Google Cloud Project Factory Terraform Module

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This module allows you to create opinionated Google Cloud Platform projects. It creates projects and configures aspects like Shared VPC connectivity, IAM access, Service Accounts, and API enablement to follow best practices.

To include G Suite integration for creating groups and adding Service Accounts into groups, use the gsuite_enabled module.

Compatibility

This module is meant for use with Terraform 0.13+ and tested using Terraform 1.3+. If you find incompatibilities using Terraform >=0.13, please open an issue. If you haven't upgraded and need a Terraform 0.12.x-compatible version of this module, the last released version intended for Terraform 0.12.x is 9.2.0.

Upgrading

See the docs for detailed instructions on upgrading between major releases of the module.

Usage

There are multiple examples included in the examples folder but simple usage is as follows:

module "project-factory" {
  source  = "terraform-google-modules/project-factory/google"
  version = "~> 15.0"

  name                 = "pf-test-1"
  random_project_id    = true
  org_id               = "1234567890"
  usage_bucket_name    = "pf-test-1-usage-report-bucket"
  usage_bucket_prefix  = "pf/test/1/integration"
  billing_account      = "ABCDEF-ABCDEF-ABCDEF"
  svpc_host_project_id = "shared_vpc_host_name"

  shared_vpc_subnets = [
    "projects/base-project-196723/regions/us-east1/subnetworks/default",
    "projects/base-project-196723/regions/us-central1/subnetworks/default",
    "projects/base-project-196723/regions/us-central1/subnetworks/subnet-1",
  ]
}

Features

The Project Factory module will take the following actions:

1. Create a new GCP project using the project_name.

2. If a shared VPC is specified, attach the new project to the svpc_host_project_id.

   It will also give the following users network access on the specified subnets:

   • The project's new default service account (see step 4)
   • The Google API service account for the project
   • The project controlling group specified in group_name

3. Delete the default compute service account.

4. Create a new default service account for the project.

   1. Give it access to the shared VPC (to be able to launch instances).

5. Attach the billing account (billing_account) to the project.

6. Give the controlling group access to the project, with the group_role.

7. Enable the required and specified APIs (activate_apis).

8. Delete the default network.

9. Enable usage report for GCE into central project bucket (target_usage_bucket), if provided.

10. If specified, create the GCS bucket bucket_name and give the following accounts Storage Admin on it:

    1. The controlling group (group_name).
    2. The new default compute service account created for the project.
    3. The Google APIs service account for the project.

The roles granted are specifically:

• New Default Service Account
  • compute.networkUser on host project or specified subnets
  • storage.admin on bucket_name GCS bucket
• group_name is the controlling group
  • compute.networkUser on host project or specific subnets
  • Specified group_role on project
  • iam.serviceAccountUser on the default Service Account
  • storage.admin on bucket_name GCS bucket
• Google APIs Service Account
  • compute.networkUser on host project or specified subnets
  • storage.admin on bucket_name GCS bucket

Shared VPC subnets and IAM permissions

A service project's access to shared VPC networks is controlled via the roles/compute.networkUser role and the location to where that role is assigned. If that role is assigned to the shared VPC host project, then the service project will have access to all shared VPC subnetworks. If that role is assigned to individual subnetworks, then the service project will have access to only the subnetworks on which that role was assigned. The logic for determining that location is as follows:

1. If var.svpc_host_project_id and var.shared_vpc_subnets are not set then the compute.networkUser role is not assigned
2. If var.svpc_host_project_id is set but no subnetworks are provided via var.shared_vpc_subnets then the compute.networkUser role is assigned at the host project and the service project will have access to all shared VPC subnetworks
3. If var.svpc_host_project_id is set and var.shared_vpc_subnets contains an array of subnetworks then the compute.networkUser role is assigned to each subnetwork in the array

Inputs

Name	Description	Type	Default	Required
activate_api_identities	The list of service identities (Google Managed service account for the API) to force-create for the project (e.g. in order to grant additional roles). APIs in this list will automatically be appended to activate_apis. Not including the API in this list will follow the default behaviour for identity creation (which is usually when the first resource using the API is created). Any roles (e.g. service agent role) must be explicitly listed. See https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/understanding-roles#service-agent-roles-roles for a list of related roles.	list(object({ api = string roles = list(string) }))	[]	no
activate_apis	The list of apis to activate within the project	list(string)	[ "compute.googleapis.com" ]	no
auto_create_network	Create the default network	bool	false	no
billing_account	The ID of the billing account to associate this project with	string	n/a	yes
bucket_force_destroy	Force the deletion of all objects within the GCS bucket when deleting the bucket (optional)	bool	false	no
bucket_labels	A map of key/value label pairs to assign to the bucket (optional)	map(string)	{}	no
bucket_location	The location for a GCS bucket to create (optional)	string	"US"	no
bucket_name	A name for a GCS bucket to create (in the bucket_project project), useful for Terraform state (optional)	string	""	no
bucket_pap	Enable Public Access Prevention. Possible values are "enforced" or "inherited".	string	"inherited"	no
bucket_project	A project to create a GCS bucket (bucket_name) in, useful for Terraform state (optional)	string	""	no
bucket_ula	Enable Uniform Bucket Level Access	bool	true	no
bucket_versioning	Enable versioning for a GCS bucket to create (optional)	bool	false	no
budget_alert_pubsub_topic	The name of the Cloud Pub/Sub topic where budget related messages will be published, in the form of projects/{project_id}/topics/{topic_id}	string	null	no
budget_alert_spend_basis	The type of basis used to determine if spend has passed the threshold	string	"CURRENT_SPEND"	no
budget_alert_spent_percents	A list of percentages of the budget to alert on when threshold is exceeded	list(number)	[ 0.5, 0.7, 1 ]	no
budget_amount	The amount to use for a budget alert	number	null	no
budget_calendar_period	Specifies the calendar period for the budget. Possible values are MONTH, QUARTER, YEAR, CALENDAR_PERIOD_UNSPECIFIED, CUSTOM. custom_period_start_date and custom_period_end_date must be set if CUSTOM	string	null	no
budget_custom_period_end_date	Specifies the end date (DD-MM-YYYY) for the calendar_period CUSTOM	string	null	no
budget_custom_period_start_date	Specifies the start date (DD-MM-YYYY) for the calendar_period CUSTOM	string	null	no
budget_display_name	The display name of the budget. If not set defaults to `Budget For <projects[0]	All Projects>`	string	null
budget_labels	A single label and value pair specifying that usage from only this set of labeled resources should be included in the budget.	map(string)	{}	no
budget_monitoring_notification_channels	A list of monitoring notification channels in the form [projects/{project_id}/notificationChannels/{channel_id}]. A maximum of 5 channels are allowed.	list(string)	[]	no
consumer_quotas	The quotas configuration you want to override for the project.	list(object({ service = string, metric = string, dimensions = map(string), limit = string, value = string, }))	[]	no
create_project_sa	Whether the default service account for the project shall be created	bool	true	no
default_network_tier	Default Network Service Tier for resources created in this project. If unset, the value will not be modified. See https://cloud.google.com/network-tiers/docs/using-network-service-tiers and https://cloud.google.com/network-tiers.	string	""	no
default_service_account	Project default service account setting: can be one of delete, deprivilege, disable, or keep.	string	"disable"	no
disable_dependent_services	Whether services that are enabled and which depend on this service should also be disabled when this service is destroyed.	bool	true	no
disable_services_on_destroy	Whether project services will be disabled when the resources are destroyed	bool	true	no
domain	The domain name (optional).	string	""	no
enable_shared_vpc_host_project	If this project is a shared VPC host project. If true, you must not set svpc_host_project_id variable. Default is false.	bool	false	no
essential_contacts	A mapping of users or groups to be assigned as Essential Contacts to the project, specifying a notification category	map(list(string))	{}	no
folder_id	The ID of a folder to host this project	string	""	no
grant_network_role	Whether or not to grant networkUser role on the host project/subnets	bool	true	no
grant_services_security_admin_role	Whether or not to grant Kubernetes Engine Service Agent the Security Admin role on the host project so it can manage firewall rules	bool	false	no
group_name	A group to control the project by being assigned group_role (defaults to project editor)	string	""	no
group_role	The role to give the controlling group (group_name) over the project (defaults to project editor)	string	"roles/editor"	no
labels	Map of labels for project	map(string)	{}	no
language_tag	Language code to be used for essential contacts notifications	string	"en-US"	no
lien	Add a lien on the project to prevent accidental deletion	bool	false	no
name	The name for the project	string	n/a	yes
org_id	The organization ID.	string	null	no
project_id	The ID to give the project. If not provided, the name will be used.	string	""	no
project_sa_name	Default service account name for the project.	string	"project-service-account"	no
random_project_id	Adds a suffix of 4 random characters to the project_id.	bool	false	no
random_project_id_length	Sets the length of random_project_id to the provided length, and uses a random_string for a larger collusion domain. Recommended for use with CI.	number	null	no
sa_role	A role to give the default Service Account for the project (defaults to none)	string	""	no
shared_vpc_subnets	List of subnets fully qualified subnet IDs (ie. projects/$project_id/regions/$region/subnetworks/$subnet_id)	list(string)	[]	no
svpc_host_project_id	The ID of the host project which hosts the shared VPC	string	""	no
tag_binding_values	Tag values to bind the project to.	list(string)	[]	no
usage_bucket_name	Name of a GCS bucket to store GCE usage reports in (optional)	string	""	no
usage_bucket_prefix	Prefix in the GCS bucket to store GCE usage reports in (optional)	string	""	no
vpc_service_control_attach_dry_run	Whether the project will be attached to a VPC Service Control Perimeter in Dry Run Mode. vpc_service_control_attach_enabled should be false for this to be true	bool	false	no
vpc_service_control_attach_enabled	Whether the project will be attached to a VPC Service Control Perimeter in ENFORCED MODE. vpc_service_control_attach_dry_run should be false for this to be true	bool	false	no
vpc_service_control_perimeter_name	The name of a VPC Service Control Perimeter to add the created project to	string	null	no
vpc_service_control_sleep_duration	The duration to sleep in seconds before adding the project to a shared VPC after the project is added to the VPC Service Control Perimeter. VPC-SC is eventually consistent.	string	"5s"	no

Outputs

Name	Description
api_s_account	API service account email
api_s_account_fmt	API service account email formatted for terraform use
budget_name	The name of the budget if created
domain	The organization's domain
enabled_api_identities	Enabled API identities in the project
enabled_apis	Enabled APIs in the project
group_email	The email of the G Suite group with group_name
project_bucket_self_link	Project's bucket selfLink
project_bucket_url	Project's bucket url
project_id	ID of the project
project_name	Name of the project
project_number	Numeric identifier for the project
service_account_display_name	The display name of the default service account
service_account_email	The email of the default service account
service_account_id	The id of the default service account
service_account_name	The fully-qualified name of the default service account
service_account_unique_id	The unique id of the default service account
tag_bindings	Tag bindings
usage_report_export_bucket	GCE usage reports bucket

Requirements

Software

• gcloud sdk >= 269.0.0
• jq >= 1.6
• Terraform >= 0.13.0
• terraform-provider-google plugin >= 5.22
• terraform-provider-google-beta plugin >= 5.22
• terraform-provider-gsuite plugin ~> 0.1.x if GSuite functionality is desired

Permissions

In order to execute this module you must have a Service Account with the following roles:

• roles/resourcemanager.folderViewer on the folder that you want to create the project in
• roles/resourcemanager.organizationViewer on the organization
• roles/resourcemanager.projectCreator on the organization
• roles/billing.user on the organization
• roles/storage.admin on bucket_project
• If you are using shared VPC:
  • roles/billing.user on the organization
  • roles/compute.xpnAdmin on the organization
  • roles/compute.networkAdmin on the organization
  • roles/browser on the Shared VPC host project
  • roles/resourcemanager.projectIamAdmin on the Shared VPC host project

Script Helper

A helper script is included to create the Seed Service Account in the Seed Project, grant the necessary roles to the Seed Service Account, and enable the necessary API's in the Seed Project. Run it as follows:

./helpers/setup-sa.sh -o <organization id> -p <project id> [-b <billing account id>] [-f <folder id>] [-n <service account name>]

In order to execute this script, you must have an account with the following list of permissions:

• resourcemanager.organizations.list
• resourcemanager.projects.list
• billing.accounts.list
• iam.serviceAccounts.create
• iam.serviceAccountKeys.create
• resourcemanager.organizations.setIamPolicy
• resourcemanager.projects.setIamPolicy
• serviceusage.services.enable on the project
• servicemanagement.services.bind on following services:
  • cloudresourcemanager.googleapis.com
  • cloudbilling.googleapis.com
  • iam.googleapis.com
  • admin.googleapis.com
  • appengine.googleapis.com
• billing.accounts.getIamPolicy on a billing account.
• billing.accounts.setIamPolicy on a billing account.

Specifying credentials

The Project Factory module uses the Google Terraform provider to authenticate all GCP API calls. To configure credentials, you should configure the google and google-beta providers.

provider "google" {
  credentials = "${file(var.credentials_path)}"
}

provider "google-beta" {
  credentials = "${file(var.credentials_path)}"
}

APIs

In order to operate the Project Factory, you must activate the following APIs on the base project where the Service Account was created:

• Cloud Resource Manager API - cloudresourcemanager.googleapis.com troubleshooting
• Cloud Billing API - cloudbilling.googleapis.com troubleshooting
• Identity and Access Management API - iam.googleapis.com troubleshooting
• Admin SDK - admin.googleapis.com troubleshooting

Optional APIs

• Google App Engine Admin API - appengine.googleapis.com troubleshooting
  • Please note that if you are deploying an App Engine Flex application, you should not delete the default compute service account (as is default behavior). Please see the troubleshooting doc for more information.
• Cloud Billing Budget API - billingbudgets.googleapis.com
  • Please note this API is only required if configuring budgets for projects.

Verifying setup

A preconditions checker script is included to verify that all preconditions are met before the Project Factory runs. The script will run automatically if the script dependencies (Python, "google-auth", and "google-api-python-client") are available at runtime. If the dependencies are not met, the precondition checking step will be skipped.

The precondition checker script can be directly invoked before running the project factory:

./helpers/preconditions/preconditions.py \
  --credentials_path "./credentials.json" \
  --billing_account 000000-000000-000000 \
  --org_id 000000000000 \
  --folder_id 000000000000 \
  --shared_vpc 'shared-vpc-host-ed64'

Caveats

Moving projects from org into a folder

There is currently a bug with moving a project which was originally created at the root of the organization into a folder. The bug and workaround is described here, but as a general best practice it is easier to create all projects within folders to start. Moving projects between different folders is supported.

Deleting default service accounts

Default SAs can be removed by setting default_service_account input variable to delete, but there can be certain scenarios where the default SAs are required. Hence some considerations to be aware of:

1. Using App Engine SA.
2. Cloud Scheduler dependency on AppEngine(default SA). Default SA is required to be able to setup Cloud scheduler, please refer to the document for more upto date information.

With a combination of project-factory's default behavior, disable, and setting constraints/iam.automaticIamGrantsForDefaultServiceAccounts org constraint will address removing the default editor IAM role on the SAs and limits the SA usage. However, when the default_service_account is set to delete please be aware of the default SA dependency for AppEngine/CloudScheduler services. Accounts deleted within 30days can be restored.

G Suite

The core Project Factory solely deals with GCP APIs and does not integrate G Suite functionality. If you would like certain group-management functionality which was previously included in the Project Factory, see the G Suite module.

Install

Terraform

Be sure you have the correct Terraform version (0.13.0+), you can choose the binary here:

• https://releases.hashicorp.com/terraform/