VMUG Labs

This project is intended to automatically provision infrastructure for VMUG events such as Hackathons.

Getting Started

1+ vCenter instance (6.5, 6.7, & VMware Cloud on AWS account have all been tested successfully)
- 1+ vSphere ESXi node that is managed by the above vCenter instance
- 1 VirtuallyGhetto Nested ESXi 6.5 or 6.7 OVA file deployed as a VM on the above ESXi node
  - This VM will be used as a VM template by Terraform for deploying the nested ESXi nodes.
  - Windows PowerShell or PowerShell Core for running the Enable-VmVappProperties.ps1 script in the root of the project, which will set all VM vApp properties on the template VM to user configurable, which is a requirement in Terraform v0.11.7 and earlier.
  - VMware PowerCLI 10.0+
HashiCorp Terraform v0.11.x
Gruntwork Terragrunt v0.14.x
An AWS S3 bucket for Terraform remote backend state storage
An AWS DynamoDB database for Terraform state lock management
An IAM AWS Access Key for programmatic remote access to your AWS account
- These should be stored in a profile in your ~/.aws/credentials file.
An EC2 Key Pair for credential encryption/decryption

Run the following, where $vCenter is the prerequisite vCenter instance, and $name is the name of the prerequisite VirtuallyGhetto Nested ESXi 6.5 or 6.7 VM
```
Connect-VIServer -Server $vCenter
./Enable-VmVappProperties.ps1 -Name $name
```

Copy all terraform.tfvars.example files in the project to terraform.tfvars files
- Note: Terraform tfvars files tend to contain sensitive information, and should not be checked into source control, which is why there is an entry for this in the .gitignore file.
Update all values in each tfvars file per your environment.

terragrunt init: This will initialize your environment, including: download all terraform modules necessary, create the S3 bucket for storing remote state, create the DynamoDB table for lock management.
terragrunt plan: This will analyze the state of your environment, and list what components need to be deployed, modified, and/or destroyed.
terragrunt apply: If approved, this will deploy the environment per your specifications.
terragrunt destroy: If approved, this will tear down the environment when your done.