terraform-module-virtualbox-cloudinit

A Terraform module to create virtual machines and cloudinit based configuration (AWS EC2 style).

Table of contents

• General info
• Technologies
• Setup
• Features
• Status
• Usage
• Contact

General info

This project has been created to launch servers on Virtualbox in an AWS EC2 style.

Technologies

Project uses:

• Terraform version: >= 0.12
• Virtualbox

Features

• Virtual machines creation
• Disk image VDI format
• Cloudinit OS configuration
• Forwards port 222? to machines

Status

Project is: in progress

Usage

See also examples folder.

Module

Use the module in your TF root project

# amzn2.tf:

module "amzn2" {
    source = "github.com/philipsahli/terraform-module-virtualbox-cloudinit"

    vm_name  = var.vm_name
    vm_count = var.vm_count
    vdi      = var.vdi
    userdata = var.userdata
}

Define variables for your setup.

# terraform.tfvars:

vm_name = "node"
vm_count = 2
vdi = "https://cdn.amazonlinux.com/os-images/2.0.20190823.1/virtualbox/amzn2-virtualbox-2.0.20190823.1-x86_64.xfs.gpt.vdi"

userdata = <<EOF
#cloud-config
#vim:syntax=yaml
users:
# A user by the name `ec2-user` is created in the image by default.
- default
chpasswd:
list: |
    ec2-user:plain_text_password
# In the above line, do not add any spaces after 'ec2-user:'.
ssh_authorized_keys:
- ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQDEkNFRkip9a16pc+nwWTUiMcSxePRCNw1PrylLMpnyKo5pT/ user@station
EOF

Input Variables

Variable	Type	Example	Default
vm_name	string	node	-
vm_count	int	2	1
userdata	string	#cloud-config #vim:syntax=yaml users: - default	-

Output Variable

At the moment the module does not output any variable.

Contact

Created by @philipsahli - feel free to contact me!