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terraform-gcp

Provision GCP infrastructure with Terraform. Configure providers and deploy Google Cloud resources. Use when implementing IaC for GCP.

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npx skills add https://github.com/bagelhole/devops-security-agent-skills --skill terraform-gcp
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    Install

    Run the command in your project. The CLI asks which agents to install for.

  2. 02

    Describe the task

    Ask your agent for something this skill covers. It loads terraform-gcp automatically when relevant.

  3. 03

    Review the result

    The agent follows the SKILL.md steps, scripts and references bundled with the skill.

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The instructions your agent reads when the skill is triggered.

Terraform GCP

Provision and manage Google Cloud Platform infrastructure using Terraform with the hashicorp/google provider.

When to Use

  • Defining GCP infrastructure as code for repeatable, auditable deployments
  • Managing multi-environment setups (dev, staging, production) from a single codebase
  • Provisioning complex resource graphs (VPC + GKE + Cloud SQL + IAM) in one plan
  • Integrating infrastructure changes into CI/CD pipelines with plan/apply stages

Prerequisites

  • Terraform >= 1.5 installed
  • Google Cloud SDK or a service account key for CI
  • A GCP project with billing enabled
gcloud auth application-default login          # local dev
export GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS="sa.json" # CI/CD
terraform version

Provider Configuration

# versions.tf
terraform {
  required_version = ">= 1.5"
  required_providers {
    google      = { source = "hashicorp/google";      version = "~> 5.0" }
    google-beta = { source = "hashicorp/google-beta"; version = "~> 5.0" }
  }
  backend "gcs" { bucket = "my-project-tf-state"; prefix = "terraform/state" }
}

provider "google"      { project = var.project_id; region = var.region }
provider "google-beta" { project = var.project_id; region = var.region }
# variables.tf
variable "project_id"  { type = string }
variable "region"      { type = string; default = "us-central1" }
variable "environment" {
  type = string
  validation {
    condition     = contains(["dev", "staging", "production"], var.environment)
    error_message = "Must be dev, staging, or production."
  }
}

Project Setup and State Bucket

gcloud storage buckets create gs://my-project-tf-state \
  --location=us-central1 --uniform-bucket-level-access --public-access-prevention
gcloud storage buckets update gs://my-project-tf-state --versioning

terraform init
terraform plan -var="project_id=my-project" -var="environment=production" -out=tfplan
terraform apply tfplan
resource "google_project_service" "apis" {
  for_each = toset([
    "compute.googleapis.com", "container.googleapis.com",
    "sqladmin.googleapis.com", "servicenetworking.googleapis.com",
    "cloudfunctions.googleapis.com", "run.googleapis.com",
    "secretmanager.googleapis.com", "artifactregistry.googleapis.com",
  ])
  project = var.project_id
  service = each.value
  disable_dependent_services = false
  disable_on_destroy         = false
}

Networking Module

# modules/networking/main.tf
resource "google_compute_network" "vpc" {
  name                    = "${var.environment}-vpc"
  auto_create_subnetworks = false
  routing_mode            = "REGIONAL"
}

resource "google_compute_subnetwork" "main" {
  name                     = "${var.environment}-main-subnet"
  ip_cidr_range            = var.subnet_cidr
  region                   = var.region
  network                  = google_compute_network.vpc.id
  private_ip_google_access = true
  log_config { aggregation_interval = "INTERVAL_5_SEC"; flow_sampling = 0.5 }
}

resource "google_compute_subnetwork" "gke" {
  name                     = "${var.environment}-gke-subnet"
  ip_cidr_range            = var.gke_subnet_cidr
  region                   = var.region
  network                  = google_compute_network.vpc.id
  private_ip_google_access = true
  secondary_ip_range { range_name = "pods";     ip_cidr_range = var.pods_cidr }
  secondary_ip_range { range_name = "services"; ip_cidr_range = var.services_cidr }
}

resource "google_compute_firewall" "allow_iap" {
  name    = "${var.environment}-allow-iap"
  network = google_compute_network.vpc.name
  allow { protocol = "tcp"; ports = ["22", "3389"] }
  source_ranges = ["35.235.240.0/20"]
}

resource "google_compute_router" "router" {
  name    = "${var.environment}-router"
  region  = var.region
  network = google_compute_network.vpc.id
}

resource "google_compute_router_nat" "nat" {
  name                               = "${var.environment}-nat"
  router                             = google_compute_router.router.name
  region                             = var.region
  nat_ip_allocate_option             = "AUTO_ONLY"
  source_subnetwork_ip_ranges_to_nat = "ALL_SUBNETWORKS_ALL_IP_RANGES"
  log_config { enable = true; filter = "ERRORS_ONLY" }
}

output "vpc_id"         { value = google_compute_network.vpc.id }
output "gke_subnet_id"  { value = google_compute_subnetwork.gke.id }

GKE Cluster Module

# modules/gke/main.tf
resource "google_container_cluster" "primary" {
  name     = "${var.environment}-cluster"
  location = var.region

  release_channel { channel = var.release_channel }
  workload_identity_config { workload_pool = "${var.project_id}.svc.id.goog" }
  network    = var.vpc_name
  subnetwork = var.gke_subnet_name

  ip_allocation_policy {
    cluster_secondary_range_name  = "pods"
    services_secondary_range_name = "services"
  }
  private_cluster_config {
    enable_private_nodes   = true
    master_ipv4_cidr_block = "172.16.0.0/28"
  }
  network_policy { enabled = true }
  logging_config    { enable_components = ["SYSTEM_COMPONENTS", "WORKLOADS"] }
  monitoring_config {
    enable_components = ["SYSTEM_COMPONENTS", "WORKLOADS"]
    managed_prometheus { enabled = true }
  }

  remove_default_node_pool = true
  initial_node_count       = 1
}

resource "google_container_node_pool" "primary" {
  name     = "primary-pool"
  cluster  = google_container_cluster.primary.name
  location = var.region

  initial_node_count = var.initial_node_count
  autoscaling { min_node_count = var.min_nodes; max_node_count = var.max_nodes }
  management  { auto_repair = true; auto_upgrade = true }

  node_config {
    machine_type = var.machine_type
    disk_size_gb = 100
    oauth_scopes = ["https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform"]
    shielded_instance_config { enable_secure_boot = true; enable_integrity_monitoring = true }
    metadata = { disable-legacy-endpoints = "true" }
  }
}

output "cluster_name"     { value = google_container_cluster.primary.name }
output "cluster_endpoint" { value = google_container_cluster.primary.endpoint; sensitive = true }

Cloud SQL Module

# modules/cloud-sql/main.tf
resource "google_sql_database_instance" "main" {
  name             = "${var.environment}-db"
  database_version = var.database_version
  region           = var.region

  settings {
    tier              = var.tier
    availability_type = var.environment == "production" ? "REGIONAL" : "ZONAL"
    disk_type         = "PD_SSD"
    disk_size         = var.disk_size
    disk_autoresize   = true

    backup_configuration {
      enabled                        = true
      start_time                     = "02:00"
      point_in_time_recovery_enabled = true
      backup_retention_settings { retained_backups = var.environment == "production" ? 30 : 7 }
    }
    ip_configuration {
      ipv4_enabled    = false
      private_network = var.vpc_id
      require_ssl     = true
    }
    database_flags { name = "max_connections"; value = var.max_connections }
  }

  deletion_protection = var.environment == "production"
  depends_on          = [var.private_vpc_connection]
}

resource "google_sql_database" "app" { name = var.database_name; instance = google_sql_database_instance.main.name }
resource "google_sql_user" "app"     { name = var.db_user; instance = google_sql_database_instance.main.name; password = random_password.db.result }
resource "random_password" "db"      { length = 32; special = true }

output "connection_name" { value = google_sql_database_instance.main.connection_name }
output "private_ip"      { value = google_sql_database_instance.main.private_ip_address }

IAM and Service Accounts

resource "google_service_account" "gke_nodes" {
  account_id   = "${var.environment}-gke-nodes"
  display_name = "GKE Node Pool SA"
}

resource "google_project_iam_member" "gke_nodes" {
  for_each = toset([
    "roles/logging.logWriter", "roles/monitoring.metricWriter",
    "roles/artifactregistry.reader",
  ])
  project = var.project_id
  role    = each.value
  member  = "serviceAccount:${google_service_account.gke_nodes.email}"
}

resource "google_service_account" "app" {
  account_id   = "${var.environment}-app"
  display_name = "Application SA"
}

resource "google_service_account_iam_member" "workload_identity" {
  service_account_id = google_service_account.app.name
  role               = "roles/iam.workloadIdentityUser"
  member             = "serviceAccount:${var.project_id}.svc.id.goog[myapp/app-ksa]"
}

Root Module Composition

module "networking" {
  source      = "./modules/networking"
  project_id  = var.project_id
  environment = var.environment
  region      = var.region
}

module "gke" {
  source          = "./modules/gke"
  project_id      = var.project_id
  environment     = var.environment
  region          = var.region
  vpc_name        = module.networking.vpc_id
  gke_subnet_name = module.networking.gke_subnet_id
  node_sa_email   = google_service_account.gke_nodes.email
  depends_on      = [module.networking]
}

module "database" {
  source               = "./modules/cloud-sql"
  project_id           = var.project_id
  environment          = var.environment
  region               = var.region
  vpc_id               = module.networking.vpc_id
  database_version     = "POSTGRES_16"
  tier                 = "db-custom-4-16384"
  private_vpc_connection = module.networking.private_vpc_connection
  depends_on           = [module.networking]
}

Environment Configuration

# environments/production.tfvars
project_id  = "my-company-prod"
environment = "production"
region      = "us-central1"
terraform plan -var-file=environments/production.tfvars -out=tfplan
terraform apply tfplan

CI/CD Integration

terraform init -input=false
terraform validate && terraform fmt -check
terraform plan -var-file=environments/${ENV}.tfvars -out=tfplan -input=false
terraform apply -input=false tfplan

# Import existing resources
terraform import google_compute_network.vpc projects/${PROJECT_ID}/global/networks/prod-vpc

# State management
terraform state list
terraform state mv google_compute_instance.old google_compute_instance.new

Troubleshooting

SymptomCauseFix
Error 403: Access Not ConfiguredAPI not enabledAdd API to google_project_service resources
Error acquiring the state lockConcurrent run or stale lockRun terraform force-unlock LOCK_ID after verification
Resource already existsCreated outside TerraformImport with terraform import
Quota exceededProject quota too lowRequest increase in Cloud Console > Quotas
Plan shows destroy/recreateChanged force-new attributeUse moved blocks or terraform state mv
Backend initialization requiredChanged backend configRun terraform init -migrate-state
Cycle in resource graphCircular referencesRefactor with data sources; split applies

Related Skills

  • gcp-networking - VPC and firewall resources managed by Terraform
  • gcp-gke - GKE cluster provisioning with Terraform modules
  • gcp-cloud-sql - Cloud SQL instance management via Terraform
  • gcp-compute - Compute Engine resources defined in Terraform
  • gcp-cloud-functions - Serverless function deployment with Terraform

FAQ

What does the terraform-gcp skill do?

Provision GCP infrastructure with Terraform. Configure providers and deploy Google Cloud resources. Use when implementing IaC for GCP.

How do I install terraform-gcp?

Run npx skills add https://github.com/bagelhole/devops-security-agent-skills --skill terraform-gcp in your project. The skills CLI detects the agents you use and copies the skill into the right folder. For Claude Code you can also place the skill folder at ~/.claude/skills/terraform-gcp/ (personal) or .claude/skills/terraform-gcp/ (project).

Which AI agents can use terraform-gcp?

Any agent that supports the open Agent Skills format (a folder with a SKILL.md file), including Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, Windsurf, Cline, OpenCode and more.

Is terraform-gcp safe to install?

No partner security audit is available yet. Skills can run commands and scripts, so read the SKILL.md and any bundled files before installing.

Who maintains terraform-gcp?

It is published by bagelhole in bagelhole/devops-security-agent-skills. It has 391 recorded installs.

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