workspace variable value:

tfc-cli workspaces variables update value -workspace foo -key bar -value quux

Make a workspace variable sensitive:

tfc-cli workspaces variables update sensitive -workspace foo -key bar -sensitive=true

Note the -sensitive=<bool> syntax. This is required.

Delete a workspace variable:

tfc-cli workspaces variables delete -workspace foo -key bar

Get current state output variable value:

tfc-cli stateversions current getoutput -workspace foo -name bar