F5 Distributed Cloud, Terraform, Github Actions..

See https://f5.com/cloud for product details and https://registry.terraform.io/providers/volterraedge/volterra/latest/docs for Terraform provider useage.

This project provides an example CI/CD pipeline Load-Balancer deployment using F5 Distributed Cloud. For a functioning sentence application, please deploy the two following terraform configurations that together create an MCN demo application that spans two sites. The app is deployed as containers inside AWS EKS and Azure AKS:

• https://github.com/s-archer/volterra-quickdemos/tree/main/azure_site_aks_sentence
• https://github.com/s-archer/volterra-quickdemos/tree/main/aws_site_eks_colors

Note that the terraform state is stored in an Azure Storage Account. The key for the account (and the passphrase for the automation certificate) are stored as 'Actions' Secrets in the Github Repo.

How to use this project:

• 1. clone the repo
• 2. update the vars.auto-tfvars file to suit your environment
  • api_p12_file should point to the F5 Distributed Cloud credential (.p12 certificate)
• 3. Modify the backend "azurerm" configuration in main.tf
• 4. In your GitHub repo, go to Settings>Security>Secrets and variables>Actions and create two Repository Secrets:
  • AZURE_BACKEND_KEY containing the key value to access the Azure Storage backend (the one defined in main.tf)
  • VES_P12_PASSWORD containing the passphrase for the F5 Distributed Cloud credential (.p12 certificate)
• 5. initate the create workflow:
  • git branch dev
  • git checkout dev
  • make a code change (e.g. change the filename lb_origin.tf.delete to lb_origin.tf)
  • git add .
  • git commit -m "my message"
  • git push
• 6. In the Github UI, create a Pull Request to merge Dev into main
  • The terrafom-plan.yml Github Actions workflow will run and output the plan.
• 7. Complete the merge, which triggers the terrafom-apply.yml Github Actions workflow to run
     • Terraform will create the LB and Origin

How to delete the configuration (LB and Origin)

• 1. initate the delete workflow:
  • git checkout dev
  • change the filename lb_origin.tf to lb_origin.tf.delete
  • git add .
  • git commit -m "my message"
  • git push
• 4. In the Github UI, create a Pull Request to merge Dev into main.
  • The terrafom-plan.yml Github Actions workflow will run and output the plan.
• 5. Complete the merge, which triggers the terrafom-apply.yml Github Actions workflow to run
     • Terraform will delete the LB and Origin