TFStater

An HTTP Terraform state backend with locking support.

TFStater requires a PostgreSQL database and an S3-compatible object storage endpoint.

Installation

TFStater can be installed to any Kubernetes >= 1.14 cluster using the Helm 3 chart:

helm repo add tfstater https://gi0baro.github.io/tfstater
helm install --generate-name --atomic tfstater/tfstater

TFStater includes support to also deploy its dependencies, just enable them in the values:

postgresql:
  enabled: true
  postgresqlPassword: your-super-strong-password

minio:
  enabled: true
  rootPassword: another-super-strong-password

Configuration

Minimal configuration

TFStater requires a minimal configuration in order to work. Add the following to your Helm values:

config:
  auth:
    hmac_key: a-very-strong-key
    cookies_key: another-strong-key
    allow_email_login: true
    registration_approval: true

adminUser:
  create: true
  email: [email protected]
  password: your-super-secret-password

In order to expose your TFStater instance you also need to enable the Ingress resource:

ingress:
  enabled: true

  hosts:
    - tf-states.my-domain.tld

Using external PostgreSQL instances

You can customise the config.db values:

config:
  db:
    host: my-postgres-endpoint
    database: tfstater
    user: tfstater
    password: super-secret-password

Using external object storage

You can customise the config.object_storage values:

config:
  object_storage:
    region: eu-central-1
    bucket: my-s3-bucket
    access_key: ""
    secret_key: ""
    # path_prefix: terraform/states

For S3-compatible providers, you might need to specify the endpoint:

config:
  object_storage:
    endpoint: http://my-minio.tld:5000

Encrypt state contents

TFStater has the capability to encrypt your state contents:

config:
  object_storage:
    encrypt_data: true

this might become handy in case you share the bucket with other applications/users.

Authentication

TFStater is primarly designed for teams. Users in TFStater might have one of the following roles:

• maintainer
• member

Only users with maintainer role are allowed to lock states and – consequentially – push changes.

This is why we suggest to use an external Identity Provider to handle users:

config:
  auth:
    allow_email_login: false

  idp:
    provider:
      # provider specific configuration

Github OIDC

Create an OAuth application within your Github organization. Set the callback url to http|https://{tfstater-instance}/account/github/exchange and use the Github login:

config:
  auth:
    allow_email_login: false

  idp:
    github:
      client_id: your-gh-app-client-id
      client_secret: your-gh-app-secret
      organization: your-organization

      ## (optionally) require specific github roles
      claim_roles:
        - admin
      ## (optionally) require specific github team membership
      claim_teams:
        - sre
      ## (optionally) match github roles with TFStater ones
      match_roles:
        admin: maintainer
      ## (optionally) match github teams with TFStater roles
      match_teams:
        sre: maintainer

Use email login

TFStater provides also a standard email signup flow. In order to verify new signups, you have 2 options: manual approval, and email verification.

In order to setup manual approval, you also need to create your fist user:

config:
  auth:
    allow_email_login: true
    registration_approval: true

adminUser:
  create: true
  email: [email protected]
  password: your-super-secret-password

using this configuration, you can manually approve users through the settings page.

The email verification flow requires domain restriction and to setup an smtp server to allow TFStater to send verifications:

config:
  auth:
    allow_email_login: true
    registration_verification: true
    restrict_email_domain: "@my.tld"

  smtp:
    sender: [email protected]
    server: smtp.my.tld
    username: tfstater
    password: super-secret-password
    # port: 25
    # use_tls: false
    # use_ssl: false

Usage

Login to your TFStater instance and through the settings view obtain your Api-Key. Then you just need define the backend block in you Terraform code:

terraform {
  backend "http" {
    address = "https://{tfstater-instance}/terraform/{state-name}"
    lock_address = "https://{tfstater-instance}/terraform/{state-name}/lock"
    unlock_address = "https://{tfstater-instance}/terraform/{state-name}/lock"
    lock_method = "POST"
    unlock_method = "DELETE"
  }
}

and initialise your configuration using token as username and your Api-Key as password.

License

TFStater is released under the BSD License.