gke_terraform

Setup

This steps are mandatory to create a gke cluster in a gcp project.

Prerequisits

• terraform
• gcp account
• gcp project, enabled compute engine api, enabled kubernetes engine api
• gcp service account

Setup

• after creating service account save your key file *.json in folder .keys

• add credentials to terrafaorm via environment variable, for use github actions make sure to have GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS as secret

export GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS=*.json

• change projectid in file terraform.tfvars

Init

$ terraform init --reconfigure

Deploy

• validate

$ terraform validate

• plan

$ terraform plan -out "planfile"

• apply

$ terraform apply "planfile"

• destroy

$ terraform destroy

Further readings

• gcp regions and zones