kl-gce-vm.tf.md

GCE VM Builder (kl-gce-vm.tf)

To use this file to instantiate a new VM in GCP from an image created by Packer, first initialise the directory:

terraform init

Then, create a new workspace which corresponds to the environment you are deploying (e.g., "development", "staging", etc.):

terraform workspace new staging

You can list your available workspaces with the terraform workspace list command and switch between them with the terraform workspace select <name> command.

Now, you can use this command to create a new VM:

terraform apply -var image_name=<img_name> -ovmid=<id>

where <img_name> is the name of the image from which to instantiate the VM (starting with packer-keylime-...).

If you wish to specify a public key to add to the VM for SSH access, you can set the ssh_public_key input variable to the path where your SSH public key file (e.g., ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub) is located. Otherwise, Terraform will output a gcloud command you can use to connect to the VM over SSH instead.

The new VM will have the name of terraform-keylime-<id>. If you don't provide an output VM ID by setting the ovmid variable, the current timestamp will be used.

To delete the VM, use the terraform destroy command.