Re: [PATCH] terraform: refactor tasks into provider-specific modules

"Chuck Lever" <[email protected]> Fri, 19 Dec 2025 13:02:06 -0500
Newsgroups dev.linux.lists.kdevops
Message-ID <[email protected]>

On Wed, Dec 17, 2025, at 10:46 AM, Chuck Lever wrote:
> The terraform role's main.yml had grown to nearly 800 lines with
> Lambda Labs and DataCrunch provider-specific logic interleaved
> throughout the file. This made maintenance difficult and required
> understanding the entire file to make changes for a single provider.
> 
> This refactoring creates a plugin-like architecture where each cloud
> provider's unique requirements are isolated in dedicated task files.
> The new structure separates concerns by operation (bringup, destroy)
> and by provider (lambdalabs, datacrunch, generic), making it
> straightforward to add support for new providers or modify existing
> ones without risk of breaking other providers.
> 
> Common functionality shared across all providers, such as SSH
> configuration and status reporting, is now cleanly separated in a
> common directory. This follows patterns already established in other
> roles like bootlinux and guestfs.
> 
> Generated-by: Claude AI
> Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <[email protected]>

Merged into origin/main.


Chuck Lever