Terraform VMware Cloud Director (VCD) Supplier v3.14.0 is on the market now, and it helps VCD variations from 10.4.0 to 10.6.0. This launch delivers options and enhancements actively requested by the customers. It accommodates 5 new assets and seven new information sources, 11 enhancements and 9 bugfixes.
API Filters and Exterior Endpoints
API Filters permit to increase VCD API with customised URLs that may be redirected to an Exterior Endpoint. These two ideas have now their respective assets within the Terraform supplier:
Right here’s an instance that exhibits easy methods to use them:
useful resource “vcd_external_endpoint” “ep1” {
vendor = “broadcom”
title = “my-endpoint”
model = “1.0.0”
enabled = true
description = “A easy exterior endpoint instance”
root_url = “https://10.1.1.1/my-service”
}
useful resource “vcd_api_filter” “af” {
external_endpoint_id = vcd_external_endpoint.ep1.id
url_matcher_pattern = “/my-service/.*”
url_matcher_scope = “EXT_API”
}
When this configuration is utilized, all requests which can be made to <vcd-url>/ext-api/my-service/... shall be redirected to https://10.1.1.1/my-service with all of the request contents and question parameters coming from VCD.
ALB Digital Service Insurance policies
Three new assets and information sources for managing ALB Digital Service HTTP Insurance policies. These assets can turn into fairly massive because of the quantity of match standards and motion configuration, however one can discover examples in every of their very own documentation pages:
Enhancements
Improved consumer expertise with RDE Behaviors
The assets and information sources vcd_rde_interface_behavior and vcd_rde_type_behavior had the execution argument, which solely supported key-value mappings to outline habits executions. This launch provides a brand new argument, execution_json, that enables to outline extra advanced habits executions by offering a posh JSON string with the specification:
useful resource “vcd_rde_interface_behavior” “habits” {
rde_interface_id = vcd_rde_interface.my_interface.id
title = “MyBehavior”
# ‘execution_json’ permits to make use of advanced constructions that aren’t attainable with an everyday
# ‘execution’ map, like a nested “execution_properties” in a webhook habits:
execution_json = jsonencode({
“sort” : “WebHook”,
“id” : “testWebHook”,
“href” : “https://hooks.slack.com:443/providers/T07UZFN0N/B01EW5NC42D/rfjhHCGIwzuzQFrpPZiuLkIX”,
“_internal_key” : “secretKey”,
“execution_properties” : {
“template” : {
“content material” : “<template_content_string>”
},
“_secure_token” : “secureToken”,
“invocation_timeout” : 7
}
})
}
Be aware that the argument execution can nonetheless be used for easier definitions. Additionally, the vcd_rde_behavior_invocation information supply permits to make use of JSON arguments as properly:
information “vcd_rde_behavior_invocation” “invoke” {
rde_id = vcd_rde.rde.id
behavior_id = vcd_rde_interface_behavior.habits.id
invoke_on_refresh = true
arguments_json = jsonencode({
“template” : {
“content material” : “hiya world”
},
“_secure_token” : “secureToken”,
“invocation_timeout” : 7
})
}
New information supply for Catalog entry controls
With the brand new vcd_catalog_access_control information supply, one can learn Catalog entry controls, and all the knowledge it gives in its attributes (just like the Organisations which the Catalog is shared with).
Different notable enhancements
Bug fixes
Not every thing is listed right here, however there’s a listing of consumer requested bug fixes that had been addressed and may be reviewed in changelog.
Go SDK v2.26.0 Launched
Final however not least, there’s a new model v2.26.0 of Go SDK for VMware Cloud Director.