terraform-provider-extip

Terraform provider for getting your current external IP as a data source.

Requirements

• Terraform 0.11.x
• Go 1.10 (to build the provider plugin)

Installing the Provider

Follow the instructions to install it as a plugin. After placing it into your plugins directory, run terraform init to initialize it.

Usage

data "extip" "external_ip" {
}

output "external_ip" {
  value = data.extip.external_ip.ipaddress
}

Gives the result:

data.extip.external_ip: Refreshing state...

Apply complete! Resources: 0 added, 0 changed, 0 destroyed.

Outputs:

external_ip = 238.209.109.16

You can also specify what resolver you want to use to get the URL:

data "extip" "external_ip_from_aws" {
  resolver = "https://checkip.amazonaws.com/"
}

output "external_ip_from_aws" {
  value = data.extip.external_ip_from_aws.ipaddress
}

Examples are under /examples.

Building the Provider

Clone and build the repository

go get github.com/petems/terraform-provider-extip
make build

Symlink the binary to your terraform plugins directory:

ln -s $GOPATH/bin/terraform-provider-extip ~/.terraform.d/plugins/

Updating the Provider

go get -u github.com/petems/terraform-provider-extip
make build

TODO

• Add configuration of the consensus timing (ie. how long it will wait to resolve) #5
• Add option of getting ipv6 or ipv4 ipaddress Validate if returned address is a valid IP #10

Contributing

• Write code
• Run tests: make test
• Build the binary: make build\
• Open a pull-request