Automating Google Cloud Storage Bucket Creation with Terraform | by Neel Shah | Google Cloud - Community

Terraform + GCP || Part 1

Let’s start the process by understanding some basics of Terraform.

Terraform configuration is as follows:
1. Providers: List the cloud service providers along with any necessary setup.
2. Resources: List the elements of the infrastructure that need to be built or maintained.

Installing Terraform
1. Download Terraform:
— Visit the Terraform download page.
— Download the appropriate package for your operating system.
2. Install Terraform:
– Windows:
– Downloaded package time.
– Move the “terraform.exe” file to the repertoire contained in the system’s “path”. — Mac OS and Linux:
-Understand the downloaded package.
– Move the binary “Terraform” to a different directory contained in “/usr/local/bin” or “path”. 3. Verify Installation:
— Open a terminal or command prompt. — Start “Terraform -version” to ensure that Terraform is installed correctly.

Now, let’s create a Cloud Storage Bucket with Terraform.

Make a folder for this example

mkdir cloud-bucket
cd cloud-bucket

Create a terraform file “ main.tf”:

provider "google" {
project = ""
region  = "us-east2"
}# we have define the GCP provider here in the terraform file

Defining the cloud storage bucket in the tf config file

resource "google_storage_bucket" "cloud_bucket" {
name     = "my-terraform-bucket"
location = "US"
force_destroy = truelifecycle_rule {
action {
type = "Delete"
}
condition {
age = 10
}
}
}

Here we have created the cloud storage bucket that has a lifecycle rule to delete the objects that are more than 10 days.

Initializing and Applying the Configuration

1. Initialize the Terraform Project:
— Run the following command in your project directory to initialize the project and download the necessary provider plugins:

terraform init

2. Check your configuration plan:
– Run the following command to see what actions the Terraform performs to create a defined resource:

terraform plan

3. Apply the configuration:
– Create the resource by running the following command:

terraform apply

Enter `yes` when prompted to confirm the operation. 4. Check the resource:
– After completing the use operation, go to Cloud Console Google and access storage> Browser to make sure that the bucket has been created.

Conclusion: