Terraform Custom Provider for Amazon Web Service

This Terraform custom provider is designed for own use case scenario.

Supported Versions

Terraform version	minimum provider version	maxmimum provider version
>= 1.3.x	0.1.0	latest

Requirements

• Terraform 1.3.x
• Go 1.19 (to build the provider plugin)

Local Installation

1. Run make install-local-custom-provider to install the provider under ~/.terraform.d/plugins.

2. The provider source should be change to the path that configured in the Makefile:

   terraform {
     required_providers {
       st-aws = {
         source = "example.local/myklst/st-aws"
       }
     }
   }
   
   provider "st-aws" {}
   

Why Custom Provider

This custom provider exists due to some of the resources and data sources in the official AWS Terraform provider may not fulfill the requirements of some scenario. The reason behind every resources and data sources are stated as below:

Resources

• st-aws_route53_traffic_policy

  The resource aws_route53_traffic_policy in official AWS Terraform provider does not support in-place update of the arguments document and comment.

• st-aws_iam_policy

  This resource is designed to handle policy content that exceeds the limit of 6144 characters. It provides functionality to create policies by splitting the content into smaller segments that fit within the limit, enabling the management and combination of these segments to form the complete policy. Finally, the policy will be attached to the relevant user.

Data Sources

• st-aws_cloudfront_domain

  • Official AWS Terraform provider does not support querying AWS Cloudfront distributions using domain name through aws_cloudfront_distribution.

  • Added client_config block to allow overriding the Provider configuration.

• st-aws_iam_users

  The data source aws_iam_users in official AWS Terraform provider does not support querying AWS IAM users using tags.

References

• Terraform website: https://www.terraform.io
• Terraform Plugin Framework: https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform/tutorials/providers-plugin-framework
• AWS official Terraform provider: https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-aws